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Category Archives: Judaism
Shanda!
Joe emails: A reform jew is walking down the street and he looks in the window of the kosher deli. He does a double take as he is utterly shocked to see his reform synagogue’s pulpit rabbi eating lunch. He … Continue reading
Posted in Judaism
Tagged Kashrut, kosher deli, reform jew, reform synagogue, shanda
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Women Don’t Like Jokes About Getting Married
I’ve never known a girlfriend who enjoyed me making jokes about marrying her, making pretend offers to marry her. They never laughed. They never found it funny. As soon as you can laugh about something, it means it’s not a … Continue reading
Posted in Judaism, Marriage, Personal
Tagged happiest man in the world, internalization, jewish humor, performance art, religious divide, workmen
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The Awareness Center’s First Annual Dreidel Challenge
Vicki Polin emails: Many Jewish survivors of childhood sexual abuse have a difficult time over holidays, just like Hanukkah. Unfortunately, in some homes abuse gets worst when tensions mount. For some Hanukkah can be a mixture of both good and … Continue reading
Posted in Abuse, Judaism, Vicki Polin
Tagged Awareness Center, childhood sexual abuse, family gatherings, incest survivor, jewish survivors, survivors of childhood sexual abuse
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Divine Truth?
From The Jerusalem Post: A niggling curiosity about colors started the whole thing. “For many years, I found myself idly wondering if the name value of colors mentioned in the Bible had any relationship to their wave frequency,” says Ben-Gurion … Continue reading
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Tagged ben gurion university, hebrew name, hebrew names, horizontal axis, jerusalem post, outrageous suggestion
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Her Stomach Hurts Over His Political Views
"How do you feel about our discussion Saturday night?" he asks. "Your message said it made you feel scared." "My stomach hurts so much," she says. "I’m really sad. I probably just didn’t want to know." "You didn’t," he says. … Continue reading
Posted in Judaism, Personal, Politics
Tagged Judaism, orthodox judaism, political views, quot, right wing politics, t amp, Torah, worst fears
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