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Category Archives: Jewish Journal
The Professor Anti-Semites Love
Here’s a letter to this week’s Jewish Journal: Why the righteous indignation ("The Professor Anti-Semites Love," May 9)? The fact is that we are clannish, have a history of marrying within and not thinking positively of much of the outside … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Journal
Tagged anti semites, bitter man, catholicism, catholics, direct response, jewish culture, Jewish Journal, jewish society, Jews, Judaism, Kevin MacDonald, laundry list, light unto the nations, mandate, niche businesses, noahide, primacy, professor kevin, protestants, righteous indignation
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The Fresh New Look Of Israeli Film
That’s the Jewish Journal’s cover story this week. So what does that mean? I hope it means that new Israeli films aren’t as interminably boring as their predecessors. Despite using the most generous standards, I’ve found nine out of ten … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Journal
Tagged cannes film festival, clint eastwood, documentarian, feature films, international critics, international debut, israeli film, israeli films, israeli soldier, Jewish Journal, lebanon war, palestinian refugee camps, personal experiences, ronit elkabetz, shlomi, steven soderbergh, threatening skies, ulman, ushpizin, war film
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The UnJewish Journal?
Disco Duck emails: Levi, Here is my assessment of the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles. Over time I have noticed that most local Orthodox Rebbeim refer to it as the "unJewish Journal". More than one local Rabbi has given me … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Journal
Tagged attitudes, bathroom trips, bias, disco duck, drek, excuse, garbage, jewish community, Jewish Journal, Jewish Journalism, Judaism, laughs, levi, nickname, quot, rabbi, Rabbis, segments, smear campaigns, toilet, torah values
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JewishJournal.com Getting A Massive Redesign
The old one used to crash my browser at times (javascript errors) and took forever to load. The new site — which will go live today — is slicker and quicker. All it lacks are sufficient photos of my rebbe … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Journal, Orit Arfa
Tagged deity, Google, live today, massive redesign, orit, own website, photos, slicker
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VideoJew Gets A Shave For Lag B’Omer
Click here for the video. The Jewish Week says: There’s not a single song of her father’s or a single word of Hebrew on Neshama Carlebach’s new CD. Yet Reb Shlomo Carlebach’s enveloping spirit, both personal and musical, infuses her … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Journal, Jews
Tagged amadou diallo, associate rabbi, choir members, creative step, green pastures, hebrew institute of riverdale, herzfeld, jeshurun, jewish week, lag b omer, martin luther king, neshama carlebach, previous records, rabbi avi weiss, rabbi shmuel, reb shlomo carlebach, s song, soulful singer, striking feature, warm embrace
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Jewish Journal Celebrates A Purim Party For Teens That Was Sober Only In Its Imagination
On Purim, the National Conference of Synagogue Youth (NCSY) hosted a Purim party in Los Angeles that four security guards could not control. Two police squad cars had to be called in around midnight and a police helicopter to control … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Journal, NCSY, Purim
Tagged drinking alcohol, effie, festive holiday, firecrackers, Jewish Journal, joyous purim, massive quantities, orthodox synagogue, Orthodox Union, orthodox youth, pico blvd, police helicopter, police squad, pravda, Purim, purim party, shul, squad cars, synagogue youth, west coast director
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VideoJew visits Chabad Party
From the JewishJournal.com: Are you hungover from Purim? JewishJournal.com VideoJew Jay Firestone visits the Wild Wild Westwood Purim Party hosted by Chabad UCLA to find out what LA are doing to prevent the megillah sickness.
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Teresa Strasser Engaged!
Teresa Strasser writes: There’s nothing more smug and insidious than a girl who has finally fallen in love and thinks she now has all the answers. She can save you from your sad, pathetic, damaged love life and cure you … Continue reading
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