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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Yisroel Pensack: Germany Bans Turkey-Based Gaza Flotilla “Charity”
Buried deep down in a story headlined, “Sponsor of Flotilla Tied to Elite of Turkey,” The New York Times reports: The Humanitarian Relief Foundation was founded in the early 1990s, first as a charity for the poor in Istanbul, and … Continue reading
Posted in Charity, Germany, Islam, Israel, Turkey, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged al qaeda, banned, flotilla, Gaza, hamas, Humanitarian Relief Foundation, I.H.H., terrorist organization
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Torah Talk With Joey Kurtzman
This week’s Torah portion is Deuteronomy. Joey and I started Torah talk in August of 2008, the same month I took my first Alexander Technique lesson. Luke: “You were recently on a spiritual journey to India?” Joey: “My wife and … Continue reading
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Tagged joey, kurtzman, Torah
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By Fire, By Water
I just finished reading this terrific new novel by Mitchell James Kaplan. We talk by phone today. Luke: “Mitchell, when you were a child, did you want to be a novelist when you grew up?” Mitchell: “Yes. Certainly from the … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Literature
Tagged cate school, dysfunctional world, james kaplan, latest books, munich germany, new novel
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When Bad Implants Happen To Good People
What is a man of faith to do when he is repeatedly confronted by bad implants happening to good people? Does he deny the existence of all an powerful, all beneficent deity? Does he wail and gnash his teeth and … Continue reading
Posted in Joey Kurtzman, Personal, Torah
Tagged deity, kurtzman, man of faith, natural breasts, plastic surgeon, sex maniac
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Dennis Prager: ‘Only Blacks Have Leaders’
On his radio show yesterday, Dennis Prager says: “The very idea of black leader, I find unpersuasive. Blacks have leaders but whites don’t have leaders. Hispanics don’t have leaders, asians don’t have leaders. Only blacks have leaders. Do you know … Continue reading
Posted in Blacks, Dennis Prager
Tagged al sharpton, asian leader, bad joke, Dennis Prager, google search, jewish leader, liberal media
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