Monthly Archives: June 2012

Who Are The Richest Rabbis in Israel? Also: Shocking Vandalism at Yad Vashem

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LAT: Chabad of North Hollywood’s building-in-progress is too big for the neighborhood?

LAT: For two decades, Dee Tuntkavep has enjoyed a view of pine-shrouded Chandler Boulevard from the upstairs reading room of her Sherman Oaks home. Now all she sees are concrete walls two stories high — the still-in-progress expansion of an … Continue reading

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Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes are Choking Freedom Worldwide

Book description: The fatwa against Salman Rushdie and the 2005 Danish cartoon fracas awakened many people to the potency of blasphemy accusations in the Muslim world. Accusations and charges such as “blasphemy,” “apostasy,” “insulting Islam,” or “hurting Muslims’ religious feelings” … Continue reading

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In Paradisum

In paradisum deducant angeli Perducant te Jerusalem Te decet hymnus Deus in Zion Et tibi in Jerusalem Luceat eis et lux perpetua Luceat eis Domine Lux aeterna

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Seventh-Day Adventists Who Seem As Religious As Orthodox Jews

An Orthodox Jewish friend of mine is having trouble passing a particular test. So his Seventh-Day Adventist coworker advises him to fast. And if he can’t fast from food, he should go on a media fast. “They’re like Orthodox Jews,” … Continue reading

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