Daily Archives: January 26, 2016

VIDEO: A Path-Breaking Speech by R’ Shlomo Yehudah Rechnitz About Serious Issues Facing Lakewood

Yair Hoffman writes: Every so often a speech comes along that not only has a remarkable impact upon its audience, but it changes the trajectory of where that society is heading. Churchill gave such a speech in May of 1940 … Continue reading

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Haaretz’s Owner Proves Paper Has an Anti-Israel Political Agenda

Israel’s press is usually far more critical of Israel than America’s press. European news coverage of Israel is more similar to Israel’s news coverage of Israel than it is to America’s news coverage. Israelis are realists, Americans tend to have … Continue reading

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CHINA’S SEARCH FOR THE SECRETS OF JEWISH SUCCESS

Chinese in the diaspora are known as the Jews of Asia. I had a Chinese computer tech ask me how Jews are so rich when they take so much time off for the Sabbath and Jewish holidays. From Tabletmag: During … Continue reading

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Chaim Amalek: What can we as Jews do to add diversity to the cast of these programs so that they mirror the wonderful mosaic that is Mexico?

Comment: I haven’t watched any telenovelas recently, but — at least up until a few years ago — the standard plot-line was: episode-1) Boy meets girl episodes 2 – 25) Boy gets distracted by various sulty temptresses with heaving bosoms … Continue reading

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Sheffield says Latin players easier to control than blacks

ESPN: The percentage of African-Americans playing Major League Baseball is at an all-time low and Gary Sheffield says he has a theory why that’s the case. In an interview with GQ magazine that’s currently on newsstands, the typically outspoken Tigers … Continue reading

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