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Tag Archives: Brandeis University
Tom Friedman Vs Israel
Jason Maoz writes: Thomas Friedman, the New York Times foreign affairs columnist, proved once again last week that despite his non-stop insistence that he has Israel’s best interests at heart, he relishes nothing more than slinging mud at Israel and … Continue reading
Posted in Jason Maoz
Tagged affairs columnist, Brandeis University, fit of pique, holocaust remembrance, israel forces, prime minister netanyahu
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The Jewish Annotated New Testament
The New York Times reports Nov. 25, 2011: SAN FRANCISCO — Growing up Jewish in North Dartmouth, Mass., Amy-Jill Levine loved Christianity. Her neighborhood “was almost entirely Portuguese and Roman Catholic,” Dr. Levine said last Sunday at her book party … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Jews, Judaism
Tagged american academy of religion, Brandeis University, miracle of our lady of fatima, new testament studies, oxford university press, testament scholar
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Las Vegas Jewish Federation
Tom Ficara emails: Hi Luke: Sorry for the delay in getting back to you but we are receiving so much information on Elliot Karp’s bad behavior from his various stops along the Jewish Federation trail that we are simply overwhelmed. … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Federation, Las Vegas
Tagged Brandeis University, capable women, employee abuse, Jewish Federation, reign of terror, rockland new york
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Make Heather Pink’s Dreams Come True
Click here for her Amazon.com wish list. I met Heather Pink and her boyfriend Andrew Parker in Tampa Bay between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur of 2005. We were at the “Tampa Show”, an informal gathering of Shakespeare scholars. I … Continue reading
Posted in Jews, Personal, Pornography
Tagged Brandeis University, noel ashman, real estate investor, reform synagogue, rosh hashanah and yom kippur, shakespeare scholars
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Failed Messiah Profiled
Samuel G. Freedman writes in the New York Times: Leaders of the Chabad movement declined to speak on the record about Mr. Rosenberg, but in general, they say he has exaggerated the degree of messianism in the movement and that … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, FailedMessiah, Haredi
Tagged american jewry, Brandeis University, failed messiah, Jewish Journalism, orthodox circles, samuel g freedman
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Rabbi Meir Kahane’s Last Public Talk Was At Brandeis University
Marc B. Shapiro writes: See here A few days before his death, Rabbi Meir Kahane spoke at Brandeis. I think it was actually his last public talk before the night he was killed. For a video of Gopin confronting Kahane … Continue reading
Posted in Aryeh Cohen, Brandeis University, Marc B. Shapiro, R. Meir Kahane
Tagged Aryeh Cohen, Brandeis University, claiming land, jewish university, Marc B. Shapiro, rabbi meir kahane
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My Ambivalence About Robert Novak
I read Novak’s enormous memoir. We agreed on most things, but not about things Jewish. Bob Novak was a relentless critic of Israel. Why? From TheTablet.com: Meanwhile, much of the Jewish pundit class has treated news of Novak’s passing delicately. … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Islam, Israel, Jews
Tagged american jewry, bob novak, Brandeis University, guerrilla theater, john judis, john podhoretz
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The Feminist Sexual Ethics Project
Gail Labovitz writes for Brandeis University: There are several rabbinic passages which take up, or very likely take up, the subject of same-sex marital unions – always negatively. In each case, homosexual marriage (particularly male homosexual marriage) is rhetorically stigmatized … Continue reading
Posted in Homosexuality
Tagged book of leviticus, Brandeis University, homosexual marriage, literature link, marital unions, rabbinic texts, sexual ethics
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