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Dennis Prager Disagrees With Giving Jewish Kids Distinctively Jewish Names

Dennis said on his radio show today that he disagrees with Jewish parents who give their kids distinctively Jewish names. I guess he means names such as Dovid or Shmuel or Dov. Dennis says they should have their Hebrew names … Continue reading

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Why Are So Many Hippies Jewish?

Khunrum emails: "As senior committee member let me put my two baht in. The reason there were so many Jewish Hippies, Jewish Bombers, Jewish Radicals…Jewish everything in the 60’s was because that’s where the fun was. Jews caught on early … Continue reading

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Emancipation & Enlightenment

Here’s a partial transcript of sociologist Steven Cohen’s talk July 10, 2008: Steven: "If you want to understand people, you need to know two things about them. Who do they hang out with and what do they value?" He talks … Continue reading

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