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Tag Archives: jewish religion
Is Foreskin Man Anti-Semitic?
The Los Angeles Times reports: A ballot measure to ban circumcision in San Francisco has taken a strange twist with the publication, by the measure’s sponsors, of a comic book in which an anti-circumcision superhero -– blond, buff and handsome … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism
Tagged female circumcision, international condemnation, jewish religion, san diego group, stereotypical images, traditional jewish community
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Yisroel Pensack: Dead Rebbe As Mashiach
I was invited to a wedding and reception for the son of a San Francisco Chabad-Lubavitch rabbi/shaliach.
Posted in Chabad, Christianity, Orthodoxy, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged baal teshuva, chabad lubavitch, false belief, jewish religion, mashiach, wedding invitation
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Tough Love From Amalek
Chaim Amalek emails: The art work is nice. She’s talented AND pretty. The paintings signal the world that this is a woman of many charms and talents. But you, Luke, are a middle aged man living in obscurity on the … Continue reading
Posted in Chaim Amalek, Orit Arfa
Tagged attentions, chum, forties, jewish religion, langerado, Matisyahu, middle aged man, physical charms, shema, tough love
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Lindsay Lohan Converting To Judaism?
From EOnline: Kevin Mazur/WireImage.com It’s no shtick—Lindsay Lohan is converting to Judaism. And apparently, her family is taking the news very well. "As long as she believes in God," says her father, Michael Lohan, a self-proclaimed born-again Christian who raised … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrity
Tagged catholic faith, church of scientology, converting to judaism, eonline, jewish religion, samantha ronson
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Israel Shahak
Anthony writes: Dear Mr Ford: Having recently recently your interesting article on Israel Shahak (and having been alerted to your work by E. Michael Jones) I am writing, on the offchance, to ask if you can help me with a … Continue reading
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Tagged ambulance, authoritative compendium, dear mr, e michael jones, gentile, Israel Shahak, jew, jewish history, jewish religion, Jews, opponents, rabbinical authorities, Rabbis, recollection, Sabbath, sake, state of israel, tom segev, twaddle, validity
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Fake Jew Arrested In Lakewood, New Jersey
Video report. JewishInfoSpot reports: Natan Levi, so was he known, was a full time Lakewood Yeshiva man until he was arrested by the FBI last week. Mr. Ted Larry Floyd, a Christian from Kansas, finally busted by the FBI after … Continue reading
Posted in Lakewood
Tagged community synagogue, daughter age, drug trafficking, jew, jewish community, jewish education, jewish religion, jewish school, jewish women, lakewood new jersey, levi family, mr ted, natan, orthodox women, red flag, sephardic, study group, talmud, Torah, Yeshiva
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