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Nachamu

DovBear (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago

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Mumbai Doctor Smashed Idols and Became a Jew with Holtzbergs

Jewish Internet Defense Force (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago

by Hana Levi Julian, IsraelNN.com In a powerful echo of the Biblical story of the patriarch Abraham, a Mumbai doctor smashed his father's idols and eventually decided to become a Jew in the Land of Israel. Dr. Aharon Abraham, left his position as Director of the ICU Medical Center at British Kennedy in Mumbai, India after terrorists murdered his spiritual guide and his wife, Rabbi Gabi and Rivky Holtzberg...

ENOCH SEMINAR NEWS: There are three new...

PaleoJudaica.com (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

ENOCH SEMINAR NEWS: There are three new initiatives of the Enoch Seminar in the works. 1. 4 Enoch: The Online Encyclopedia of Second Temple Judaism Research . The Encyclopedia aims to offer a comprehensive introduction to scholarly research in Second Temple Judaism (or from the Babylonian Exile to the Bar-Kokhba Revolt). It includes biographies of Scholars and Authors as well as abstracts of scholarly...

Dear Sarah Palin, et. al.

culturekitchen (Free subscription) | yesterday

Dear Sarah Palin, George Bush and other End of Time Believers, I am sorry to inform you that I will be preventing the second coming of you savior. It's nothing personal, but I just don't intend to move to Israel just to suit your religious beliefs. Let me explain below. You see, End of Timers, I'm Jewish. Now, I don't actually keep Kosher (I love pulled pork way too much...and bacon cheese burgers...

By Ted Belman The Union of Reform...

Britannia Radio (Free subscription) | yesterday

By Ted Belman The Union of Reform Judaism- the URJ- recently completed a major gathering, a Biennial, in Toronto. Rabbi Eric H. Joffie gave a speech and resolutions were passed unanimously. Michael Diamond is a member of the largest Reform Temple in Toronto and is a strong Zionist. He constantly writes in support of Israel and visits it often. He is also a lawyer and community leader. He

Oh, my head ...

Curmudgeonly & Skeptical² (Free subscription) | yesterday

In Passing passing out, that is “ Oh Boy. The "Deindustrialize Those Cracker Sons Of Bitches Act Of 2009 ." "The US House of Representatives yesterday released the Conflict Minerals Trade Act (HR 4128) to try and end the international trade of tungsten, tantalum and col-tan, the mining of which is accused of fueling violent rape and murder in eastern Congo. (H/T O Club ) In the...

Religious Identity and Economic Behavior

Free Market Mojo (Free subscription) | yesterday

We identify the marginal effect of religious identity on economic choices by measuring how laboratory subjects’ choices change when their religious identity is made salient to them. We find that Protestantism increases contributions to public goods, and there is suggestive evidence that it increases reciprocity in a labor market gift-exchange game. Catholicism decreases contributions to public...

Brockley Central Drinks Presents: The Talbot

Brockley Central (Free subscription) | yesterday

It's kinda like a speakeasy kind of thing. It's kinda cool. It's like you're in on some kind of secret. You tell a chick you've been some place, it's like bragging that you know how to find it. The only way you could know where a place is is if someone who knows brought you there. You have to have someone come before. There is a direct line connecting you back to the original, unequivocally cool, club...

MORE ON THOSE SUPPOSED SHROUD-OF-TURIN INSCRIPTIONS in...

PaleoJudaica.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

MORE ON THOSE SUPPOSED SHROUD-OF-TURIN INSCRIPTIONS in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek, which are starting to get some media attention. This is from the Scotsman : Professor Frale has published a new book, The Shroud of Jesus the Nazarene, which claims an archaic script that appears on parts of the material was written by low-ranking Roman officials or mortuary clerks on a scroll or piece of papyrus to...

A MAP OF ARCHAEOLOGY SITES has won...

PaleoJudaica.com (Free subscription) | yesterday

A MAP OF ARCHAEOLOGY SITES has won an award at the ASOR meetings, which are taking place here in New Orleans alongside of SBL: Archaeologists publish first map of contested sites in Middle East New online map reveals archaeological activity on Holy Land sites in the West Bank and East Jerusalem By UCLA Newsroom November 20, 2009 Category: Research A team of archaeologists from UCLA, USC, Israel and...

The Counterjihad Manifesto

Gates of Vienna (Free subscription) | yesterday

A representative of a European NGO contacted me this morning and asked for my help. His organization was preparing a presentation on the Islamization of Europe, and he was in urgent need of a brief description of the Counterjihad, including a statement of our goals and a concise rationale for what we are doing. I was happy to oblige him, and the result is below. The Counterjihad: Resisting Islamization...

• Counter-Jihad manifesto - Vlad Tepes

New Challenge - Feast!

Monday Artday (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

The new challenge is: Feast! Illustrate a feast! Up in the northern hemisphere, we have a lot of eating holidays this time of year. The U.S. has Thanksgiving on November 26 this year, Canada had Thanksgiving on October 12, Hanukkah begins at sundown on Friday December 11, Christmas is December 25, and many other religions celebrate the harvest of fall, the shortest day (Winter Solstice, December 21),...

Muslim countries seek to ban blasphemy

Right Mind (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Will this also apply to Christianity and Judaism? From CNews : Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery — essentially, a ban on blasphemy. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that Algeria and Pakistan have taken the lead in lobbying to bring the matter to a vote in the U.N. General Assembly. Such a ban...

Ideology and Reality

Maharal, Rambam and Parsha (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

There are often huge divides between what something is ideally supposed to be and in reality what it ends up being. The divide that I want to discuss is that which exists in modern orthodoxy. How did the ideology depart from reality in such a severe way? In the ideology behind modern orthodoxy a Jew is supposed to follow their Rabbi's judgement, like Jews have been doing for thousands of years. The...

THE DEAD SEA is getting some publicity...

PaleoJudaica.com (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

THE DEAD SEA is getting some publicity: Dead Sea area next focus of IGTO Written by Atara Beck ( Jewish Tribune ) Wednesday, 18 November 2009 TORONTO – The Israel Government Tourist Office (IGTO) recently began focusing on developing a greater awareness of the Dead Sea/Tamar region, which, with its unique healing properties and magnificent surroundings, has attracted visitors for thousands of...