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I got this in the mail and decided to pass it along.
This an easy way to get much needed cash to a worthy cause.
The Special Children's Center (SCC), is an after school program for challenged children in Lakewood.
Jenine Shwekey, the founder of SCC has been chosen by L'Oreal of Paris as a "Women of Worth" Honoree. Please vote for her to win the grand prize of a $25,000 to the SCC from L'Oreal: http://www.womenofworth.com/honorees/honoreesVotingSelect.aspx
a travel question...
Google is giving me some conflicting results, so I thought I'd ask around too.
I hold a US passport that has a bunch of Israeli stamps in it. What countries will not allow me entrance because of that? What countries will just hassle me but let me in?
On the flip side, what countries' stamps would Israeli officials give me a hard time for having on my passport? Would any of those keep me from entering Israel?
thanks for any help!
christian right and israel
someone today asked me what the deal was with the christian right and israel and i realized i couldn't really explain it.
can someone please give me a reasonably brief explanation.
todah rabah
justice quote
i don't have time to find this myself and figured someone here would be able to tell me.
can someone give me the exact quote and author of the saying "justice shall you pursue"
todah rabah
Mmm . . . Onion
Sorry, too good to resist:
Holocaust Museum Cashier Has Yet Another Depressing Day
As ever, it's best that we laugh. The most successful way to keep Hitler cold in his grave.
Jewish/Israeli Obama related humor
I just posted some recent Obama humor over at the other shul. Just thought I'd share it here as well. ;-)
Blah Blah, Blah Blah. Yes, it IS a slow week in the local news. This is NOT a bad thing.
one of my stories got published
http://www.onthepremises.com/issue_06/story_06_h1.html
Actually it's based on parsha bereishit and so it's not just an example of "I'm the moderator and I can post whatever I want here". Also based on my great grandfather's 100th birthday.
Jack Chick Greatness...
The Peace Process causes hurricanes.
Oh, and don't f**k with the Jews.
http://www.chick.com/reading/tracts/1055/1055_01.asp?wpc=1055_01.asp&wpp=b
Rahm Emanuel
I'm curious as to whether Obama's selection of Rahm Emanuel for the position of Chief of Staff changes the opinions of right-wing Jews w/r/t Obama's support for Israel.
Hey all,
I'm going to be doing a presentation in the next couple of weeks in which I compare and contrast Chabad with Satmar, with one focus being Zionism. Google Video used to have a video, about an hour long, of Satmar Hasidim marching on D.C. to protest the visit of Menachem Begin. But now I can't find the video on YouTube or Google Video. Anybody know some way I might track it down? T
equal time
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/i_would_make_a_bad_president_obama
Yo Momma vote for Obama?
I find that many people, especially [[Orthodox] Jews] of the damn-fool variety, are voting against Obama, for all the wrong reasons (there can be said to be valid reasons, but these ain't them). Especially awkward are those whack-jobs who think dumb-as-a-brick Palin is somehow Good For Israel. Since when do Jews condone such willful ignorance? The following offensive picture was sent to me by a good friend, who did in fact vote for McCain. Even though offensive, I find it somewhat funny because being an obvious fake, it makes more fun of us messed-up Jews than of Obama (make your own at the Church Sign Generator.com, see the complaints he got about that sign, or make your own and post it in comments). I think the sentiment of this "photo" is somehow, what's the word? symbolic? of the whole mess:

Doing my bit to get Obama elected. Not because he's good for Israel, but McCain & Co. are far far worse.
So how is your local Jewish community responding to Obama? Seeing any latent/overt racism??
Are we forgetting the true meaning of Halloween
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/in_the_know_has_halloween_become
You know for a Jew, being told the true meaning of xmas over and over again is really f**king annoying. So this is doubly fun for me.
Oy, McCainia!
This was cute. Anyone know what the original lyrics are?
The Tribe
"no barbies were harmed during the production of this film"
Shabbas or Halloween?
JTA asks the question.
I'm at a Bat Mitzvah this weekend as it is so I choose Shabbas. Even if I were not out of town, I would still choose Shabbas. We have our own costume-themed holiday of Purim...
LEAH NEEDS YOUR VOTES!!!!
http://memelabs.com/somedaystories/
Only 12 days left and Leah is under 200 votes behind!
If you haven't voted yet, PLEASE do so!
If you have voted, please get the word out!! Come on people!
x-posted
ETA: Click on Evelyn from MA. Her daughter Leah was too young to nominate herself so her mom is doing it on her behalf.
Leah Larson is founder and editor of yaldah magazine. As leah would love to expand her amazing work, the financial costs are great. However, with our help leah can win 100,000 to help her reach her goal. All you need to do is take a minute of your time and go to www.wellsfargo.com/somedaystories and vote for "evelyn from MA" (its under her moms name). Thanks so much and pass it on!
Leah is a frum young lady who started this magazine for young girls and would like to expand.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=25850294348
Tsaddik??
David Gelernter says McCain is a "tzaddik".
Granting the importance of the topic, the difference in moral stature between presidential candidates has rarely been as enormous as it is today--not (or not only) because Obama's is so small but because McCain's is so large. There is no single English word for McCain the hero, the moral entity. But in Hebrew he would be called a tsaddik--a man of such nobility and moral substance that he approaches holiness. If this assertion sounds crazy, that only shows how little we have thought about the issue. W. T. F.
a TSADDIK? I mean, I could accept some people calling him a mensch, though I personally wouldn't attach that label to a guy who cheated constantly on his first wife (and children), and calls his second wife a cunt. But a TSADDIK?
Just realized something
Achmadinajad is up for reelection in Iran this summer. This is a man who has made a political career out of decrying the United States as a big evil empire that can't help but act erratically. He's been positioning himself as the savior of the muslim world. Whereas I've seen Iranian papers that have only had problems with America not doing enough to keep Iraq from plunging into civil war, Achmadinajad has been capitalizing on international hatred of the Bush administration.
McCain would not improve that image in the slighest.
So a vote for McCain is a vote for Achmadinajad.
Just saying.
Minhag for the sick?
A common cold snuck up, decked me, and stole my voice this past week.
Today I've been very touched, but also quite startled, to receive phone calls from several people letting me know I am in their prayers. I always thought "refuah shelemah" was reserved for the seriously ill.
What's your minhag?
erev simchat torah - torah reading?
on erev sukkot, my ashkenaz orthodox shul did maariv, hakafot, and then dinner.. It didn't seem like the read the torah.. unless they did it really quickly before hakafot.. but they definitley didn't do it after hakafot.
my friend when to an unaffliated (leaning on reform/conservative) shul, and they did hakafot then torah reading
there's a moroccon shul in the basement of my shul that did hakafot with us, then when back to the shul before dinner, and then came back to us for dinner. I can only assume that they had a torah reading after hakafot and before dinner.
Is it common for shuls to not do a torah reading after hakafot on erev simchat torah? Or do you think my shul probably just did it before hakafot?
The role of parents in marriage
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed posted a very interesting shiur on the obligations of parents regarding marriage of their children. I was at a shiur by his father shlit"a once, about shidduchim- he's very good on the subject. Anyway, living now in India, where most marriages are arranged by parents (and most online dating profiles are written by the parents), this made me think... what SHOULD be the role of parents in the marriage of their children, optimally? Not obligations, but the ideal. What do you all think?
Yeshiva Hunt
Can anyone suggest a Orthodox Yeshiva in Israel. I am looking for a couple of things. Learn to learn, Hebrew, and Halacha. I am also looking for Ruchinius (spirit). I don't care about politics.I am left of chariedi and right of modern Orthodox.
Thank you
God & Co.
Here's a video I worked on about the Exodus story. Todd Barry plays God, Jonathan Katz plays Moses.
http://nextbook.org/cultural/feature.html?id=1055
(x-posted a few places)
Sell that Victor Frankl book
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZmarlowe1
Among other things. ANyhow I'm out of a job so I need the money.
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