Daily Archives: 10/12/2007

YES!

Two verses down. Twenty-eight to go. I’m finally getting this trope. If this keeps up, I’ll get to do the maftir after all.

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Creative … or delusional?

Earlier this week came the news that a bipartisan group of 8 former government officials were urging the Bush administration to include talks with Syria and Hamas. Joe Klein calls the effort “creative.” The letter (cited here via The Washington … Continue reading

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Can AP get any more biased?

Wow, the captions on Eid In The Middle East (you must capitalize it or you’re simply Missing. The. Point) are stunningly non-objective. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Well, yes, there is: A Palestinian boy rides a horse during … Continue reading

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Best and worst Halloween costumes EVER

I blame the seventies. Most of these shows were on in the seventies. Go. Click the link. Cringe. Laugh. Now go here to see the best ones.

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The British and the Wall

Yisrael Medad points out that the PalArabs are claiming ownership of the Western Wall and notes the claimed basis for this in international law, from a British commission in 1930 that was established in wake of the 1929 Muslim pogroms … Continue reading

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The Israel boycott movement: Dying?

A little background on Ann Arbor and UMich: Ann Arbor is an extremely liberal college town. So when UMich and Ann Arbor liberals vote down a boycott of Israeli products by an overwhelming margin, you have to think that the … Continue reading

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The meaning of confidence building gestures

As a goodwill gesture to Mahmoud Abbas Israel will allow 3500 illegal Palesitnian immigrants to stay. In a gesture to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israel will grant residency permits to 3,500 Palestinians who have been living illegally in the occupied … Continue reading

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The AP tones down PIJ terror

I know the AP likes to think of itself as an unbiased, objective media outlet. But this interview with a top PIJ terrorist belies that. Abu Hamza is a small, soft-spoken man with a wide smile, but the rockets that … Continue reading

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