Monthly Archives: March 2011

The Helen Thomas Playboy interview

Posted on 03/23/2011 by Meryl Yourish

If there were ever any doubt in your mind that Helen Thomas is a Jew-hater, all you have to do is read the Playboy interview and the doubts will disappear. Since the latest SNN is not yet out, I think … Continue reading →

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There’s dead, and then there’s killed by Israel

Posted on 03/22/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Let’s take a look at two different tales of dead civilians. The first is the AP narrative of what happened last Saturday, when terrorists stabbed three children and their parents to death. The details are grisly; they include stabbing a … Continue reading →

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Oh, boy. You know, this “aside” business has created a monster. Do you remember what happened eight or nine years ago when I discovered the title attribute to the hyperlink? Hoo-wee, we’re gonna have some fun here. Why, it’s like … Continue reading →

Posted on 03/21/2011 by Meryl Yourish | 1 Comment

I have no idea what an “aside” is, because I’m too lazy to read the docs on the upgrade. So I’ll just post one and see what happens. Gee, I hope I didn’t break anything. Update: Oh, look. It’s a … Continue reading →

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Monday briefs

Posted on 03/21/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Seriously? The anti-Israel loons are biting us now? Seriously. Although the true point of this story is that the Exception Clause holds strong: Academic freedom is for everyone, except Israel. And oh yeah—it’s all your fault for being bitten. You … Continue reading →

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The AP: Hamas propagandists

Posted on 03/20/2011 by Meryl Yourish

The AP spins, spins, spins for Hamas. Imagine that the Mexican drug lords sent fifty mortar shells into Texas. Imagine the worldwide headlines, and the angles of the articles. Now turn your attention to yesterday, when Palestinian terrorists sent a … Continue reading →

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Purim 5771

Posted on 03/20/2011 by Soccerdad

The New Persia Times Crisis in Shushan The United States is intervening diplomatically to forestall a rapidly developing crisis in the Persian Empire. Sources close to the government of King Achashveirosh have leaked information that the kingdom has sanctioned the … Continue reading →

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Saturday podcast open thread

Posted on 03/19/2011 by Meryl Yourish

I talked about Helen Thomas on this week’s Shire Network News, which should be out tomorrow. You can read the Playboy interview here. (And yes, it is one gigantic cognitive dissonance to read the words “Helen Thomas” and “Playboy interview” … Continue reading →

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My Prayer on the Crisis in Japan

Posted on 03/18/2011 by Rabbi Kaufman

I published my prayer about the events in Japan, really a short D’var Torah, on the We Are For Israel website. Feel free to use it.     It was an especially trying week for my family because my wife’s … Continue reading →

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America has always been at war with EastAsia?

Posted on 03/18/2011 by Meryl Yourish

So, it wasn’t okay to bomb Iraq, but it’s okay to bomb Libya? How is it that people are making the exact same arguments about Libya that some were making about Iraq (which were deemed not good enough to try … Continue reading →

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Briefly

Posted on 03/17/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Uninformed people, understandable. Uninformed journalists, no: So religious Jews wrapping themselves in tefillin and praying is an “elaborate ritual“? Really? Because I’ve seen people put on tefillin, and it’s not all that elaborate. The AP can’t even get something this … Continue reading →

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Always the subtle anti-Israel bias

Posted on 03/16/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Israel intercepted a ship carrying advanced Iranian arms to Syria. Here’s the lead of the latest story. Note the words in bold. Israeli officials are displaying thousands of bullets, mortar shells and anti-ship missiles they say were seized from a … Continue reading →

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Gracie at 14

Posted on 03/15/2011 by Meryl Yourish

About six months ago, Miss Gracie became my longest-lived cat. My first Tigger died of cancer at about thirteen and a half. My second Tigger died of kidney disease three years ago. Gracie has a heart murmur. Gracie has asthma … Continue reading →

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Happy ninth annual EATAPETA Day!

Posted on 03/15/2011 by Meryl Yourish

It’s the ninth annual International Eat A Tasty Animal for PETA (EATAPETA) Day. (Holy cow, is it really eight years since we started this? You betcha!) Today, as uber-commenter Alex Bensky likes to say, if it didn’t have a mother, … Continue reading →

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The aftermath of a massacre

Posted on 03/14/2011 by Meryl Yourish

“They murder, we build” is what Netanyahu is telling the world as Israel moves to build more homes in settlement blocs that will remain part of Israel under any peace deal. The fact that these blocs will be Israel? Doesn’t … Continue reading →

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My life, my blog

Posted on 03/13/2011 by Meryl Yourish

I just paid off the last of my credit card debt accrued from years of under- and unemployment (not profligate spending). I am now officially debt-free, except for my mortgage. I am solidly in the black for the first time … Continue reading →

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The slaughter of infants

Posted on 03/12/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Palestinian terrorists from Fatah murdered five members of a family on Shabbat, including a three-month-old baby. They were murdered in their sleep. The mayor of Ariel, called a “settlement” by the world media, says that the delegitimization of settlements is … Continue reading →

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Why I hate politics from the pulpit

Posted on 03/11/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Two more of my students are b’nai mitzvot this weekend. They go to a Reform synagogue. Their rabbi is beyond progressive; he’s one of the 400 rabbis who signed the letter about Glenn Beck (or whoever the letter was about; … Continue reading →

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Friday snark briefs

Posted on 03/11/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Yada yada, unions rock, yada yada, corporate thieves, yada yada: Sally Kohn, a “community organizer” (really, wtf is that supposed to mean?), sings the praises of unions. This part, however, is in great need of correction: There’s an old bumper … Continue reading →

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Friday tsunami briefs

Posted on 03/11/2011 by Meryl Yourish

Awful: One of the largest earthquakes in history spawned a tsunami that devastated the east coast of Japan. I have a friend living on the west coast, and coworkers in Hawaii and Guam. The tsunami is scheduled to hit the … Continue reading →

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