The Catmage Chronicles
Andy thought he was going crazy when a talking cat showed up at his front door. He couldn’t have been more wrong.Goldeneyes is a Catmage – a cat with human intelligence and magical abilities. Andy is an eighth grader who is smart, impulsive, and trying to avoid the school bully at all costs. A prophecy threw them together. There’s just one problem: Goldeneyes can’t stand humans.The Catmage world is heading toward war. Goldeneyes and Andy must try to stop the enemy from getting stronger. And they must save a powerful Catmage who’s been kidnapped. For Goldeneyes, it’s personal. That Catmage is her grandmother.Andy and Goldeneyes must try to put aside their differences. If they can’t, the enemy will soon be too powerful to defeat…
Category Archives: Religion
It’s not anti-Zionism—it’s anti-Semitism
Fifty-five anti-Semitic incidents in France in the last two and a half weeks: A total of 55 anti-Semitic incidents occurred in France since the start of Israel’s Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip, said President of the French Jewish … Continue reading
The opposite of hate mail
Got this email of support today. I’m a straight, white, male, Baptist by religion, living in southwest Missouri, card carrying cynic and full blown smartass. And I back Israel to the bloody end if needed. As you said, “anti-Semites, just … Continue reading
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We are all Georgians now
See the title of this post? When you Google it, the only person you read about who said “We are all Georgians now” is—John McCain. Last summer, Russia invaded Georgia, launched tons of missiles, armor, explosives, ground troops, took over … Continue reading
The Cheapest Blood
There is an ongoing discussion among my Jewish friends and I. Actually there are many ongoing discussions but for the purpose of this post we’ll focus on one. What is our role as a Jew. It is not so much … Continue reading
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Tonight at Shabbat
Say a special prayer for the soldiers of the IDF. Here’s Chabad’s Shabbat candlelighting times. And remember tonight, at synagogues all over the world, Jews will also sing Oseh Shalom—a prayer that asks for peace for Israel and for the … Continue reading
American Jewish kids still love Israel
I thought young American Jews don’t care for Israel anymore. This doesn’t make any sense, then. Instead of spending their winter vacation with their families, 120 American college students have come to volunteer in the Negev – despite the proximity … Continue reading
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Dhimmitude
Certain defenders of Iran are fond of pointing out that Iran has the largest population of Jews in the Middle East outside of Israel. What they never mention, of course, is that Jews are restricted from traveling abroad (they must … Continue reading
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Haveil Havalim
Haveil Havilim is here. And Jack rounded up posts about Gaza here.
The side of Bethlehem the wire services don’t show you
Here’s an interesting look at the “secure” town of Bethlehem today, and what it was like when it was under IDF control: It’s been eight years since I last set foot in Bethlehem. As a Jewish Israeli tour guide, I … Continue reading
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Religion of tolerance builds 21st-century ghetto for Jews
The Jews of Yemen have been threatened by Islamists. So the few Jews that remain of the millennia-old Jewish community are going to be protected by tye state by being moved to—a ghetto. Two weeks after the murder of Moshe … Continue reading
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Hamas wants to bring crucifixion back to the Holy Land
Hamas passed a bill that will bring Sharia law to Gaza. And the punishments are positively medieval. According to the bill, approved in its second reading and awaiting a third reading before the approval of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, … Continue reading
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All I want for Christmas is a mosque
I’m sure the OIC will rush to embrace this idea, and by next Christmas, we’ll see foreign workers in Saudi Arabia holding Mass. EU Parliament President Hans-Gert Poettering called on Arab governments on Tuesday to allow Christian churches to be … Continue reading
Second light
Something different from my usual virtual menorah: Pictures from a Chanukah party I attended tonight. Four of my seven students from last year were there, as well as one of my favorites from three years ago. And there were new … Continue reading
Another “disturbed” “extremist” kills another Jew
Every time a Jew is murdered by a Muslim who states clearly that he is killing the Jew in the name of Islam, the authorities and the news services fall all over themselves declaring that he was a nutcase, an … Continue reading
Is it good for the Jews?
Headline from JTA: The Global News Service of the Jewish People: Blagojevich arrest could send Jewish rep to Senate Who? That suits U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) fine. JTA has learned that Schakowsky, the only Jewish contender to replace Obama, … Continue reading