Category Archives: Religion

Requesting help

I have no idea how to answer this email: Hello, I was wondering how I could gain aid in finding surviving relatives or their children in Isreal from their original destination of Poland after WWII. I would appreciate any information. … Continue reading

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Haveil Havalim is up

And it’s in the form of a story. Go tell me how it ends, will you?

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The myth of the Khazars

An excellent article that debunks the lie that Ashkenazi Jews are not descendants of the Tribes of Israel. The actual details of the Khazar theory concerning European Jewry are simply pseudo-history and crackpot poppycock. Jews already lived in Europe a … Continue reading

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Nicolas Sarkozy’s Jewish heritage

No wonder the “youths” are rioting. Nicolas Sarkozy has Jewish roots. And understands the pull of Israel to most Jews. In an interview Nicolas Sarkozy gave in 2004, he expressed an extraordinary understanding of the plight of the Jewish people … Continue reading

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A Jewish WWII hero?

But—but Pat Buchanan and his buds all say that Jews don’t serve in the U.S. armed forces. (Tell that to my father and two uncles. WWII and Korea.) Robert Rosenthal, a World War II bomber pilot who twice survived being … Continue reading

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Most jaw-dropping press description, ever

Found this incredibly strange description in The Scotsman, which is often an anti-Israel propaganda rag. My great-grandfather settled in Glasgow after he escaped from Latvia (and being impressed in the Czar’s army), and my grandfather was born and lived the … Continue reading

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Have you voted in the JIB awards yet?

Well, have you? You should. Go vote. Best Post has been delayed for a while, so I’m suggesting you vote for someone other than me. There are a lot of fine Jewish and Israeli bloggers out there. Go look at … Continue reading

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It’s a good thing I’m Jewish

First, I find this headline in the JPost: Pope revises Vatican stance on ‘limbo’ And of course, it’s not about the Jamaican dance with the pole, which I’m sure you were all wondering. (If that were the case, the headline … Continue reading

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Christians murdered by Muslims worldwide…

and yet, the world blames Israel for the disappearance of Christians from the Middle East. Not the Muslims forcing the Christians out of Lebanon for the third decade. Not the Muslims murdering Christians in Gaza and the West Bank. Not … Continue reading

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Vatican shuns Yad Vashem for telling the truth about Pius XII

Apparently, the Vatican is unable to face the fact that Pius XII didn’t do squat to stop the murder of six million Jews, and its representative is boycotting the memorial at Yad Vashem for the Holocaust Day observances. Vatican ambassador … Continue reading

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Hey, it wasn’t Mr. and Mrs. Jesus, after all

Is anyone surprised by this news? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Several prominent scholars who were interviewed in a bitterly contested documentary that suggests that Jesus and his family members were buried in a nondescript ancient Jerusalem burial cave have now revised … Continue reading

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Saudi ERA watch

It’s as plain as the nose on your face: Women don’t like men having multiple wives. And you know, it just doesn’t really work all that well, either. For the women, anyway. RIYADH – A Saudi man lost part of … Continue reading

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A Passover message from Iran

When I get back tonight, we can (hopefully) discuss how many things are wrong with this story from the Iranian news agency site: Iranian Jews Ready to Defend National Interests Tehran, April 1, IRNA The Association of Iranian Jews here … Continue reading

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A Passover prayer

From Treppenwitz, via the OU. Please add it to your seder Monday and Tuesday. May the One Who blessed our ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses, Aaron, David and Solomon, bless the kidnapped and captive soldiers, including among them Gilad ben … Continue reading

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The death culture

The difference between us and them: We praise as heroes people who save lives. Iran praises the ones who destroy it. This is a sick, sick, sick culture. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad praised his country’s ability to recruit “hundreds of … Continue reading

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