Category Archive for 'Judaism'
Friday, October 12th, 2007
NO, she is not a MUSLIM!
Slash-and-burn columnist Ann Coulter shocked a cable TV talk-show audience Monday when she declared that Jews need to be “perfected” by becoming Christians, and that America would be better off if everyone were Christian.
Coulter made the remarkable statements during an often heated appearance to promote her new book on advertising [...]
Posted in Christianity, Judaism, Media, Video | 4 Comments »
Friday, October 5th, 2007
Image by: Carlos Latuff
So here we go again:
[Via: CNN] NEW YORK - In the 67 years since its debut, “When You Wish Upon a Star” has been recorded by more than 100 artists and orchestras.
But the song’s owner is irate about what it calls an unseemly spoof of the familiar tune, saying the dreamy classic [...]
Posted in Breaking News, Censorship, Freedom of Speech, Judaism, Media, Racism, Zionism | 13 Comments »
Thursday, July 19th, 2007
French philosopher Alain Badiou gave this interview to Le Monde last week. The original title was about the crisis of the intellectual Left. While the first two questions focused on the crisis of the French Left, most of the interview was about the particularisms lying at the foundations of Israel as a Jewish only [...]
Posted in Guest Blogger, History, Israel, Judaism, Middle East, Palestine, Zionism | 8 Comments »
Saturday, July 14th, 2007
Unlike many other millions:
Iran’s Jews reject cash offer to move to Israel
· Expats offer families £30,000 to emigrate
· Our identity is not for sale, say community leaders
Robert Tait in Tehran
Thursday July 12, 2007
Guardian Unlimited
Iran’s Jews have given the country a loyalty pledge in the face of cash offers aimed at encouraging them to move to [...]
Posted in Iran, Israel, Judaism | 7 Comments »
Saturday, June 9th, 2007
If you read only one thing today, it should be this one.
It is very long, however, it is worth every minute you spend reading it. I promise you, it’s going to be a good read. But first, a quick background.
Avraham Burg, former Knesset speaker, former Shimon Peres protégé and former Israel Agency Director. Finally, he [...]
Posted in Israel, Judaism, Noteworthy, Politics, Zionism | 1 Comment »
Friday, June 8th, 2007
1967 - The war that ended Judaism
By Bradley Burston
…If absolute occupation corrupts absolutely, no group would be more corrupted by Israel’s presence in the territories than rightist rabbis.
With Messianic zeal, they set to dictating new commandments and enunciating new prohibitions, revolutionizing Judaism by casting the settlements as the building blocks of a Third Temple [...]
Posted in Israel, Judaism, Palestine | No Comments »
Friday, June 1st, 2007
Lieberman wants Gaza cut off
Israel’s strategic affairs minister called for cutting power supplies to the Gaza Strip.
Avigdor Lieberman said Thursday he was preparing a proposal for the Olmert government
to declare Gaza, from which cross-border rocket salvoes have surged this month, an independent and hostile political entity. That, he said, would empower Israel to suspend electricity [...]
Posted in Human Rights, Israel, Judaism, Palestine, Religion, Terrorism, War Crimes, Zionism | No Comments »
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007
[By Carlos Latuff]
Day by day, it seems that Israel is producing more worms for its own destruction than what she always claimed the world is doing to destroy the Jewish dream.
Recently there are more news showing that the trend of anti-Semetism and neo-Nazi among Israelis are growing fast.
Yesterday I mentioned one of the anti-Semitic attacks [...]
Posted in Israel, Judaism, Zionism | 10 Comments »
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
As a young person, I eagerly absorbed Jewish culture and values, harnessing the lessons of tikkun olum, the Judaic principle which translates to “repair the world.” As I came of age, I became increasingly committed to this principle in my daily life as an activist for social change….
As a trusting and uninformed child, I never [...]
Posted in Good News, Israel, Judaism, Opinion | No Comments »
Sunday, March 11th, 2007
Ultra-Orthodox Jews who reject all form of ZionismYakov M. Rabkin writes: A profound division has developed between Zionist advocates of Israel and Jews, secular and religious, who reject or question Zionism and actions taken by the state of Israel.
Public debate about Israel’s place in Jewish continuity has become open and candid.
Many Jews try to come [...]
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