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Satmar Protest in Washington DC

Over two thousand fervently Orthodox Jews protested outside the White House against the excavation of ancient graves in Israel. The protest, organized by True Torah Jews, the Central Rabbinical Congress, and Asra Kadisha, took place Tuesday to coincide with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit with President Obama.Read More: @ thecooljew.netTags: protest in washington, satmar protest in washingtonVisitors found this page by searching ...

Sarah Palin Disgracefully Accuses Media of Blood Libel Against Her

Sarah Palin is definitely ignorant of what is a blood libel. From Wikipedia, which Sarah could access, if she wished to take off a minute from her incessant attacks:Blood libel (also blood accusation) refers to a false accusation or claim that religious minorities, almost always Jews, murder children to use their blood in certain aspects of their religious rituals and ...

Sara Bock: A Jewish Mother with Attitude

My mom is not famous, like her sister, Lea Nikel, who is included in JWA’s online encyclopedia of Jewish women. However, she is certainly a “Jewess with Attitude.” She had a very tough life, born in British-Mandate Palestine in 1929. She lost her father when she was 12 years old, leaving her, her sister, and her mom (who had TB), ...

Sami Rohr Prize in Fiction

The Sami Rohr Prize in Fiction is one of the biggest awards in the Jewish literary world, given by the Jewish Book Council each year, alternating years between fiction and poetry. The five finalists were just announced:* Allison Amend – Stations West (Louisiana State University Press)* Nadia Kalman- The Cosmopolitans (Livingston Press)* Julie Orringer—The Invisible Bridge (Knopf)* Austin Ratner – The Jump Artist (Bellevue Literary Press)* Joseph Skibell ...

Same-gender attractions

Not long ago, I received the following email from “Gershon”, a young man in Israel that’s just been discharged from the army. Gershon is searching for a real connection with Hashem, but a major obstacle is blocking his way:…the last thing in the world I want is to be attracted to other men, yet I am. You can’t imagine the ...

Safeguarding Our Holiness

In his discussion on Parshat Shekalim, the Shem MiShmuel asks two penetrating questions. The machazit hashekel was donated in Adar and was used to fund the new cycle of korbonot tzibbur (public sacrifices) which commenced in Nissan. Why was it necessary to dedicate the entire month of Adar to collecting the half shekel when it could have easily been accumulated ...

Sacha Baron Cohen Hits Ryan Seacrest with Kim Jong Il’s Ashes: Funny or Disrespectful?

Sacha Baron Cohen of course made a scene before tonight’s Oscars when he arrived on the “Red Carpet” in character as General Aladeen, the star of his upcoming movie “The Dictator.” Carrying the fake ashes of the late North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il, Baron Cohen dumped the ashes onto Ryan Seacrest. As he walked away, he told Seacrest that ...

Ryan Braun’s Yom Kippur and 60 Years Since a Jewish Baseball First

The Arizona D-Backs (managed by my boyhood hero Kirk Gibson) stay alive in their ALDS series against the Milwaukee Brewers after winning last night’s game 8-1 in Phoenix. The hero of the game was Paul Goldschmidt, who hit a grand-slam home run. Despite his Jewish-sounding name, Goldschmidt is not Jewish. D-Backs relief pitcher J.J. Putz, who got the save last ...

Ryan Braun Wins Appeal of Suspension for Failed Drug Test

Trivia question: How many Major League Baseball player have successfully won an appeal of a suspension resulting from a positive drug test? The answer is only one. And that is Ryan Braun, the Milwaukee Brewers’ Jewish superstar.The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel just reported that Braun won his appeal “not so much on contesting the result of the test but the testing ...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg—a Fitting Culmination for Jewish American Heritage Month

As you know if you read the Jewish Women’s Archive blog, May is Jewish American Heritage Month (JAHM). At JWA, we work all year to highlight the struggles and successes of American Jewish women; it’s the legacy we pass on to future generations.Among JWA’s contributions to JAHM this year, we added video interviews with nine Jewish women who live and ...

Rosh Yeshiva Pasuls Witness at Chupah Because of iPhone

There was a time when I thought such a story would be a hoax, but those days are gone. There has been so much craziness in the chumra and anti-internet world that I’m willing to believe that a Rav would tell a witness he wasn’t kosher because he had internet on his phone. We are i n a brave new ...

Rosh Hashanah Really is a Fashion Show

At many synagogues and temples on the High Holidays, people cynically remark that it has the feel of a fashion show. Jewish people, many of whom only attend synagogue on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur each year, get all decked out in their most stylish clothes.Read More: @ blog.rabbijason.comReaders found more information by searching for:rosh hashannah fashion show (1)You might also like:Shaq Drops ...