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Is Terri Bonoff Jewish?

Is Terri Bonoff Jewish? Yes, Minnesota State Senator Terri Bonoff is a Jew. The Minnetonka politician is making waves in the legislature by protesting prayers made in the chamber in the name of Jesus by an anti-Muslim minister, Rev. Dennis Campbell of St. Cloud.Instead of basking in unproductive hours or minutes of prayer, we think all legislators ought to try ...

Is Steve Jobs Jewish?

No, Steve Jobs is not a Jew.The brilliant visionary genius, who was Apple CEO until resigning today, practices Buddhism. He was born to Catholic and Muslim biological parents, Joanne Carole Schieble and Abdulfattah John Jandali, and was adopted and brought up by Christian parents, Paul and Clara Jobs, according to sources.Jobs was appointed chairman of the board at Apple today. ...

Is Stanley Fish Jewish?

Yes, Stanley Fish is a Jew.In the latest Opinionator commentary of the Times, Fish asked, “What’s Up With the Jews?” and then went on the list many dramatic news stories of late related to Jewish people.That’s just the point, and the one that Fish does not make. We Jews are a dramatic people.The Bible tells us that we are dramatic, ...

Is Rush Limbaugh Jewish?

Yes, Rush Limbaugh is a Jew. Rush’s Conservative Gentile persona is a successful act that has earned him record multimillion dollar contracts in the radio business.Rush’s real name is Ronald Levy. He was born on the upper West Side of Manhattan. His father was a dermatologist and his mother a junior high school librarian. He attended the Ramaz School where ...

Is Robert Gibbs Jewish?

No, Barack Obama’s former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is not a Jew.Gibbs was born in Auburn, Alabama on March 29, 1971. He is married to Mary Catherine Gibbs, an attorney. They live in Alexandria, Virginia with their six-year-old son. Gibbs’ parents now live in Apex, North Carolina, where his mother Nancy is acquisitions director for the libraries at ...

Is Rahm Emanuel Jewish?

Yes, Rahm Emanuel is a Jew. He was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1959. In Hebrew the name Rahm means “lofty” and the name Emanuel means “God is with us.”Emanuel, the former chief of staff to President Barack Obama, won the Chicago mayoral election over five other challengers Tuesday 2/22/2011, topping the 50% threshold to avoid a runoff vote. He ...

Is Prayer at a Football Game Kosher?

It’s fall and it’s football season. Once again we are confronted with the problem of what to do about religious football fans who want to pray at the stadium right before the game begins. I believe that prayer at a football game does not elevate the sport. It causes cultural and spiritual confusion. And it cheapens the religion.So no, prayer ...

Is Pink Jewish?

Yes, Pink is a Jew. The star performer dazzled everyone at the Grammy’s with her singing, acrobatics and revealing performance in 2010. Her mother is Jewish.A2006 interview with Pink says about her plans for tattoos, her Jewish mom will be honoured on her right arm, “with Hebrew writing and a cat ’cause she’s a snob and she’s a nurse and all ...

Is Peter B. Madoff Jewish?

Yes, Peter B. Madoff, brother of Bernard L. Madoff is a Jew.Madoff’s grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Poland, Romania and Austria, according to Wikipedia. Peter is a member of the Old Westbury Hebrew Congregation.The Times reports that he will plead guilty to crimes connected to the Madoff Ponzi scheme.For nearly four decades, as the second-in-command at Bernard L. Madoff Investment ...

Is Paul Volcker Jewish?

Forbes reports that Paul Volcker is retiring from public life, “Gone Fishing: Paul Volcker Retires From Public Life, Heads For the River,” saying, “Later this week Paul Volcker, the man who helped guide the U.S. through two of its most serious recent economic crises, will step down as the chairman of the President’s Economic Advisory Board.”We do not think that ...

Is Passover Catholic?

No, Passover is not a Catholic holiday. Even so, a new book certainly shows how important Passover is to the essences of Catholicism.Brant Pitre’s, Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist: Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper, is a work of immense and approachable scholarship. It is a constructive theological treatise that surely will influence how Catholicism understands itself and ...

Is Orthodox Judaism Apocalyptic?

Is Orthodox Judaism Apocalyptic? Yes, to some degree, it is.I originally wrote an essay in 1987 to analyze and characterize some of the darker clouds that I started to see on the horizon within Orthodox Judaism.I posted it with revisions that I made in 1994, taking account of Rabbi H. Schachter’s responsum regarding women’s prayer groups.Read More: @ tzvee.blogspot.comReaders found more ...