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Women AGAINST The Wall

David Z Bernstein — Sun, 12 May 2013 20:36:33 +0000

An open letter to the Women of the Wall Dear Women of the Wall, The first item that should be mentioned, is that no matter what outcome you were aiming for last Friday, you were always going to completely disrupt anyone from praying at the Wall. Regardless of your political or religious views, the media [...]

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Why prisoners love kosher food

David Z Bernstein — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 15:20:41 +0000

Max Moussazadeh won his battle this week to ensure that he is served kosher food in his Texas Jail. Max, who is serving a life sentence of 75 years for a fatal shooting in 1993, was initially denied this privilege and had filed a law suit to have this changed in 2005. The 35 year [...]

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Who buys Nazi memorabilia today?

David Z Bernstein — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:21:03 +0000

The Warsaw ghetto in Poland today made headlines with regards to a national controversy. Artist Maurizio Cattelan has created a statue of Adolf Hitler kneeling in prayer and placed it in the ghetto. The statue that is only visible from one of the ghetto’s gates has been created in conjunction with an exhibit at the [...]

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Looking to make some extra $$$, Al-Qaeda may have the answer

David Z Bernstein — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 15:06:49 +0000

If you are looking to make some money and can work flexible hours you may want to check out the latest offer from Al-Qaeda. An audio produced by the group’s military arm the al-Malahem Foundation announced today that it will offer 3 kilograms of gold worth $160,000 to anyone who is able to kill the [...]

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10 Jews who made us proud in 2012

David Z Bernstein — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 15:17:30 +0000

1) Noam Gershoni, The 29 year old Israeli Paralympics tennis player won the first of Israel’s seven Gold medals at the Paralympics this summer. Noam, suffered severe injuries in the Lebanon war in 2006 when his IDF helicopter crashed and he has remarkably become the world number 2 in Paralympics tennis. This year he won [...]

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Jews on Christmas, Ho Ho Ho or No No No?

David Z Bernstein — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:46:15 +0000

A lot has been said recently about Jews celebrating Christmas. Benjamin Solomon the editor in chief of Next magazine writes about his love for Christmas, his childhood memories of the Christmas carols, Christmas parties and Christmas trees and yet despite his love for the holiday he cannot help as a Jew from New Jersey being [...]

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Sex scandals in Ultra-Orthodox communities: Are these scenes becoming too familiar?

David Z Bernstein — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 13:40:25 +0000

Earlier this month reports came through of sex scandals related to the Yeshiva University which campus is based in the Washington Heights area of New York City. The reports are based on sexual attacks that took place 30 or 40 years ago. The current president of the school has admitted that there were sexual molestations [...]

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