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Dec 15, 2014, 8:39 AM

There is NO connection between Chanukkah and Christmas

On the TOI article about Christmas songs, one person kvetched about the supposed Chanukkah-Christmas disconnect. The comment in full is this: A complete waste of energy, time and money by this museum, and the same by TOI for this story....

Dec 14, 2014, 10:18 AM

Cleaning Off a Menorah In Time For Chanukkah

By the way, we interestingly somehow (at least in Ashkenazi circles), as I have come to learn, pronounce the "ח" as "ch" when we should pronounce it as "kh" (Incidentally, this might be relatable to how the Spanish pronounce a...

Dec 11, 2014, 8:50 AM

Some Good News For the Jewish Community After A Horrific Day Yesterday!

Firstly, that despicable attempt of disguising Anti Semitism in supposed Judaica (Hanukkah gift wrap, to be specific) was finally taken off the shelves. While Hallmark may be trying to dodge the issue, Walgreen's knows exactly what's going on with...

Dec 10, 2014, 9:09 AM

The CIA Torture Report And More Anti Semitism (Yes, Including Releasing the Report)

I was under the impression that the CIA Torture Report was already released, and it was actually released today. My attitude? "Well, whatever. It's still going to affect Anti Semitism." In other words, whenever it was or would've been...

Dec 9, 2014, 1:24 PM

News Bits That Affect Jews

The 19th Knesset and 33rd Government is officially disbanded, and elections in Ha'Eretz Yisra'el are set to take place on March 17, 2015. G-d willing, Yair Lapid's admonition holds out: “His first mistake was that his call for elections does...

Dec 8, 2014, 8:18 AM

Argentina Two, Anybody?

This morning, I received the following Fox News Alert in my e-mail: The Pentagon says that 6 Guantanamo Bay detainees have been transferred to Uruguay for resettlement as refugees When I read the full alert in my e-mail (as opposed to...

Dec 5, 2014, 10:15 AM

From Dictatorship To Democracy

I knew that PM Netanyahu was trouble. Now I have the proof. Unless olim and sabras do what is right, both they and we in the Diaspora have a dictator on our hands: "I turn to you tonight because in...

Dec 4, 2014, 9:01 AM

There Go Those Mixed Feelings Again…

When People prematurely published Kirk Douglas' obituary, I decided to read about it. I of course freaked out! Then came Lady Gaga's revelation and a mention of Kirk Douglas and Natalie Wood. I could have been silent...I wasn't: I should add that the...

Dec 3, 2014, 9:53 AM

Jewish News Bits: Both Prove Tanakh, and One Does So In a Less-Than-Desirable Way

The Desirable Way Both gentiles and Jews keep complaining about b'rit milah, yet G-d continues to prove His words to Moshe and the other kedoshim true: The thinking on circumcision has swung wildly over the years. It's been practiced by Jews...

Dec 2, 2014, 8:43 AM

The “Declaration of Establishment” and Two Equivalents, And a Footnote About Thomas Jefferson

This should be a no brainer: Israel’s May 14, 1948, Declaration of Independence provides for “complete equality of social and political rights to all its inhabitants irrespective of religion, race or sex” and urges “the Arab inhabitants of the State of...

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About Me

Born in the Diaspora in 1990, Nicole Czarnecki didn’t even know that she’s Jewish until about 2008. As a Jewish Christian and an aspiring olah with more of a history than she ever knew and hope for a future of which she can't even begin to dream, she aspires to help others learn from their histories and build hopeful futures for everyone whom aspires to pursue tzedek and tikkun ha’olam.