Rachel Cogent

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May 17, 2014, 7:02 AM

The Indigenous Ground

I read with great appreciation a post by Donna A. Walling about her summer pilgrimage to the Lakota reservation, which was very moving. As a mild rebut, we do have here in Santa Fe spoken Navaho heard on the...

May 14, 2014, 7:24 AM

The sky is falling! (and I don’t care)

For the record let me state that Jeremy Ben-Ami is one of my least favorite people. I just read a manifesto on this site where he justifies and circumlocutes, tries to drive wedges between Jews, and pretty much reaffirms...

Apr 27, 2014, 9:33 PM

Incestuous relations of biblical proportions

I read with some interest a blog post by Yoseif Bloch in which he explores sibling incest of revered biblical figures. At one point Bloch says: But maybe it’s a cultural thing; after all, sibling marriages were common in ancient...

Apr 24, 2014, 5:41 PM

Why are Jews Conservative? Is it in their genes?

I read with some interest a blog post by David Sarna in which he proposes that his ancestors were not descended from "liberal" Ashkenazi Jews (possibly said with tongue in cheek). I am unable to comment on any articles...

Apr 7, 2014, 6:29 PM

I’m claiming this badge…

I had been reading this website for a few years but was surprised when I was approved for a TOI blog. Being a confirmed rebel, naturally my first thought was "How can I get kicked out?" So I figure if...

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Just another epicene half-Jew heretic exiled to Santa Fe.