Jewneric: A New Platform for the Jewish Voice Archives: March 2008
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17 March 2008
The ABC’s of Kosher Wine L-P: Celebrity Edition
Nothing is better than word-of-mouth advertising, especially when the words come from a mouth that has been gilded by fame and celebrity. Well, Jewneric’s ongoing series, “The ABC’s of Kosher Wine,” has managed to attract attention from some of Hollywood’s biggest names, who have asked to contribute their opinions to todays installment.
Louis de Sacy Brut [...]
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17 March 2008
Being a Heretic in MY Bible
Throughout the past couple of weeks, I’ve spoken sarcastically about how the mere act of thinking is considered by some to be heretical. It doesn’t matter what you think; if it is contrary to a group’s core beliefs, you are a heretic according to their understanding.
Of course, in your understanding, their ideas are probably [...]
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14 March 2008
State Department (Mildly) Decries Anti-Zionism as Anti-Semitism
Yesterday, the State Department published a report in which it drew a long-ignored connection between anti-Zionism and/or opposition to Israeli policy, and anti-Semitism.
In its introduction, the 94-page report states:
“Anti-Semitism has proven to be an adaptive phenomenon. New forms of anti-Semitism have evolved. They often incorporate elements of traditional anti-Semitism. However, the distinguishing feature of [...]
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14 March 2008
University Students Protest Norman Finkelstein
The University of Missouri had recently invited Norman Finkelstein, a former professor who is notoriously not just pro-Palestine but anti-Israel, to speak on its campus. Finkelstein has been fired from several universities and he was ‘denied tenure’ at DePaul University in Chicago. He has published many extremely controversial books explaining [...]
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13 March 2008
The ABC’s of Kosher Wine F-K : So You Like It Cheap
So maybe you’re not looking for a wine that requires you to open it a half hour before you drink it. Maybe you just want something cheap and easy that puts you on the express train to call Ralph on the big white phone. Well, bellow is a list of Wines that will have you [...]
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13 March 2008
Lord, Get Me High?
An Israeli psychologist believes that Moses and the Israelites were high on psychedelic drugs at the Sinai revelation:
“As far Moses on Mount Sinai is concerned, it was either a supernatural cosmic event, which I don’t believe, or a legend, which I don’t believe either, or finally, and this is very probable, an event that [...]
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12 March 2008
The ABC’s of Kosher Wine A- E
With Purim approaching, I thought it would be prudent to create a list of Kosher wines worth drinking by alphabet.
This first round will focus on some of the better more expensive wines.
Abarbanel Gewurztraminer 2004
This wine is powerful on the palate – your tongue will be hit with bursts of sugar and spice, oak and [...]
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12 March 2008
Superman Retires, Supermensch Remains
With the horrific news out of Israel last week and all the commotion of the political campaign, some readers who are not sports fans may not have noticed the big news out of the National Football League. Brett Favre, quarterback for the past 16 years for the Green Bay Packers, called it a career.
And [...]
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11 March 2008
Belgian Holocaust Survivors and Families to get $170 Million
“In a certain way, justice has been done. Unfortunately, there are people who never came back” from the Nazi death camps, said Eli Ringer, the co-chair of the Committee on the Restitution of Jewish Assets.
The latest government restitution payments for victims and remaining family members of the Holocaust will be coming from the Belgian government. [...]
