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21 July 2008
Restrictions on Food Tighten for the 2008 Beijing Olympics
Every person of every creed, race, color and religion is welcome at the Olympics, correct? Well, Rabbi Levi Brackman writes in his column that the strict Chinese regulations on visas and on imports may prevent restaurateurs from making kosher food available at the Games, which make many feel unwelcome. Quoting Rabbi Moskowitz, of Shatz Kosher [...]
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15 July 2008
Where Does the Separation Begin?
The First Amendment to the United States Constitution is a part of the United States Bill of Rights that expressly prohibits the United States Congress from making laws “respecting an establishment of religion” (the Establishment Clause) or that prohibit free exercise of religion (the Free Exercise Clause), laws that infringe the freedom of speech, infringe [...]
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24 June 2008
A Bubble Of A World
While at work, and in dire need of entertainment, my friend sent me a link to a restaurant review and urged me to look down to comment #25. Comment #25 was posted by a woman wanting to know if this is a good place for her to bring her children for dinner in the city. [...]
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7 May 2008
Israel Hits 60!
Tonight, celebrations for the 60th birthday of the State of Israel commenced with a torch lighting ceremony on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem and will continue tomorrow with many more celebrations amidst many more threats and warnings. Everywhere you look, from Facebook to MSNBC, there are comments relating to Israel. A Facebook event [...]
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1 May 2008
Genetic Markers to Identify Lost Ones
There are four letters of the genetic alphabet - A, C, T and G - which pair up and create your DNA. Thanks to modern technology, a scientist named Syd Mandelbaum, who had been part of the Anastasia Romanov disproving effort of 1994, started the DNA Shoah Project. Through the use of these [...]
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11 April 2008
Justice Gabriel Bach: Eichmann Prosecutor
On April 10, 2008, Justice Gabriel Bach came to speak at Touro Law in Central Islip, New York. Who is he? He is a former Justice to the Israeli Supreme Court, and also was a prosecutor of Adolf Eichmann. Born in Germany in 1927, Justice Bach was educated in Berlin. [...]
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1 April 2008
He Who Attacks My Friends Attacks Me
Across the street from a federal and district court, no real security, out on the end of an island, Jewish institution. All of these four elements combined make my law school a perfect target for terrorism.
It is not something that is completely out of the question for us. We are aware, the courts [...]
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18 March 2008
School Shooting in Brooklyn, NY
A bullet pierced the front door of the Be’er Miriam School for Girls in Brooklyn at the end of the school day on March 17th. According to authorities, no one was hurt. The Be’er Miriam School, located across from the Marcy Houses in Williamsburg, has about 200 students, ages 7 to 13.
Police said [...]
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23 February 2008
Iranian Jew
Born in Iran in 1951, there usually would be no question as to who holds my father’s allegiance, except for the fact that he is Jewish. His father a true Iranian, his mother an Iraqi, they never had any doubt within their own minds. Being in Iran became a danger and a threat. [...]
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7 February 2008
Threat on Scientology
Scientology, or “the study of truth” (according to the Scientology website) is “the study and handling of the spirit in relationship to itself, others, and all of life. The Scientology religion comprises a body of knowledge extending from certain fundamental truths.” The main goal is true spiritual release and freedom. In short, [...]