Jewneric: A New Platform for the Jewish Voice Archives: Jewish History
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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. [...]
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4 March 2008
The Israeli “Limpieza de Sangre,” or, Are You Jewish Enough to Read This?
What is a Jew? And why does it matter?
The number one article emailed over the last day from the NY Times is a piece from the magazine entitled “How Do You Prove You’re a Jew?” written by Gershom Gorenberg.
Intrigued by the title, I read on. If you have not yet read this article, I highly [...]
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3 March 2008
Being a Heretic, or, How to Disagree With the Talmud
This is the third in a series of articles promoting the idea that people should feel free to come up with their own ways of interpreting biblical verses and Talmudic reasoning. Don’t feel limited just because you don’t have a fancy name like “the Ditz.”
-Daveed Yoel Tzvi
The 71 Sided Die - Why should you want [...]
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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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12 February 2008
Israel vs. Google
The city of Kiryat Yam is suing Google for a description which was posted on Google Earth that portrays the history of the city in a negative light.
The following is the description at issue:
“This is one of the Palestinian localities evacuated and destroyed after the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. For basic information about this locality, including [...]
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7 February 2008
The Wisdom of the Ancient World Gets Some Good Press!
An article in Slate Magazine from April 10, 1998, by Steven E. Landsburg, discusses the way in which modern economic theory backs up the rabbis of the Babylonian Talmud. How I stumbled across this article about a week ago I really don’t remember, but I’ve been thinking about it constantly ever since.
I just think [...]
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31 January 2008
The 69 Lost Tribes
This is an open article. I am specifically not being all-inclusive. Please add your comments and knowledge on the issue. I invite the moderators to combine the comments into the original post.
Biblically, we are told of 70 nations that sprouted from the three sons of Noah. Throughout the generations nations have [...]
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14 January 2008
Israel should NOT be the only issue
I often hear that people vote for a particular candidate over another one is their stance towards Israel. “Oh, he’s great for Israel, he’s got my vote” or “They are terrible towards Israel - no way!” When did the Jewish vote start to focus on a single issue? And has a President’s feelings towards Israel [...]
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3 January 2008
Holocaust survivor to retire from Congress
Rep. Tom Lantos, a 79 year old 14 term Congressman from the San Fransisco area in California, announced that he has been diagnosed with cancer and is going to step down when his term expires next January. Lantos came to the United States from Hungary in 1947, penniless and having escaped from Nazi death [...]
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31 December 2007
Life Ain’t Easy for a Man Named “Country”
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We all have those stories of people with funny names. I happen to know a Rabbi Jesus, a Mashiach Ben David and a lovable guy a year older than I whose legal first name is Doctor. I kid you not. We all also know people who have been given highly [...]
