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Something To Consider - Ta-Nehisi Coates

Ta-Nehisi Coates: "To be a true conservative is to be more disturbed by victimology, than actual victimizing."

Four events of interest to Jewish New Yorkers this weekend

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Simcha Raphael’s talk on "Jewish Views of the Afterlife"

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NY Jewish Culture Examiner: The Western Hemisphere's only Greek Romaniote Synagogue

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overweight women have more sexIf the study had divided the women into three groups, overweight, normal or healthy weight, and underweight I think the underweight women would be the least sexually active. Not only does starving oneself not put one in the mood it may also indicate a discomfort with sexuality and a nostalgia for the sexual ignorance ( Read more... )

Gaza kids 'training to kill Jews'

Eleven-year-old trainee: I'd rather die fighting the occupation than die at home from a missile. Islamic Jihad threatens to unleash 'the fires of hell' on Israel.

Massive, warrantless raids on peace protesters in Minneapolis, ahead of RNC

Interview with Eliyahu McLean Co-founder and Co-director of the Jerusalem Peacemakers.

Descended from a long line of Christian pastors on his father's side and rabbis on his mother's (the two met while hitchhiking to a hippie commune in California), peacemaker Eliyahu McLean has been dedicated to interfaith work since he was a college student at ( Read more... )

Huge statue of Roman ruler found

I'm surprised that Hadrian is considered a "good emperor." His anti-semitic policies and persecution and his brutal suppression of the Bar Cochba revolt (135 c.e.) they inspired brand him as a bigoted tyrant in my eyes.