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UK: Schoolboys punished with detention for refusing to kneel in class and pray to Allah (Islamization Watch)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 23:15:00 GMT

At the last NUT (National Teachers Union) convention - they decided that British school children should "understand" Islam better and that an Imam should visit every school. Not understand Hinduism better, or Buddhism or Judaism - only Islam and not bring in a Guru, a monk or a Rabbi or even a Catholic priest - only an Imam. Unfortunately a lot of these teachers fit neatly into the radical left...

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Jewish Meditation - Tzitzis & Techeles (A Simple Jew)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:40:00 GMT

(Illustration by A Yid) Get this widget Track details eSnips Social DNA Audio shiur by Rabbi Tal Zwecker

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A Good Thought (A Simple Jew)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:30:00 GMT

There is not a good thought which is ever lost. (Zohar)

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Postville Then and Now (Jewlicious)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:30:35 GMT

Although the Agriprocessors/Rubashkins scandal seems to have faded from the news fairly quickly–which seems odd to me, since food and the fitness of food is such an obsession of Jews/Judaism–the issue may rear its ugly head again for consumers this weekend, when good patriotic American families everywhere will hold Fourth of July BBQs. According [...]

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Triumphalist Zionism and Jewish Identity :: Jewschool (Israelated - English Israel blogs)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:23:33 GMT

The right wing of American Orthodox Judaism, those who align themselves with various factions of chareidi and Yeshivah Judaism, are committed to what might only be called “triumphalist Zionism” (my locution, as far as I can tell). Triumphalist Zionists skip the whole cultural and political transformation piece of Zionism and go straight to “now we have an army and its our turn to kick...

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what i think about sometimes when i think about things (lost in bec's world)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:16:00 GMT

two days ago i had an appointment with a specialist in a building at the same intersection in j-town which eighteen hours later hosted the bulldozer terror attack . fortunately my appointment went well and it turns out there is nothing wrong. i was given the okay to fly, and just in case you were wondering, this doctor has to be the nicest person i've met in the year that i've been here. i even told...

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Question & Answer With Yitz - The Underlying Water (A Simple Jew)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:36:00 GMT

A Simple Jew asks: Learning Chassidic seforim can sometimes feel like we are on a journey searching for the lost princess . Days, months, and years of toiling can go by and we may convince ourselves that we have made very little headway; that we have not even penetrated the sefer's cover. Unexpectedly, one day we are finally given an opening and sweet waters very slowly begin to spring forth for us...

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30 Sivan Links - ל סיון (A Simple Jew)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:31:00 GMT

(Picture by A. Llauradó) Life of Rubin: The "Take 1 On" Campaign Zoo Torah: Sporting with Leviathan Treppenwitz: Yonah 2.0

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In Silence (A Simple Jew)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:30:00 GMT

A person must learn how and train oneself to daven in a low voice, including the Pesukei D'Zimra, but be able to cry out in silence with all one's strength, and similarly in Torah study, as the verse says, "All my bones will say..." Indeed, when one cries out from a state of deveykus, it will be in silence. (Baal Shem Tov)

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REFLEXION (Myrtus)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:30:45 GMT

Egyptians lived 6000 years with polytheism and prayed to idols! What does monotheism represent? What would become of Islam, Christianity and Judaism in 3000 years? What perception will humanity have of these religions in the future?

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One Picture Compares Judaism-Christianity Versus Islam (GINA COBB)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:20:04 GMT

DemocracyRules Continued at website.

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Fly Fishing and Compassion (The Fly Fishing Rabbi)

noreply@blogger.com (Rabbi Eric Eisenkramer) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:32:00 GMT

Compassion is a core value of Judaism. Everyone no matter how poor must give tzedakah , charity, to remember that there is always someone out there in a more difficult situation. Jews must also visit the sick, feed the hungry and perform gemilut hasadim , acts of loving kindness, so that we learn compassion for others. A recent fly fishing trip reminded me that compassion can occur on a stream...

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"I Want To Go Outside!" (A Simple Jew)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:37:00 GMT

After searching around the basement looking for them, I said to my four year-old son, "You can go outside and play after you find your shoes. I will then help you put them on." "I CAN'T FIND THEM!!", he replied. I glanced up the stairs and caught sight of them on the floor in the kitchen. "They are on the floor in the kitchen by the dishwasher. Go upstairs and get them and then we can go outside."...

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Which Of These Seforim Would You Recommend And Why? (A Simple Jew)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:31:00 GMT

Divrei Chaim al HaTorah Moadim & Bava Matzia Magen Avraham al HaTorah U'Moadim Rav Yivi al HaTorah Likutei Torah HaShalem Sifrei HaYehudi HaKadosh mi'Peshischah U'Banav Tzvi La'Tzadik and Pe'er Yitzchak Yosher Divrei Emet Shaarei Gan HaEden Amud HaEmet Shema Shlomo Beit Aharon Panim Yafot al HaTorah Kol Simcha Keter Torah - Rabbi Meir of Berdichev Mei HaShiloach Netiv Mitzvotecha / Otzar HaChaim Pri...

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Mistaken Identity (A Simple Jew)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 08:30:00 GMT

Every person can achieve the same. The choice is in your hands! You are free! 'The crown of a good name is above the others.' It is because of the mistaken assumption which people have that their own lives are not rooted in holiness, that they do trouble themselves to fight the way the tzaddikim fought. (Reb Nosson of Breslov)

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Religious leaders hold peace parley in Hokkaido (Japan Times)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 20:13:00 GMT

SAPPORO (Kyodo) About 300 religious representatives from more than 20 countries met Wednesday to discuss peace ahead of the Group of Eight summit next week in Toyako, Hokkaido. The participants, including about 60 religious leaders representing Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam and Zoroastrianism, will craft peace proposals during the two-day conference that will be held at the Sapporo...

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Rashi Script (A Simple Jew)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:40:00 GMT

(Chart courtesy of rashi900.com) Dixie Yid and I were recently having a discussion via e-mail in which he told me that he bought the new printing of Toldos Yaakov Yosef with an excellent commentary. I replied that I had bought another printing of this sefer since it was in regular block letters and not in Rashi script. Although I have taught myself Rashi script in the past, without regular practice...

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28 Sivan Links - כח סיון (A Simple Jew)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:31:00 GMT

(Picture by S. Banai) Jewish Blogmeister: J Blogger Interviews Dixie Yid A Fire Burns in Breslov: Making Time Mentalblog: the greatest book ever written - "REDUNDANT MATERIAL"

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Surrounding A Person (A Simple Jew)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:30:00 GMT

Even if a foreign thought surrounds a person, he should not cease davening. If he believes with a complete faith that there is a Creator, then certainly he should know that the foreign thought came to him to be rectified and elevated to its source. (Degel Machaneh Ephraim)

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Noted (Siris)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:09:00 GMT

I am in the midst of giving oral exams for my ethics course , so substantial posting will have to wait a bit; but expect a post on the philosophical justification of Judaism in IV Maccabees, which keeps whirling in my head and will have to be let out at some point in the near future. Some things about town: * I intended to mention this before, but kept forgetting: David Corfield discusses the...

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