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  • Be Thankful For your Jews

    Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 11:02 in Jewish

    Image of a cantor reading the Passover storyin Moorish Spain, from a 14th century Spanish Haggadah.Photo Credit: WikiMy sweet angel just asked me to start getting ready for Thanksgiving. We share the cooking; my wife takes care of making the bluebe...

  • Difference Between Jewish And Muslim Terrorists

    Posted on Thursday November 12th, 2009 at 11:31 in Jewish

    Jews are like everyone else but it is still a surprise to read that once in a while they actually commit murder. Find details in the note (1) below, but the summary is as follows: A Jewish settler has been charged in Israel with murdering two Pales...

  • Jews who cannot write the Name of God

    Posted on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 19:54 in Jewish

    Gold SolidusPhoto Credit: CNG CoinsMost of us say things without knowing where the expressions come from or their significance. For example, without knowing the origin of "he's not worth his salt," we know exactly what is meant. Here quickly is the...

  • Jehovah is not the Name of God

    Posted on Monday September 28th, 2009 at 17:20 in Jewish

    Photo Credit: vindication.zangaI have lived in Bayonne, New Jersey almost my entire life (1950-1965, 1968-1983, 1991-present) and have noticed when I travel (I've passed through more than half the country) that many words I have grown up with are unf...

  • How Many Jews Are There in the Universe?

    Posted on Thursday September 10th, 2009 at 12:36 in Jewish

    Jeremy Gerlis: planetPhoto by: amitai sandyHow Many Jews Are There in the Universe? Actually I'm not asking. I know the answer, or I should say, I know the answers. One answer, the simple one of course, is that there are a little over 13.2 million...

  • Not All Jews Believe in God

    Posted on Monday September 7th, 2009 at 22:20 in Jewish

    God at His ComputerPhoto Credit: JewcyIn response to my article The Mary Jo Kopechne Memorial Bridge, reader Layla asked this question in a comment: "... how does a Jew call him or herself a Jew when they do not believe in God? Being Jewish is of fai...

  • Russian Nobel Prize Laureates

    Posted on Monday July 27th, 2009 at 15:43 in Jewish

    Russian Jewish Nobel PrizeWinner Ilya MetchinikoffPhoto Credit: stamprussiaIn my previous articles on Nobel Prize winners I pointed out that there are few Muslim Nobel Prize Laureates (only three) because Islam does not encourage intellectual pursuit...