Oct. 14, 1943: Jewish Rebellion at Sobibor Death Camp
There is an image of Jews going tamely to slaughter in the Holocaust. And it is true, for various reasons, this did happen all too often. But some Jews stood up and fought, even at times defeating the...
View ArticleWhat Shabbat Means to Me
Shabbat. The day of rest. In the story of Creation, G-d creates for six days, and then, on the seventh, He rests. In the Torah, the fourth of the Ten Commandments is, "Remember the Sabbath." Never...
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#Bialys - Muslim/Jewish Harmony - I'm Choked Up With Emotion
This is one of those stories that is a rare bit of uncontroversial feel good news, and I think it deserves a short diary.Most Americans are familiar with bagels and their chewy wholesome deliciousness,...
View ArticleSwastikas and Torched Cars. In 2011. In Brooklyn.
Two days ago people around the world marked the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Nazi orgy of public antisemitic violence and property that alerted the world to the horrors of that regime and...
View ArticleObama Hits GOP with the Truth
Cross-posted at the Progressive ZionistWe all know just how messy next year's presidential campaign will be. We all know that the Republicans will stop at nothing, including the most vile lies and...
View Article"G-d Don't Like Jews"
That's what someone scrawled on the car of a Jewish family in the Marine Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. This is the latest in a string of reported incidents that have come throughout the month of...
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World AIDS Day: My Fabulous Disease
"So, am I HIV-positive?""Oh, you're definitely HIV-positive", said the nurse, turning away.So began a new chapter, not with a bang, or even a whimper, just a chilling new reality casually announced....
View ArticleWorld's Oldest Hate Increases As We Enter Another Year
Getting into the season, here's sufganiyot (donuts) representing each officially documented antisemitic hate crime recorded in the United States of America just over this past year (as of October...
View ArticleIt only took 1,500 years
The internet is still relatively young, not even 50 years even if you count precursors, but the concept of hypertext is much older. One of the earliest written examples of hypertext is the Talmud, the...
View ArticleOrthodox rabbis condemn violence against girls in Israel
In response to the violence against girls attending a religious school in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel, well documented in this diary, a group of mostly American Orthodox rabbis has issued a statement...
View ArticleD'var Torah: VaYigash
Parashat VaYigash Genesis 44:18-47:27With apologies if anyone else was planning on posting something; the schedule didn't show anyone for this week. I also haven't had time to write anything new, so...
View ArticleJewish Teens Pelted With Eggs in the City of My Birth
A little over 32 years ago I was born in a Lakewood, New Jersey hospital. Mom and dad were living with family down there at the time, for a few years... one of my sisters was born there and then...
View ArticleUltra-Orthodox Protesters Cross Line — Invoke Nazi Imagery
Cross-posted at The Progressive ZionistI am a Conservadox Jew. I am a liberal Zionist. I believe in Israel as a Jewish and democratic state. As a Jew — and as a Zionist — I cannot remain silent. It...
View ArticleAn Era Comes to an End in Portland, Oregon
Crossposted from The Progressive ZionistI opened my mailbox here in Southeast Portland on Saturday morning and pulled out the last ever copy of The Jewish Review, the semi-monthly newspaper which has...
View ArticleLeaders Blast Use of Nazi Imagery — Some Ultra-Orthodox Double Down; Others...
Cross-posted at The Progressive ZionistYesterday, I wrote about the disgusting use of Nazi imagery by some Ultra-Orthodox protesters in Israel. The backlash against the use of that imagery has now...
View ArticleReligious Zealots Stone Non-Segregated Bus
Cross-posted at The Progressive ZionistTwo Ultra-Orthodox (Haredi) men were arrested today for throwing stones at a non-segregated bus. This represents a new and disturbing turn of events....
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I Want My Hebrew Obama Button
Cross-posted at The Progressive ZionistWhen I was going to bar review class in the summer of 2008, I had this button on my backpack so that people could I was proud to be a Jew supporting then-Senator...
View ArticleNJ Rec Center WiFi Signal: "F* All Jews and N------"
Teaneck is a town of roughly 40,000 in North Jersey, not more than a dozen miles from Manhattan and just a few miles from my family's 'home base.' It's also one of the most diverse towns in the state,...
View ArticleGBCW
I have little patience for melodramatic TTFN's and GBCW's written to garner attention and sympathy. This is real. And its permanent. I'm not sick. I'm not depressed. I don't have a fancy new job that...
View ArticlePresident Obama, President Peres at AIPAC: U.S. and Israel share common...
Cross Posted at The Progressive ZionistSpeaking at the AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) annual conference speakers U.S. President Barak Obama and Israeli President Shimon Peres...
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