“Judaism Discovered,” Michael Hoffman’s monumental new work on Judaism is subtitled, “A Study of the Anti-Biblical Religion of Racism, Self-Worship, Superstition and Deceit.” But, what does Hoffman really think of Judaism?

Submitted by joeblow on Sat, 2011-06-11 11:45

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The question of one God versus many gods confounds every westerner who approaches Hinduism. On the apparent level, Hinduism has many gods who are depicted by murtis, statues or idols. Idolatry, of course, is not only condemned in the Biblical second commandment, it even contradicts the much less doctrinaire seven Noahide commandments that are said to be obligatory for all descendants of Noah, which is to say everyone.

Submitted by joeblow on Fri, 2011-06-10 11:46

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New York State law says that mandatory reporters who suspect a child has been sexually abused have to report that suspicion to police or to child services. Agudah says Jewish mandatory reporters should not follow New York law, and a spokesperson for the Brooklyn DA refuses to say the DA will enforce the law against mandatory reporters who follow Agudah's dictate rather than the law.

Submitted by joeblow on Wed, 2011-06-01 18:02

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Schneerson died in 1994 without naming a successor, and the Chabad movement has been without a Rebbe ever since. There's a small but vocal and growing faction of Lubavitchers who believe their last, deceased Rebbe was the Moshiach - i.e., the Messiah, the prophesied hero of the Bible who will unite and rule over the Jews and usher in God's kingdom on Earth. Being deceased would seem to be an obvious disqualifier for messianic status, Schneerson's devotees, commonly referred to as "mesichists".

Submitted by joeblow on Mon, 2011-05-30 11:11

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Stanley Crossick, one of the founders of the EPC, has been noted to have been a close friend of Chabad, and also advised on trade betweent the EU and China.  In other news, the EPC hosted Danny Ayalon, a leader of the extremist Israeli party, Yisrael Beitenu, on March 1, 2011. 

Submitted by andie531 on Sat, 2011-04-23 21:34

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One of the dirty little secrets of Jewish outreach efforts to young people — particularly to college students and those in their 20s — is the use of alcohol to entice them.

Submitted by andie531 on Sat, 2011-04-23 00:00

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Ron Hirsch, 60, also known as Israel Fisher, is being sought by authorities.  On Saturday, none of the congregants expressed any worries about the explosion.  “I feel totally safe, safer today than I’ve ever felt,” Rabbi Levitansky said.

Submitted by andie531 on Mon, 2011-04-11 03:03

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Christian and Jewish groups, led by Pastor John Hagee’s Christians United for Israel(CUFI) and (Jewish) StandWithUs began alerting their supporters worldwide, asking them to send email messages to King County Council members and to the Metro bus company.  Other groups included the American Jewish Committee, the Federation of Greater Seattle, the ADL, and the metropolitan Seattle community’s rabbis, synagogues, and organizations.  Stand With Us managed to get a media poll pulled which showed too many votes in favor of the ads.

Submitted by andie531 on Sat, 2011-01-29 21:39

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The opinion poll revealed the number of Americans who think the US needs to support Israel dropped to 51 percent in July from 58 percent in June and 63 percent in August 2009.

In Germany, 50 percent of the respondents said they had "very cold" or unfavorable feelings toward Israel, compared with 39 percent who said they experienced "cold" or "very cold" feelings toward Palestinians.

In Sweden, the situation was similar to that in Germany, with 49 percent saying their feelings toward Israel were "cold" or "very cold."

In France, those sympathizing with Israel did not go beyond 24 percent and the number, though narrowly, was outweighed by 31 percent who said that felt "cold" or "very cold" feelings toward it.

Submitted by joeblow on Thu, 2010-08-19 18:16

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Israeli police say there is sufficient evidence to press charges against Rabbi Mordechai Elon in the allegations of sexual abuse leveled against him by former students.

They said that the prominent religious Zionist rabbi should be tried for allegedly committing indecent acts by force against minors.

Police investigators said that they have talked to a number of people and two boys have agreed to testify that the rabbi had sexually assaulted them between 2005 and 2006 when they were minors.

Submitted by joeblow on Mon, 2010-08-09 18:30

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Most Jewish New Yorkers vividly remember the Crown Heights riots of August 1991, four horrendous days of attacks on Brooklyn’s Hasidic Jews that resulted in the brutal murder of Yaakov Rosenbaum, a young Chabad scholar from Australia.

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On Sunday night an explosive device was discovered under the house of the Shliach to Kiryat Ono in Israel.

Submitted by andie531 on Thu, 2010-05-27 19:45

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Roy Tov is an interesting man with some very important inside information.  This comes from his website Words from a Christian Israeli Refugee. 

Submitted by Fester on Fri, 2010-05-21 22:08

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A Pakistani national has been convicted over his role in the deadly Mumbai attacks by an Indian court.

Submitted by Sullivan on Mon, 2010-05-03 10:38

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The Sanhedrin is officially reopened for business and Fat Tony is down with it.  It just keeps getting worse.  From the Maurice Pinay Blog.

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Israel repeals iPad ban after two weeks of confiscations

The ban has been lifted: The Communications Ministry announced Saturday evening that starting Sunday it will allow Apple's iPad tablet computer into the country, following two weeks of confiscations and confusion.

Submitted by Ognir on Sun, 2010-04-25 10:29

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March 23, 2010

Mumbai: The German Bakery in Pune was chosen as the terror target because Chabad House was well protected by the state police, Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan said today.

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By Bob Norman, Tuesday, Mar. 23 2010

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3-26-2010  Today I spoke on the phone with Abraham Korf, the Miami rabbi who serves as regional director of all 145 chabads in Florida.

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An Israeli woman whose husband was killed in the Mumbai terrorist attacks is having trouble visiting her eight kids in Brooklyn due to immigration woes. On Feb. 5, US Customs and Border Protection agents at Kennedy Airport stopped 37-year-old Frumet Teitelbaum and said she had overused her visitor's visa by regularly traveling from her home in Israel to see her kids, who are staying with her late husband's family in Borough Park.

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Ponzi schemer Scott W. Rothstein’s former chabad, the Chabad of Downtown Inc. in Fort Lauderdale, is invoking “clergy privilege” in bankruptcy investigations.

Chabad is a term for a Jewish center run by a strictly orthodox Jewish organization.

Submitted by andie531 on Sat, 2010-03-20 21:44

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A leader in the Jewish community of Norway has come under fire after she attacked the Chabad Lubavitch movement as right-wing, misogynist and “anti-democratic".

Submitted by andie531 on Wed, 2010-03-17 07:13

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NEW HAVEN, Conn. (CN) - A Jewish group says the City of Hartford denied them the right to use a building for religious purposes, though Baptists and Catholics used the building to practice their religions for more than 80 years.

Submitted by andie531 on Wed, 2010-03-10 20:14

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Pity!

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/02/08/climate.change/index.html

Submitted by Ognir on Mon, 2010-02-08 13:36

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Jewish reps already in devastated island to offer aid to survivors, Jews

Submitted by andie531 on Fri, 2010-01-15 20:01

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