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Mar 15th
    Yom Sheini, 29 AdarI 5770

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Kosher genocide

Kosher, of course, means “ritually fit,” and we devote one issue a year to that which is fit not only ritually, but ethically. Enjoy this week’s Kosher Living section, which, besides its focus on kosher food, highlights the twists and turns of the high Jewish value of saving a human life, as well as other commandments of the Torah. Sometimes, “kosher” is used idiomatically, meaning  “appropriate” or “right.” While turning their heads, though not in shame, millions of people around the world are engaged in, we might idiomatically and sarcastically note, “kosher genocide.”

“Gendercide,” Mary Anne Warren called it in her 1985 book with that title. The facts are clear: In many countries around the world — led by the globe’s worst offender of human rights, China — baby girls are aborted (mostly) or murdered (less often), with the same results: a drastic overbalance of males in the population. For example, in China today, there are 124 males for every 100 females. Translation: Marriage and family will be denied to a hefty portion of the males in Chinese society.

 

Last Updated ( Thursday, 11 March 2010 14:37 )

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Israel sends message on Jerusalem; Palestinians honor murderer

What were they thinking?

This, many thinking people ask, in reference to the announcement by Israel’s Interior Ministry that it intends to build 1,600 new apartments in Ramat Shlomo, a Jerusalem neighborhood.

Many other thinking people ask what the Palestinian Authority was thinking when it decided to name a square in Ramallah after Dalal Mughrabi, who committed the worst terrorist attack against Israel, killing 37 civilians in 1978.

What were the Israelis and the Palestinians thinking? In both cases, it’s perfectly clear. Israel was thinking that Jerusalem is not up for negotiation.

Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. There is no building freeze in Jerusalem. Get used to it.

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Got two tests next week? Take 2x$50 = $100. Nice bonus.

A basic Jewish adage says, “In the process of doing something for a reward, one will come to love doing it for its own sake, mitoch she-lo lishma, ba lishma.”

This applies to Torah study, which is why Jewish school children are tempted with every manner of BribeLite — from small cash prizes to candies to awards — to increase their dedication to Torah study.

So, why not math? History? English? Social studies? No doubt, wholly ignorant of the basic Jewish adage, various schools nationwide are asking precisely that question: Why not money for math, after all?

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Watch out for increasingly vicious anti-Israel Israel propaganda

We have no idea who Bruce Baker is, nor do we know a great deal about the Broomfield Enterprise — the neighborhood newspaper which recently published a letter to the editor by Baker — but we do know propaganda when we see it.

Baker’s letter, entitled “Holocaust happening now in Israel,” was published in the Enterprise on Feb. 18. A copy of the paper ended up on the driveway of a Jewish resident of Broomfield — a person who happens to be a Holocaust survivor — who then, understandably upset, called the article to our attention.

Baker’s letter strives to make the case that the Jewish Holocaust of WW II is now being repeated in Israel, except this time the perpetrators are Israelis and the victims are Palestinians.

Last Updated ( Thursday, 04 March 2010 13:35 )

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Menachem Porush, 1916-2010

Readers may wonder why the funeral of Rabbi Menachem Porush was featured on the front page of the Wall Street Journal (Feb. 23). Here’s our take:

Menachem Porush was a living slice of an old Jerusalem style that is now almost extinct. He overflowed with emotion and reflected the passion that one associates with the Holy City, the cynosure of the presence of G-d on earth. His public speeches were white-hot, his access to metaphors seemingly inexhaustible, his command of the Jewish sermonic literature (midrash and aggadah) impressive. Most of all, it was the volcanic power of his own inner feelings that mesmerized his audiences.

Last Updated ( Friday, 26 February 2010 05:35 )

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JTA News

Bibi: Construction in Jerusdalem will continue

15 March 2010, 3:31 pm Israel's prime minister told his party that Israel will continue to build in Jerusalem.... [Link]

Brazil’s president refuses visit to Herzl’s grave

15 March 2010, 3:00 pm Brazil's president said he would not visit the grave of Theodor Herzl during his first official visit to Israel.... [Link]

Israel approves plan to reverse brain drain

15 March 2010, 1:35 pm Israel's Cabinet approved a national plan to reverse Israel's scientific brain drain.... [Link]

Indian synagogue guarded after fake terror alert

15 March 2010, 1:13 pm Indian security took up positions around an ancient synagogue in Kochi following a terror alert that turned out to be a hoax.... [Link]

Germany challenging request to open Eichmann files

15 March 2010, 12:53 pm Germany is challenging a journalist's request to declassify files pertaining to the 15 years Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann spent as a fugitive.... [Link]

Palestinian protest site declared closed military zone

15 March 2010, 12:02 pm Israel's army has declared two West Bank villages that are the site of weekly protests against the West Bank security fence closed military zones.... [Link]

Ceremony honoring terrorist held in Ramallah

15 March 2010, 11:36 am Palestinians held a ceremony near Ramallah honoring a terrorist involved in killing 37 Israelis.... [Link]

AIPAC to Obama: Defuse tension with Israel

15 March 2010, 11:07 am AIPAC called on the Obama administration to take steps to defuse tension with Israel, while Israel's ambassador to Washington said bilateral relations are in crisis.... [Link]

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