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Vos Iz Neais (Free subscription) | yesterday
Washington – Four Jewish groups have filed an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief with the United States Supreme Court asking the Justices to overturn the ruling of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals that, the amici claim, could inhibit officials of the State of Israel from lecturing or meeting with others on American [...]
Circle of 13 (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
BennyHollywood (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
Citing religious discrimination, a diverse coalition of Jewish organizations is objecting to Switzerland's ban of minarets on local mosques. Swiss voters this week approved by a strong majority a referendum outlawing the construction of minarets. The measure, pushed by the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP), was supported by 57 percent of the population.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
Seattle Atheists and Chabad of Washington are the only two groups that have thus far applied to put up displays in the state's Capitol campus.
Out Gay Life (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Orthodox leaders commended and Reform leaders condemned the New York State Senate's vote to defeat a measure legalizing same-sex marriage. Agudath Israel of America and the Orthodox Union lauded Wednesday's 38-24 vote against the bill."While we must al... NY:Jewish Groups Split Over Gay Marriage Vote is a post from the Out Gay Life Family of Websites. Arizona: Tucson Phoenix California:...
Truthdig (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Recognizing that this week’s vote to forbid the building of minarets in Switzerland represented a blatant show of religious intolerance they couldn’t ignore, an association of Jewish organizations is expressing their strong disagreement with the ban and calling on Swiss leaders to defend religious freedom. —KA The Jerusalem Post: Rabbi Pinchas Dunner, executive director of...
Antony Loewenstein (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
Aaron Lakoff is a communications student at Concordia University in Canada and a member of Not In Our Name Concordia, a campus-based anti-Zionist Jewish group: The Israel/Palestine debate has been a controversial topic at Concordia in recent years. However, there is a point when discussion on a controversial issue can be used as a pretext for [...]
Religion Clause (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
The Gary (IN) Post-Tribune reported yesterday that the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (OU) has withdrawn a trademark infringement suit that it had filed in Indiana federal district court against Luke Oil Co. The OU reached an agreement with Luke Oil that the service station chain would stop using a logo-- a U inside a circle next to the name Luke-- on cups and on walls above...
Gene Expression (Free subscription) | yesterday
According to search engine traffic one of the most popular posts on this weblog has to do with the genetic background of Ashkenazi Jews. That is, those Jews whose ancestors derive from Central & Eastern Europe, and the overwhelming number of Jews in the United States. The genetic origins of this group are fraught with politics naturally. With the rise of biological science the characteristics...
They're Joking. Aren't they? (Free subscription) | yesterday
Who could be wiser even than me? And yeast? And Betamax enthusiasts? It seems that some of the Rabbis of North West London are opposed to a group which is itself opposed to the political and cultural triumph of Islam. Yes, that Islam. Ladiezz an’ gennermen, I give you live (still) from Harrow way down south in Norf West Landan: the Amazing Intelligent Rabbis . Rabbis attack Harrow anti-Muslim...
Hecate (Free subscription) | 12/08/2009
... campus this school year. Most of the organizations are based in Christianity with a few Muslim and Jewish groups. One organization that stands out is KU Cauldron, the student pagan group. The second example, in particular, belies the notion that "Pagan" doesn't get capitalized because it's just a generic grouping, rather than a specific religion. If...
The Daily Dish (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Once again, the Israeli press is more candid and interesting than the neutered US MSM which fears being tarnished as anti-Semites if they dare question aspects of the current US-Israel relationship and how it impacts the US' broad global and regional interests. From Haaretz : Every appointee to the American government must endure a thorough background check by the American Jewish community...
Neuroskeptic (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Whilst browsing Wikipedia, I came across a poignant early example of publication bias , the failure to make public scientific results that don't support a given hypothesis. The Judenzählung was a census of the German military carried out in 1916, at the height of the First World War. It was designed to measure the number of Jewish soldiers in the army. The background to this was the feeling,...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
A Seattle atheist group and a Jewish group are applying to put up holiday displays on the Capitol campus in Olympia again this year.
Jihad Watch (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
Nowadays it is fashionable among Leftists and jihadists to equate any resistance to jihad and Islamic supremacism with "racism" and "fascism." This Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, a Sharia supremacist, equates the Swiss minaret ban with "fascism." In a similar vein, this Jewish group accuses the group Stop the...
