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Bishop Williamson in His Own Words
Richard Williamson, who recently had his excommunication from the Catholic Church revoked, denies the reality of the Holocaust. Here are a few of his controversial statements. I think that two to three hundred thousand Jews perished in Nazi concentration camps but none of them by gas chambers. -*Richard Williamson, 2009 interview * A portion of…
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‘Schmooz Me Timbers!’: John Derbyshire’s Jewish Pirate Lexicon
Arrrr. National Review’s John Derbyshire was inspired by the new book “Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean” to get cracking on fleshing out the concept of Jewish pirate culture. “What do they say? What are they called?” He came up with a couple ideas, among them “Yo ho ho an’ a bottle of Manischewitz…” Readers weighed…
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Human Rights Watch Head Surveys the Gaza Battlefield
Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, paints a not very pretty picture of Israeli actions during the latest Gaza war. Writing in Forbes, he scores the IDF on the following points: Targeting: Part of the problem was the IDF’s expansive definition of a military target. It attacked a range of civilian facilities, from…
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J Street’s Disappearing Gaza Statement (UPDATED)
UPDATE: As of a little bit after noon, the J Street statement in question is back online. UPDATE II: Isaac Luria of J Street e-mails that the “text was down due to a technical error. It’s back up, as you’ve noted. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.” J Street, the dovish new Israel lobbying…
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‘Thin Mints, the Rabbi Said, Are His Favorite Girl Scout Cookie’
News flash: The kosher-certification symbol was inadvertently omitted from boxes for Thin Mints Girl Scout cookies, leading to at least a little bit of confusion. This morsel of news comes to my attention not via Kosher Today, but rather from this Sunday’s New York Times, which devoted a whole news article to the tasty tidbit….
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Obama and the Christian-Muslim-Jewish Nation
One staple of any great speech is that everyone hears it in a different way. For some, President Obama’s inaugural address was all about hope and optimism; for others, it was about the nation’s resilience. For the Zionist Organization of America’s Morton Klein, it was all about one sentence: “We are a nation of Christians…
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Yid Vid: Obama’s Not the Only One Conjuring Washington and Lincoln
Barack Obama, as we all know by now, is quite fond of summoning up the spirit of Abraham Lincoln. That’s why it was such a surprise when the presidential predecessor Obama decided to invoke in his inaugural address was not “Honest Abe” but the fellow who (as lore has it) could not tell a lie…
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Big Love’s Resident Kibbutznik
“Big Love,” which follows the trials and tribulations of a polygamous family in suburban Utah, is one of the most probing, unflinching takes on religion in America. But it took two whole seasons before we got a Jewish character on the show. The first appearance came in the first episode of the third season, which…
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The Israeli Behind Mrs. Obama’s Wardrobe
On the morning after the swearing in, fashion blogs are drooling over Michelle Obama’s inauguration-day wardrobe: a glittery yellow suit by Isabel Toledo for the oath-taking, and an ethereal, single-strapped ivory gown by Jason Wu for the galas. The woman behind the First Lady’s sartorial choices is said to be the Israeli-born Ikram Goldman, 41….
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Bernard Madoff, the Condiment
He’s been bad for the Jews and catastrophic for American capitalism, but perhaps Bernard Madoff might make a good condiment. The world’s most loathed alleged Ponzi schemer — reportedly responsible for losing $50 billion of investors’ money — has inspired a hot sauce in his very own name and image. Bernie in Hell, a five-ounce…
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Oprah Speaks Out on Holocaust Memoir Hoax
It’s been nearly a month since Berkley Books pulled Herman Rosenblat’s fictionalized Holocaust memoir, “Angel at the Fence.” But only now is the defamed author — whose Nazi-era love story was exposed as a hoax in the New Republic — facing an even more daunting consequence of his actions: Oprah Winfrey’s verdict. Oprah had interviewed…
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