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Intermarriage III: Sex and the single Jew

Intermarriage - Judaism is the problem and Jewish Intermarriage and acceptance explored some aspects of how the community and intermarried couples feel about their marriages. But the really big question is, "Why don't don't nice Jewish boys marry nice Jewish girls?"

In the monograph, Matrilineal Ascent/Patrilineal Descent Sylvia Fishman and Daniel Parmer offer some answers, discussed and elaborated in different ways also here and here by by Julie Wiener and Sarah Bronson.

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Ami Isseroff on 10.12.08 @ 06:28 PM CST [link] [No Comments]

Saturday, October 11th

Dear ADL, Money isn't everything

I got the letter below from the ADL (Bnai Brith Anti-Defamation League) who want to fight anti-Semitism. It tells us that anti-Semites are posting messages on the Web saying that Jews only care about money. Claims like this:

"They [Jews] love money nothing else."

Shocking, revolting and racist charges.

Then it says, "Please give us money so we can fight the anti-Semitic charge that Jews only care about money."

Am I the only one who sees something wrong here?

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Ami Isseroff on 10.11.08 @ 07:31 PM CST [link] [No Comments]

Intermarriage II: Is acceptance the answer?

Intermarriage is not the problem - Judaism is the problem left me with a lot of unanswered questions. Further thought and research seems to lead to more questions and perhaps the beginnings of a few answers.

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Friday, October 10th

Intermarriage is not the problem - Judaism is the problem

Edgar Bronfman has delivered his opinion on intermarriage, a sensitive subject for American Jews and a problem for the North American Diaspora ("dispersion") or what Jews generally call the Gola ("exile").

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Tuesday, October 7th

The looming depression and the Jew-Zionists

Here are some somber thoughts for the eve of Yom Kippur. The euphemistically named "financial crisis" AKA looming depression may spell very big trouble for politics all over the world - that includes especially the Middle East and the situation of Israel. It is still not too late to stem the tide, but world leaders seem to be looking the other way for the most part. The US is preoccupied with its election. The Europeans are preoccupied with being Europeans. The reaction of investors is characterized by panic and irrationality. U.S. legislators first turned down the $700 billion bailout, causing stock values to plunge. Then Congress approved the bailout, and the stock market plunged once again. In Europe, leaders failed to take any concerted action to save their banks, and even criticized Ireland for doing so.

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Ami Isseroff on 10.07.08 @ 03:33 PM CST [link] [1 Comment]

Monday, October 6th

Sense about Iran

There are several persistent misconceptions about Iran and Iranian policy, due variously to panic, overdramatization or wishful thinking. They result in nonsensical assertions and debates about Iran.

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Ami Isseroff on 10.06.08 @ 06:47 PM CST [link] [1 Comment]

Sunday, October 5th

Wanted: Good Videos about Zionism and Israel

Please try this. Go to Youtube and search for videos about Zionism or about Israel. Pretty horrible, isn't it?

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Tuesday, September 23rd

Talking sense about US elections and Israel commentary

Every four years, the United States is seized by the madness of presidential elections. The elections and the candidates become the measure of everything and anything that anyone does or says, especially if it can be related to politics. Partisanship causes many to lose all sense of proportion.

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Ami Isseroff on 09.23.08 @ 05:25 PM CST [link] [No Comments]