YudelLine 2.1One Jew's News and ViewsIs this better or worse taste than the Holocaust gold scam- January 12, 2005 At least someone in a Nigerian cyber-cafe is following the news: Date: 1122005 14:44:40 +0200 From: "Mrs Suha Arafat" To: mrssuhaarafatteenmail.co.za Subject: Trusted Partner for InvestmentSafe Keep Dear Intending partner This mail may not be surprising to you if you have been following current events in the international media with reference to the Middle East and Palestine in particular. I am Mrs. SUHA ARAFAT, the wife of YASSER ARAFAT, the Palestinian leader who died recently in Paris. Since.http://www.shmoozenet.com/yudel/mtarchives/000917.html Moving so fast that time has stopped- January 12, 2005 Maybe Einsteinian physics isn't necessary to explain the current on-again off-again state of YudelLine. It would be enough to describe a move from one hosting company to another, at a time when both hosting companies are shifting the machines on which this site has been will be hosted. But really, relativity theory is much more interesting -- and practical -- than the theory of general server-side stupidity in which I have been embroiled, and probably will be embroiled for...http://www.shmoozenet.com/yudel/mtarchives/000916.html When smart maskilim have stupid descendants- January 11, 2005 Does anyone remember Isaac Ha-Levi Satanow From the Jewish Encylopedia: Scholar and poet; born at Satanow, Poland, 1733; died in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 25, 1805. In early manhood he left his native country and went to the Prussian capital in search of learning. There he became the protégé of Isaac Daniel and David Friedländer, who procured for him employment as a teacher in some prominent families. Satanow represents a peculiar type. Like Byron, he was, both physically and...http://www.shmoozenet.com/yudel/mtarchives/000915.html One from Column A...- January 7, 2005 So here's a question: Say you are a religion reporter for a daily newspaper and you need a quote on the "Jewish perspective" on God and the tsunami, or any other topic. Do you pick your source by denomination (and let me limit the exercise: you write for a general interest publication, not a Jewish one, with room only for one Jewish clergyperson, not one each from the major Jewish denominations) I wonder if the first impulse would be to...http://www.shmoozenet.com/yudel/mtarchives/000914.html Who knows Sri- January 7, 2005 This week's NJJN editor's column, on the rush to judgment over Israel and Sri Lanka....http://www.shmoozenet.com/yudel/mtarchives/000913.html 2339 years and one month later....- January 7, 2005 we belatedly present this Daily Show clip in which Steven Colbert searches for the true meaning of Chanukah....http://www.shmoozenet.com/yudel/mtarchives/000912.html Iraq war leaves IAF scrambling- January 7, 2005 The headline of the Jerusalem Post article is "IAF scrambles jets as Egypt's airliners violate airspace" The story tells of the increasing number of Egyptian civilian planes getting frighteningly close to Eilat, noting that Only four people have the authority to order the downing of a passenger jet &8211; the prime minister, defense minister, chief of General Staff and commander of the air force. The threat of a hijacked plane being crashed into an Israeli target is so worrisome that...http://www.shmoozenet.com/yudel/mtarchives/000911.html Meanwhile, back in Babylonia....- January 7, 2005 Iraqi insurgents demonstrate their "desperation" through bombings for the 16th month, as Matthew Yglesias documents. And Norwegianity asks, Why do they hate our troops...http://www.shmoozenet.com/yudel/mtarchives/000910.html A kiddush hashem from Shmuley on Scarborough Country- January 7, 2005 Thanks to Dov Bear for linking to MSNBC - 'Scarborough Country' where only the Jews are sane. One is an atheist. The other: Rabbi Boteach:God said, do not kill. He said, life is precious. So we have to come before him. And the word Israel means to fight with God, to wrestle with God and say, how do you allow this kind of thing We are not cosmic chaff. We have a right to be angry. It's an honest religious...http://www.shmoozenet.com/yudel/mtarchives/000909.html Click our ads and save the Jewish people!- January 6, 2005 No, not those little Google ads I added to the margin. First of all, it's a violation of my agreement with Google to ask you to click them. Secondly, clicking them costs the advertisers money -- so there may be all sorts of halachic issues involved. Most importantly, even if I were to grow filthy rich from advertising revenue, that's not going to save the Jewish people. However.... putting aside the sensationalist headline, there actually is a Jewish public service...http://www.shmoozenet.com/yudel/mtarchives/000908.html |