Sex Abuser Mordechai Gafni is Back

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Jew School | 07/04/08 1:53

Remember Mordechai/Marc Gafni? He was the guy who fled Israel two years ago to avoid charges of sexual misconduct and possibly rape after he was–once again–found to be using his charismatic rebbe-hood to exploit his female students and followers. It’s a pattern that had been going on for some time, with...

  Postville Then and Now

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Jewlicious | 07/04/08 1:30

Although the Agriprocessors/Rubashkins scandal seems to have faded from the news fairly quickly–which seems odd to me, since food and the fitness of food is such an obsession of Jews/Judaism–the issue may rear its ugly head again for consumers this weekend, when good patriotic American families everywhere will...

  Triumphalist Zionism and Jewish Identity

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Jew School | 07/03/08 18:23

The right wing of American Orthodox Judaism, those who align themselves with various factions of chareidi and Yeshivah Judaism, are committed to what might only be called “triumphalist Zionism” (my locution, as far as I can tell). Triumphalist Zionists skip the whole cultural and political transformation piece of...

  Uncovering Histories and Zochrot

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Jew School | 07/03/08 12:57

The 4th of July has forever been one of those occasions where I wish we could just take giant X-rays of this place, this country – turn the layers inside out, uncover its history. What did this street used to be named? Over whose home was this highway built? From whom was [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Uncovering...

  Israeli’s Don’t Take it up the Nose Much…

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Jewlicious | 07/03/08 9:55

According to a new poll, Israeli’s are sweet on weed but think crack is whack. Or something like that. Here’s the story from Haaretz about the use of drugs in Israel relative to 17 other countries. Short story: Israeli’s are 11/17 for coke use but 6th for ganja consumption. Muffti isn’t surprised -...

  New Chag: I’m ready to observe!

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Jew School | 07/02/08 22:33

The Ethiopian holiday of Sigd has been formally added to the list of Israeli state holidays. Sigd falls on the 29th of Cheshvan and is observed by fasting, reciting psalms, and “prayers for the rebuilding of the Temple and giving thanks for the right to return to the Holy Land.” The fast is broken midday [...]SHA...

  The Hottest Israeli Export Is Religion TV

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Jewlicious | 07/02/08 22:18

According to an article in this week’s Newsweek, Israeli TV is quickly becoming the hottest commodity to hit Hollywood since Ben Stiller did his Derelicte schtick in Zoolander. Not to nuke the fridge here, but with acts like Yael Naim picking up steam in MacAir commercials and shows like HBO’s In Treatment...

  A Day Late and A Dollar Short…

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Jew School | 07/02/08 21:22

But still, not too late to mention that: Drifting around Manhattan a week ago, out of my usual haunts, I decided to ghost my way into Brooklyn to hang out with Matthue at the first Jewish Open Mic at the Tea Lounge. As promised, there were celebrity guests and a good time was had by all. The [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:...

  We’re From the Government and We’re Here to Help You….

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Jew School | 07/02/08 20:46

Seems there’s no level too low to which certain groups can sink. Ynet reports that certain rabbis Hadana and Tsadok are scamming Ethiopian couples by finding their conversions problematic, at the last minute so that they can’t get married, offering to do a “fake” wedding for them since they can’t...

  What’s in a Name?

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Jewlicious | 07/02/08 14:31

That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2) No doubt, Juliet’s got a point there. Content matters over labelling. But isn’t there a reason why we call a rose “rose” and not “quackdridge”? Afterall, we might, the second word is perfectly...