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Got Yiddish? 3 Reasons There Are So Many Jews In Comedy. Six years ago, boyish Cracked editor Jack O'Brien suggested I write about why there are so many Jews in comedy. Granted, we were discussing an article I had pitched about American Jews, but I have to admit the request struck me as a little odd -- not just because here at Cracked I'm the lone Jew amid an endless sea of dirty Irish bastards -- but because today we tend not to point these things out. Just like we don't mention how so many Greeks own diners or how often the brides I order through the mail turn out to be Ukrainian. Still, Jack was hardly the first to make the association. The relationship between Jews and comedy has been noted frequently by scholars, serious talk-show hosts, and pudgy AE€ guys. And with good reason. In any event, in light of the above, I decided to give Jack the politically correct answer by telling him the Jews had been forced into comedy by the downsizing of the Zionist Occupied Government and continued outsourcing of baptized-baby-blood-drinking jobs.

How Saudi Arabia Discriminates Against Jews - History of Saudi Arabian-US Discrimination Against Jews. In 2004, U.S. Rep, Anthony Weiner, a New York Democrat, called on President Bush to deny travel visas to Saudi Arabians until the Saudi government explained what appeared to be a policy of banning Jews from traveling to the Kingdom. The Saudi government’s official tourism web site in 2004 listed four groups of people who would be denied visas regardless: Israelis and anyone with a passport “that has an Israeli arrival/departure stamp.” Those who don’t abide by Saudi traditions, and those under the influence of alcohol. Non-Muslims intending to go to Mecca or Medina, where non-Muslims are banned.

“Jewish people.” Saudis Feign Surprise at Their Racism The Saudi government, through its ambassador to the United States, Bandar bin Sultan, feigned surprise—first at the ban on Jews itself, which the embassy called a “mistake,” then at Weiner for continuing to press the issue. Of course, Weiner was only raising valid questions. 1956: Truman and Eisenhower Administrations Agree to Saudi Ban on Jews. Jewish Harbin. Mozilla Firefox.

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Jewish Music and Humor. World Jewish Congress. World Jewish Congress. The following article by the Dutch novelist Leon de Winter appeared in the 'Wall Street Journal Europe' on 14 June 2010. Anti-Semitism Is Salonfähig Again By Leon de Winter It's a fascinating phenomenon: Why do people and organizations that present themselves as progressive team up with reactionary Muslims? The Free Gaza group is just such a Leftist-Islamist alliance. Well, Gaza is already free. Israel withdrew from the narrow strip five years ago. But Gaza's population voted in democratic elections to be ruled by a party whose hatred of Jews is the cornerstone of its existence.

Contrary to Gaza, Chechnya, for example, isn't free. There are some more facts -- lousy, stubborn facts. Here is another fact. The progressives don't care for any other group of poor or suppressed Muslims. One reason is Yasser Arafat, whose genius was to redefine the Palestinian cause in neo-Marxist and anti-imperialist rhetorics. The Jewish Community Center of Western Monmouth County - Annual Events. The WebYeshiva Blog. Jewish Federation of Monmouth County.

Florence Singer Webrings... V'ahavta. Kabbala #1: What Is Kabbala? Most people have heard something or other about Kabbalah. But it is highly unlikely that what is going around in the general marketplace posing as Kabbalah is anywhere close to the real thing. What most people have been exposed to is a smorgasbord of pop psychology and self-help that pretends to have some connection to Jewish mysticism, but it rarely, if ever, does.

It is easy to see how people are fooled. In most disciplines, you expect to know and understand something after studying it. But when it comes to mysticism, people expect to be mystified. So they are willing to accept incomprehensible mumbo-jumbo. So much nonsense is presented in the name of Kabbalah, it is important to have some sort of forum where people can find the basic understandings that they crave. In this series, we will attempt to present the central ideas of Jewish mysticism in a methodical and intelligent manner, minimizing abstruse terminology and shying away from a sense of the incomprehensible. In Summary. Latest Jewish news | Jewish blogs / vlogs | Israel news.

Drop Your Bags! Mr. Charlie Harary, Esq. is a prolific speaker who has traveled all over the country and abroad speaking for organizations, schools, universities and institutions on a variety of topics and to audiences of various sizes and affiliations. He has created dozens of videos that have received worldwide attention reaching hundreds of thousands of people in over 15 countries. Mr. Harary is the CEO of H3 Capital LLC, a private equity company based in New York. Prior to H3 Capital, Mr. Harary was the First Vice President of Residential Operations and Legal Counsel of RXR Realty, a multi-billion dollar Real Estate Company based in New York.

Mr. In addition, he is an active community leader. Instructions For Living. The battle for life is a battle for sanity. The essence of wisdom is to know yourself. The key to greatness is doing a spiritual accounting. Every day, set aside time to ask yourself: What am I living for? What do I need to change? Infatuation is blind. Love is a magnifying glass. Who loves you more than anyone in the whole world?

Love is the pleasure of focusing on the virtues of another. It is a greater pleasure to love than to be loved. The opposite of pain is no pain (i.e. comfort). The Talmud says that every person must say, "The world was created just for me. " The essence of free will is to choose to be a soul, not a body. We all want greatness. Torah is not a history book. God is our father in Heaven. "I can't" is idolatry. Happiness is choosing to take pleasure in what you have. The natural state of every human being is joy.

When people say, "You'll grow up," what they really mean is, "You'll give up like I did. " The Six Constant Mitzvot are the goals of Judaism. The Enuma Elish: The Babylonian Creation Myth. Dennis Bratcher The Enuma Elish is a Babylonian or Mesopotamian myth of creation recounting the struggle between cosmic order and chaos. It is basically a myth of the cycle of seasons. It is named after its opening words and was recited on the fourth day of the ancient Babylonian New Year's festival. The basic story exists in various forms in the area. This version is written in Akkadian, an old Babylonian dialect, and features Marduk, the patron deity of the city of Babylon. This version was written sometime in the 12th century BC in cuneiform on seven clay tablets. However, there are simply too many similarities to deny any relationship between the accounts. The version presented here is a combination of several translations but is substantially based on the translation of E.

Tablet I The stage is set for the story. Before they had grown in age and stature, Anshar and Kishar were formed, surpassing the others. Thus were established and were... the great gods. . . . without cease. Your Spiritual potential - Chabad Lubavitch of Western Monmouth County.

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Sabbath Manifesto: My Jewish Learning. DAVAR: Scripture Study Tool. Judaism & Jewish Life. Zero to 10: First Decades / New Centuries. Objects tell stories. Every object or text selected for this exhibition tells a story — about its owner or creator, about its own journey, or about the broader context in which it was made. During the past decade, the Center for Jewish History and its Partner Organizations have helped strengthen the voices of many potent objects — amplifying and enriching their stories by allowing them to exist in a greater cultural dialogue of Judaism.

By collecting works of historical and cultural significance, preserving and digitizing them, sharing them through programs and exhibitions, and making them available online to scholars around the world, the Center has also created new opportunities for their stories to be told. As you browse the diverse images presented here, we encourage you to participate in the conversation as well, making your own connections across collections and across the decades.

Jewish Humor In America. Yiddish Words. A gezunt dir in pupik (ah ge-ZOONT deer in POO-pik) Phr. "Good health to your belly button. " A prototypical Yiddish blessing. A sarcastic riff of this phrase is: A shaynem dank dir im pupik. "Many thanks to your belly button," i.e., Thanks for nothing. A shaynem dank means "thank you very much. " A gezunt af dein kop! Ad meah v'esrim shanah(ad may-ah ve-ess-reem shan-nah) Phr. Aguna(ah-GOON-ah) n. A broch! (ah BROOKH) n. A chazer bleibt a chazer (ah KHA-zer blaybt ah-KHA-zer) phr. A choleryeh af dir! (ah cho-LER-yah af dir) A plague on you! Abishter (ah-BISH-ter) n. Af tsores (ahf SORE-ess) adv. Af tzu lochis (ahf tsoo LOKH-ess) adv. Ai-ai-ai (aye-aye-aye) Variegated meanings, depending on intonation, from happy to sad.

Alev ha-sholem (a-lev ha-SHO-lem) "May he rest in peace" - said postpositively: "As my uncle Henry, ~, used to say Alrightnik (all-RIGHT-nik) n. Alteh moid (AL-teh moyd) n. Alter Kocker (AL-ter KOCK-er) n. Altz iz gut (ahlts-eez-goot) phr. America Gonif! Apikoros(ah-pik-ah-rahs) n. Askan.

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The Crooked Finger of Anti-Semitism - Commentary. CJH Catalog - Basic Search. JIMENA - Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa. Jewish and Alone? (September 2010) (This is a crossposting of “Alone on Rosh Hashanah? ” from the Community of Jewish Contemplatives Page on Facebook) Many of our Community members and supporters will now be starting to make preparations for family or community gatherings to celebrate the coming New Year (pm Wednesday Sept 8th 2010). Many, but not all --- Some of you live far from Jewish community centres and may need encouragement "to feel part of the family" as we gear up for the High Holidays.

I spend almost every Shabbos and Festival alone as I have no family, there are no Jews in my town, and the nearest services are not within travelling distance for me. I would love to be able to sit at a Shabbos or Festival table with other Jews, but for purely circumstantial reasons that has rarely been possible. These words are for you: In the UK Reform Movement Machsor (Holiday Prayer Book) of 1985, Rabbi Jonathan Magonet wrote that on Yom Kippur we stand before God, “All of us together, each of us alone” Isaac Luria said: Jewlicious THE Jewish Blog - It's a Jewish Blog! Jewish Ideas Daily. Commentary Magazine. Last week Zbigniew Brzezinski, joined by five other foreign-policy experts from the past, issued an open letter entitled “Stand Firm, John Kerry,” calling for “clarity” on “the critical moral and political issues” in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The letter castigated Israeli settlements and proposed “halting the diplomatic process” to “help stop this activity.”

At “Pressure Points,” Elliott Abrams dismantled the letter, noting that, among other things, it ignored history. As it happens, tomorrow is the 10th anniversary of one of the more important items of history the Brzezinski group ignored: the April 14, 2004 letter from President George W. Bush to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. Read More The American-Israeli diplomacy culminated in a hugely significant exchange of letters between Bush and Sharon in April 2004. MR. The Obama administration, when it took office in 2009, repeatedly refused to answer whether it was bound by the Bush letter. Read Less. Jewish and Israeli blog bloggers and commentary. The Jewish Press Blog.