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Yom Kippur
Tonight and tomorrow Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement. I wish you all a G’mar Chatima Tova – may you be sealed in the Book of Life.
Blogging will resume some time after Yom Kippur ends, tomorrow evening Israel time.
Shana Tova
With Rosh Hashanah – the Jewish New Year – approaching, I would like to take this opportunity to wish my readers a happy, healthy and prosperous year.
And now for US President Barack Obama’s Rosh Hashanah message.
Errr, sorry, my bad. I meant this one.
I’ll be out of blogging action for the next couple of days so [...]
Working Class Yid
I always get a kick out of discovering that someone I admire, who does not seem remotely Jewish, turns out to be one of the tribe.
In this case, the person in question – Aussie rocker Jimmy Barnes – did not know himself until recently.
When Jimmy Barnes sang a few versus in Yiddish before 1700 Jews [...]
Open Thread: Shavuot Edition
Starting in a few hours, I’ll be celebrating the Jewish festival of Shavuot, followed by the Jewish Sabbath. Which basically means I’ll be eating a lot of milk products, learning a lot of Torah, and not be doing any blogging until Saturday night, Israel time.
In the meantime, you can treat this as an open thread. [...]
Happy Passover
With the Jewish festival of Passover (Pesach) approaching, I am going to sign off now and wish you a Chag Kasher V’Sameach.
I’ll leave you with this Japanese-style instructional video on breaking Matzah clean. An oldie but a goodie.
I would also like to remind Matzo Balls Man that this blog is a public place and is [...]
Samir Abu Hamza Loves the Taste of Foot in the Morning
The Herald Sun reports on the latest controversial statements by Muslim cleric Abu Hamza.
Outspoken Islamic cleric Abu Hamza has branded Australians as boozers who are hooked on gambling and prostitution.
In another sermon broadcast over the internet, the Coburg cleric urged followers to spread the word of Islam to save Australians.
“They think happiness can be achieved [...]
Merry Xmas
Wishing all of my Christian readers a..
Merry Xmas!
And thank you for your support over the years.
Chanukah – Third Night
Former-Catholic-turned-Orthodox-Jew Yisrael Campbell.
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