All Entries Tagged With: "religion"

Chanukah

It’s the first night of Chanukah..and my 8th wedding anniversary.
Double the reason to eat some oily food.

Did You Hear the One About a Rabbi, a Priest and an Imam?

Sounds like the lead in to a joke, but it’s not.
Rabbi Shlomo Didi* knows Lake Kinneret well. As rabbi of the Jordan Valley and a resident of Tiberias, Didi has not only married couples beside the Kinneret, he has also offered prayers for rain along its shoreline, which has receded markedly.
On Monday Didi was again [...]

Moron of the Day

As usual, it’s a crowded field, but I couldn’t go past the pastor.
A Baptist pastor has admitted telling Jewish leaders that Jews were “going to hell” and faced a fate “worse than the Holocaust” because they had not accepted Jesus as their saviour.
But Pastor Kevin Harris of the Illawarra Community Baptist Church in Wollongong says [...]

On Sunday The Rabbi Got Sexually Harrassed

Ok, not quite, but watch the overzealous reporter in this story on New Zealand Jews, who can’t keep her hands off the Rabbi.

Hat tip: Shy Guy

How Not To Approach a Religious Debate

Here’s video of a Muslim woman insulting a Christian preacher, prompting the preacher to state that Mohammed was a pedophile.
Hilarity ensues.

Bush is No Einstein

Detractors of President George Bush love to insinuate that he is no Einstein.
They may have a point.
Speaking of the “promise of God” for a “homeland for the chosen people” in Israel, Bush told the Knesset after a visit to the Roman-era Jewish fortress at Masada: “Masada shall never fall again, and America will always stand [...]

Good News from Iraq Australia

Here is some promising news from the Land Down Under.

When 120 students of Muslim, Christian and Jewish faiths came together yesterday, the talk was not just about religion but Australia’s soccer success against Uruguay and Australian Idol.

At lunchtime, 40 year 11 students, wearing hijabs (Muslim headscarves), Christian crosses and the kippa (Jewish skullcap), formed themselves [...]