Category Archives: Judaism

For me but not for thee, racist phone messages (or) Afternoon coffee

Posted on April 12, 2010 by admin

That the left would invest so much time and energy to portray opposition to the current administration and Congressional leadership as motivated by racism – thereby prompting said opposition to waste time and energy responding to these portrayals – is … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Ethnicity and race, Issues, Judaism, Logic and Reason, Personal | Leave a comment

Chaim Potok and sermons

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Rick

Was listening to NPR in car this morning (yeah yeah I know) and “Writer’s Almanac” with Garrison Keillor came on. It was more interesting than most days. Ah yes a poem about cleaning up after the dog. Guess who walks … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Judaism, Literature, Media, Personal, Sermons | Leave a comment

The folly of ritual tourism (or) Christian(s doing) "seders"

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Rick

AKMA offers a fascinating and (as always) deeply thoughtful post expressing discomfort with “the increasing frequency with which Christians set up and proceed to ‘enact’ seders“. He offers four specific “answers” on the issue. In his second answer where he … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Judaism, Religion, Worship and Liturgy | Leave a comment

"Hereville" – Troll-fighting Orthodox Jewish girl comic

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Rick

Dude – you had me at “orthodox”. Not in my wildest dreams would I have imagined or looked for or found anything like this. Via a banner ad at Day by Day. Might I recommend scene 4 which is shabbat? … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Fun and Geek Stuff, Judaism | Leave a comment

Mark Steyn – Ultimately it is about hatred of Jews

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Rick

I am fascinated when the true underlying motivations of people become clear – and those motivations are different from what they assert in public. “No no – we are not anti-Jewish. We are only anti-Israel”. “No no – we are … Continue reading →

Posted in Judaism, Media, News, Society and Culture | Leave a comment

As Chasidism so Christian witness

Posted on December 3, 2008 by Rick

The terrorist targeting of the sole Jewish center in Mumbai India has been particularly rattling. This is what human beings driven by religious fanaticism are capable of. Enough of that. Two of the five (six?) Jewish people murdered at Chabad … Continue reading →

Posted in Judaism, Media, Missiology, News | 3 Comments