Sponsored by Aish.com: In 1935, Nazi Germany passed the Nuremberg laws, a set of racist policies directed primarily against Jews. The Nazis blamed the Jews for poverty, unemployment, and the loss of World War I. Jews were banned from any professional jobs and Jewish stores were boycotted. Anyone with even one Jewish grandparent was stripped of German citizenship, with no basic rights. Within 10...
Possible remains of second temple found in Jerusalem
Leave it to non-Jews who have no spiritual awareness to find it odd that Jews would want to live right near their holiest site. Of course, non-Jews have no problem when Muslims want to live near their holy sites in Medina and Mecca, but when Jews want to live near their holiest site, it becomes an “international incident”. And, frankly, I’m getting disgusted by the hypocrisy of...
Today in Jewish History – Elul 16
Sponsored by Aish.com: In 1903, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, a forgery purporting to be the conspiratorial discussions of Jewish leaders plotting to take over the world, appeared for the first time as a serial in the Russian newspaper, Znamia. Protocols gained popularity in anti-Semitic circles, and it was — next to the Bible — the best-selling book in the world during the...
Today in Jewish History – Elul 15
Sponsored by Aish.com: In 1827, Czar Nicholas I decreed that all Jewish boys be forcibly conscripted into the Russian Army at age 12. Called “cantonists,” these boys were kidnapped from their parents’ home, and tortured repeatedly with the implication that conditions would improve if they’d accept Christianity. (Many died of their wounds.) The boys were indoctrinated in...
AIDS victims ‘buried alive’ in Papua, New Guinea
Where is the outrage? Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International go after Israel for defending its citizens against against barbaric terrorists, but are curiously silent regarding New Guinea burying its own citizens alive. From Breitbart: Some AIDS victims are being buried alive in Papua New Guinea by relatives who cannot look after them and fear becoming infected themselves, a health worker...
Preparing both heart and mind for Rosh Hashana
Jewish World Review is inaugurating its short daily Godcast, JWisdom and has enlisted captivating orators from around the world. They’ll guide listeners in applying Judeo values to contemporary living with the goal of making you a more fulfilled person. (You certainly don’t have to be Jewish to gain from these lessons.) Yesterday’s program — ; marks the return of one of...
Today in Jewish History – Elul 14
Sponsored by Aish.com: In 1729, Congregation Shearith Israel laid a foundation stone in lower Manhattan for the first structure ever designed and built as a synagogue in continental North America. At the time, New York had the only Jewish community in the country; it would be some two decades later before organized Jewish settlement began in Philadelphia, Lancaster and Charleston. Shearith Israel...
Savages
An IDF officer was rescued Monday afternoon by Palestinian Authority police officers after he mistakenly entered Jenin. It’s a shame when Jews can’t enter their own Jenin, thought to be the site of the Israelite village of En-gannim (עין גנים), mentioned in the Jewish Bible. But like everything else Islam has hijacked, Islam has also hijacked Jenin. The officer, a major serving in the...
Election of Libya and Iran Taints New UN Racism Committee
“It is an outrage that the bureau–a kind of steering committee–includes a regime such as Iran, the world’s leading force in Holocaust denial. That Libya could be elected as Chair–and the West and other countries respond with deafening silence–is doubly disturbing.” From UN Watch: Libya was elected today to head a UN committee charged with organizing a...
Challenging the UN’s Darker Side
The further dumbing down of the United Nations. From Challenging the UN’s Darker Side: The UN on Monday will launch a series of international meetings on racism, leading up to a major world conference in 2009. The so-called “Durban Review” process is the follow-up to the 2001 conference in South Africa that turned into a diplomatic fiasco. All indications suggest next...