I once wrote a response on Smooth Stone to a European’s anti-Israel rant and typed “Don’t you ever forget that we were writing the books that shaped your nation while your ancestors were still smearing themselves with feces and running naked after game in the wilds.” It was a great comeback that I had heard from someone whom I admired many years ago and I never forgot it...
Muslims Attack Jew in NYC
Too bad the Muslim puke only broke his leg. Via INN: Oriah Ohana, a 25-year-old Israeli rabbi from Kfar Chabad, was attacked by a group of Arab men in Brooklyn, New York City, Tuesday evening. An 18-year-old Arab man grabbed the yarmulka off Rabbi Ohana’s head at the 4th Avenue and 9th Street train station in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn, while his friends kicked and punched the victim and...
Shots Fired Into Frum Girls School In Williamsburg, Brooklyn
The NYPD is on the scene at 563 Flushing Avenue – the location of the Be’er Miriam School for girls – with confirmed gun-shots fired into the school. Williamsburg Shomrim are canvassing the area along with NYPD looking for three male-blacks who fled the scene. NYPD ESU has been requested and is responding.
Vandals damage Jewish cemetery in Chicago
Via Arcamax: Police say vandals caused at least $100,000 in damage when they defaced an estimated 57 gravestones in a Jewish cemetery in the Chicago area. Swastikas and anti-Semitic slurs were spray painted on tombstones inthe western section of the 72-acre Westlawn Cemetery in Norridge, Ill., where about 46,000 people in all are buried, the Chicago Tribune reported. One headstone inscribed with...
Today in Jewish History – Tevet 26
Sponsored by Aish.com: In 1826, Maryland adopted a law which allowed Jews to hold public office, on condition that they accept the concept of reward and punishment in the afterlife. Maryland was founded as an asylum for Catholics in 1634, and in the early days the denial of Christianity was a capital crime in Maryland. Anyone speaking negatively about Mary or the Apostles was subject to a fine or...
TV: Jewish Americans, new series, PBS-TV
350 years ago, 23 Jewish exiles landed in America, alone and unwanted. For generations, Jews struggled to hold on to their heritage and be recognized as Americans. Across three centuries, Jews went from being outsiders into the mainstream of American life. Today, there are six million Jewish Americans. But even now the old challenge remains, to be both Jewish and to be American. Premiering on PBS...
Today in Jewish History – Kislev 26
Sponsored by Aish.com: In 1763, the Touro Synagogue was dedicated in Newport, Rhode Island. It is the oldest existing synagogue in the United States, founded by Spanish Portuguese families who came from Curacao, in the West Indies. The magnificent synagogue is built of brick imported from England, and stands at an acute angle to the street — so that the Holy Ark faces toward Jerusalem. The...
Today in Jewish History – Cheshvan 13
Sponsored by Aish.com: In 1938, Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers narrowly missed breaking Babe Ruth’s single-season home-run record of 61 home runs. Greenberg hit his 58th homer with two weeks remaining in the season, but several pitchers then intentionally walked him rather than give a Jewish man a chance to break Babe Ruth’s record. (He led the league that year with 119 walks.)...
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