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Thursday, 28 June 2012

Is Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor Jewish?

Posted on 21:52 by Unknown
No, Judge Sonia Sotomayor is not a Jew. She is Catholic.In the Times blogs, Charles M. Blow wrote about the religious composition of the court in his post called, "The Catholic Court":"Thirty years ago eight of the nine Supreme Court justices were Protestant. Now only two are. Five are Catholic, and two are Jewish. If federal appeals judge Sonia Sotomayor is confirmed as a replacement for Justice David H. Souter, who is Protestant, she will become the sixth Catholic justice on the court."Is Sotomayor the first Hispanic Supreme Court Judge? Technically,...
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Is Peter B. Madoff Jewish?

Posted on 06:56 by Unknown
Yes, Peter B. Madoff, brother of Bernard L. Madoff is a Jew.Madoff's grandparents were Jewish emigrants from Poland, Romania and Austria, according to Wikipedia. Peter is a member of the Old Westbury Hebrew Congregation.The Times reports that he will plead guilty to crimes connected to the Madoff Ponzi scheme. For nearly four decades, as the second-in-command at Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, Peter B. Madoff ran the family business alongside...
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Tuesday, 26 June 2012

Where is the Fifth Avenue Synagogue?

Posted on 07:38 by Unknown
Just where is that Fifth Avenue Synagogue, called by the New York Post shortly after the Madoff-Merkin scandals broke, the "Temple of Doom?"Someone we know was invited to a life-cycle event at the Orthodox Fifth Avenue Synagogue but ended up at the Reform Temple Emanuel looking for the simcha.How did that happen? Well Emanuel is actually on Fifth Avenue at 65th Street. And it really does look like a formidable synagogue. It is "the largest house...
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New Yorker's Talmudic Account of a Madoff Panel

Posted on 07:26 by Unknown
From 1/19/09 we replay this (lightly) Talmudic analysis in the New Yorker of Madoff, starting with the premise that he was a goniff which is worse than a gazlan. With sex expert Ruth Westheimer quoting the sage Hillel. Also appearing Michael Steinhardt talking of the, "Banality of investing."It was a clever current events report of a New York Jewish soiree that itself was an attempt to take a financial tragedy and try to kvetch it to death....
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Monday, 25 June 2012

J. Ezra Merkin settles Madoff-related lawsuit with New York | Reuters

Posted on 19:48 by Unknown
Reuters, the Times and other sources report that J. Ezra Merkin settled his Madoff-related lawsuit with New York Attorney General. Merkin will make restitution. The Times reports, "Hedge Fund Manager to Pay $405 Million in Madoff Settlement," By DIANA B. HENRIQUES:Clients of J. Ezra Merkin, a prominent Wall Street hedge fund manager who invested his clients’ money in Bernard L. Madoff’s epic Ponzi scheme, will recover more than $400 million under...
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Posted in atlantic beach, madoff, Merkin, money | No comments

Thursday, 21 June 2012

Video: The Jewish Channel Exposes Anti-Zionist Work of Former Republican Spokesman Yossi Gestetner

Posted on 14:19 by Unknown
Bravo. Solid journalism by TJC.44 New Talmudic Books for Kindle | The Amazing 36 Volume Kindle Talmud in English | Whence and Wherefore | God's Favorite Prayers...
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Slate: What is the Penalty for Eating a Non-Kosher Hot Dog?

Posted on 13:17 by Unknown
Here we go. We knew this would not be pretty when we saw that ambulance chasing lawyers were suing Hebrew National. It is a desecration of the reputation of Judaism.Now the whole premise of Kosher foods is coming under close scrutiny and it is not pretty. Because the secret is that today there is no earthly religious penalty for eating a non-kosher hot dog.There is the danger that an Orthodox person who brazenly eats non-kosher will be criticized...
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Wednesday, 20 June 2012

AP: Blackwell Burke Law Firm has Sued ConAgra Foods Over Hebrew National Kosher Claims

Posted on 11:15 by Unknown
The AP reports that the Blackwell Burke Law Firm in Minneapolis has sued ConAgra Foods, owners of Hebrew National Kosher brands....ConAgra Foods Inc. says a lawsuit that claims its products aren't really kosher is without merit. The suit claims that ConAgra, based in Omaha, Neb., charges premium prices for Hebrew National meats, which it says aren't really 100 percent kosher...We do not believe that this suit will last long before being dismissed.It's...
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Posted in health, hullin, Is-it-kosher?, Minnesota, money, rabbis, talmud, Talmudic Books | No comments

Tuesday, 19 June 2012

Book Notice: Relics for the Present: Contemporary Reflections on the Talmud by Levi Cooper

Posted on 18:14 by Unknown
Relics for the Present: Contemporary Reflections on the Talmud by Levi Cooper is a wonderful, learned book of comments and insights on the first five chapters of the Talmud Bavli Berakhot, the relic that the author brings into the present through his interpretations based on rabbinic authorities that he cites whose listing runs five plus pages.The book is clearly written and deftly argued. The lessons that Rabbi Dr. Cooper extracts are sensitive...
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Is David Yerushalmi Jewish?

Posted on 16:53 by Unknown
Previously we wrote about anti-Shariah crusader David Yerushalmi. He is back in the news again at the National Review and Mother Jones, according to Sarah Posner at Religion Dispatches.A strong objection at NR to Yerushalmi's crusade is that he proposes a preemptive solution to a problem that does not yet exist.On 7/31/11 we wrote: The Times has a front page article on the lawyer, David Yerushalmi, "The Man Behind the Anti-Shariah Movement" by Andrea...
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SPIEGEL: A Tired and Withdrawn Pope Ignores the Vatican Power Struggle

Posted on 16:21 by Unknown
A highly negative article in Der Spiegel reports on the status of the pope, a man who leads a church with a membership of 1.166 billion people that employs more than 400,000 Catholic priests.In the article summary: "The mood at the Vatican is apocalyptic. Pope Benedict XVI seems tired, and both unable and unwilling to seize the reins amid fierce infighting and scandal. While Vatican insiders jockey for power and speculate on his successor, Joseph...
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Sunday, 17 June 2012

Happy Father's Day? Celebrate the Life of Your Dad

Posted on 05:31 by Unknown
How can you be happy on Father's day when your dad just passed away a few weeks before?I guess you celebrate his life and his achievements.Here is an excerpt from the Kindle Edition which I published in honor of Zev Zahavy's recent sheloshim, thirty days after his passing. This book was originally published by my dad in 1978.Whence and Wherefore by Zev ZahavyThe Cosmological Destiny of Man Scientifically and Philosophically Considered. An...
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Posted in New York Jews, religion, science, zev zahavy, zichron ephraim | No comments

Saturday, 16 June 2012

Please Excuse My Son's Absence from Class. He will be Moose Hunting.

Posted on 19:36 by Unknown
We used to ask our college students to inform us in advance if they knew they were going to miss a class. One Friday a young man came up to me after class and told me that he might miss class on Monday."Why?" I asked. "I'm going moose hunting with my family," he explained."And why is that a valid excuse?" I pressed him."It is special because we have one of the few permits that are awarded by lottery in Minnesota each year for moose hunting.""Can't...
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Teaneck's Moshe Butler pleads guilty to criminal bank and wire fraud

Posted on 19:03 by Unknown
Forbes reports on the tangled web of crimes of a scamster from Teaneck, Moshe Butler, age 33, "Motel Art, Flat Screen TVs, Bad Trades, And Bouncing Checks Collide In Federal Case."In 2009, Butler was charged in a criminal Information with running a $2.25 million scam, to which he was released on bail pending sentencing.The final tally has Butler pleading guilty to two criminal Informations charging him with bank and wire fraud....On June 13, 2012, he was sentenced to 63 months in prison and three years of supervised release; and ordered to pay...
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Friday, 15 June 2012

Get the Kindle Babylonian Talmud in English

Posted on 12:51 by Unknown
Get the Amazing Kindle Babylonian Talmud in English:1.      Kindle Babylonian Talmud Berakoth2.      Kindle Mishnah Seder Zera‘im3.      Kindle Babylonian Talmud Shabbath4.      Kindle Babylonian Talmud ‘Erubin5.      Kindle Babylonian Talmud Pesahim6.      Kindle Babylonian Talmud Yoma7.     ...
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