Category Archives: Arab-Israeli Conflict

Looking forward, looking back

Posted on August 19, 2010 by howdoyoujew

I delivered the d’var Torah this past Shabbat at Ohr Shalom. I had volunteered to do this months ago, but had completely forgotten about it, so when the rabbi emailed me on Thursday night to remind me, I emailed back … Continue reading →

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A Day In Israel: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 – 13th of Tamuz, 5768

Posted on July 17, 2008 by howdoyoujew

0830 We got up and started getting ready for our day. This included a light breakfast for us and Hadarya. 0900 My friend, roommate, and rabbi Scott, called to tell me that Channel 10 News was covering the prisoner exchange … Continue reading →

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Movie review: You Don’t Mess With the Zohan

Posted on June 26, 2008 by howdoyoujew

Hilarious. Chock full of Adam Sandler’s typical bathroom jokes and 80s-centric humor, this movie (Flash heavy site) won’t disappoint his enormous day-to-day fan base. But the movie is also packed with tons of audience-specific gags that are only truly funny … Continue reading →

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No words

Posted on March 7, 2008 by howdoyoujew
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It’s the Irony, Stupid: Hospitality and Spirituality in the Middle East, Then and Now

Posted on July 24, 2007 by howdoyoujew

When I started writing this (Sunday, July 15 or thereabouts) I didn’t know where it was going, so I didn’t post it. It took about a week for the realization to sink in that the thing that brought these two … Continue reading →

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Two days in a row? Well, yeah.

Posted on June 29, 2007 by howdoyoujew

Scott Adams is at it again, making a lucid, cogent point about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Are all cartoonists this bright? If so, why aren’t THEY running the country?

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Dilbert expounds on the Middle East.

Posted on June 28, 2007 by howdoyoujew

Well, OK, it’s Scott Adams, the guy who writes Dilbert, but it’s kinda sad that his commentary is far more sound (and a whole lot more succinct) than most of what the mainstream media (or even the fringe) provide.

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2007 is actually 1984.

Posted on April 25, 2007 by howdoyoujew

Newspeak, courtesy of Reuters. (Thank you, Andrew Sullivan.)

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Nancy Pelosi comes from good stock.

Posted on April 11, 2007 by howdoyoujew

The JPost tells us about Pelosi’s father and the Holocaust. I look forward to seeing good things from her and her colleagues in terms of foreign policy this term.

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Deaducation.

Posted on January 29, 2007 by howdoyoujew

Teach Kids Peace is a group worth noting. I’m going to try turning off my filter and post every time I think to myself “Hey, that’s cool!” (normally I bookmark or add stuff to my deli.icio.us list).

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