THE-Ave.US is becoming popular on FaceBook and this may have created some confusion because I have written some about my brother, Hugh Schwartz . I did not realize that there was another person of that name on FACEBOOK. This Hugh Schwartz has recently died. Apparently he was a prominent missiona[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Jew’
March 24th, 2015 - 8:22 am § in Israel/Palestine
IS PALESTINE A RELIGIOUS BELIEF?
The Religious Dogma of Palestinian Statehood Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn of the Religious Zionists of America, Philadelphia, argue in the Algemeiner, a German newspaper, that advocates for a Palestinian state are “religious.” Their argument is ironic because they ignore the idea[...]
March 17th, 2015 - 11:01 am § in America
Of Jews and Radical Republicans
In the context of the current debate over Netanyahu’s insulting speech before Congress, it is important to note that there has been an ongoing effort by the radical right to turn Jews from our traditional support of liberalism by appealing to Israeli security. During the GW Bush “Glob[...]
March 10th, 2015 - 9:23 am § in America
Jewish Restaurant Serves Trafe to Multiethnics in South Carolina!
“Hyman’s was the friendliest, most ecumenical, and most hopping business imaginable, here on a rainy Monday night in Charleston, South Carolina.” Regular readers on THE Ave know that I am very critical of South Carolina for its persistent racism. celebration of the Confederacy and be[...]
March 1st, 2015 - 12:34 am § in Hypocrisy
60 years since MARCH 1945 … Death of Anne Frank, Bergen Belsen
With Passover a month away I suggest this wonderful GERMAN review of the role Anne Frank plays in Judaisms today, from two years ago: From Spiegel: First German Movie abut Frank; how her image is used, conflicts between two foundations in her name, new novels sample: What We Talk About When We Talk [...]
Bebe and Boehner and The Christian Right
Facebook is full of posts by Christians supporting Netanyahu. They seem all to wiling to sacrifice Jewish blood in the name of their Jesus. Meanwhile, the people who elect Republicans have made their feelings about American Jews quite clear. Jews who are supportive of the Republicans should look[...]
February 9th, 2015 - 5:14 pm § in Christianity
BEFORE ISIS
Chabad.org Today in Jewish History: Jews of Basel Burned Alive (1349) With the Black Death raging throughout Switzerland, poison was reported to have been found in the wells at Zofingen. Some Jews were put to the “Dümeln” (thumbscrews) test, whereupon they “admitted” their[...]
January 27th, 2015 - 4:04 pm § in Hypocrisy
BUCHENWALD 63: Honoring My Father on Holocaust Memorial Day. Tags!
Help me honor a Jewish hero. This is the sixty third entry in a series I have written about my father’s amazing photographs taken inside Buchenwald. I am posting this to Facebook and would greatly appreciate any support or ideas about how to get these materials into the public domain. It i[...]
A Jewish Restaurant in Harlem
From Ethiopia to Israel to Harlem: Q&A with Beejhy Barhany, Owner of Tsion Cafe Hasabie Kidanu Tadias Magazine January 21st, 2015 in Featured and Profiles. 0 Comments Beejhy Barhany. (Courtesy photo) New York (TADIAS) – In the historic neighborhood of Sugar Hill, Harlem we c[...]
BLACK RACISM on Facebook
A Response to a comment on Face Book. After Charlie James posted a piece that asserted that Moses and Jesus were “Black,” corrected this and then had the displeasure of an onslaught of racism .. black racism. Charlie You know how much I admire you for your life long efforts at fightin[...]