This is a wonderful mitzvah Naomi Feil, a Jewish woman, singing Christian hymns for a woman with Alzheimers. Gladys. Gladys is unable to speak and must have very fragmented memories but her religion remains core Gladys identity. . When Naomi sings about Jesus and embraces Gladys the two [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Jew’
December 14th, 2014 - 9:32 am § in Uncategorized
FACEBOOK and RACISM
Chinazor Onianwah I had to abruptly take my leave yesterday for a meeting. Now comes Mr. Stephen Schwartz. Quite an interesting guy. First he wants us to believe that the Ashkenazim in America is the validation of Jewish DNA. The Ashkenazim in America came via Russia fleeing the pogroms in the early[...]
A Jewish Perspective on Reparations
Imagine this —- A poor Jewish student is shot by a policemen during a demonstration in the Jewish community of the former East Germany. 70 years after the end of WWII the community is again largely Jewish and poor. Most of the residents lived as hidden Jews under the Stasi but were well known [...]
December 10th, 2014 - 2:01 am § in America
The minister was white.
Two Racist Videos A good friend told me that he visited a Black church last Sunday. There was guest speaker … an visiting minister. The speaker used the Bible to castigate (I want to say denigrate) the dirty Jews .. echoing the teachings celebrated at Oberammergau. The visiting monster[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Rabbis arrested for protest
Rabbis Recite Kaddish For Eric Garner The protest began at B’nai Jeshurun, a Jewish synagogue on 88th St. After the prayer, Rabbis Sharon Kleinbaum, Jill Jacobs, David Rosenn and Shai Held joined thousands of other protesters who took to the streets Wednesday and Thursday evenings in opposition to[...]
Who is a Jew?
Someone on Facebook asked me to define the terms Jew, Hebrew, Israeli, Zionist and Palestinian. Here are my answers: Israeli means a citizen of Israel. Anyone .. any religion or ethnicity can be an Israeli. Jew or Hebrew are synonyms and they mean being a member of the Jewish people. To be a [...]
THE Ave Challenge: Who is it?
A. anti Israel protester in costume B. Israeli fundamentalist opposed to requirement for military service C. Jewish ally of Ahmadinejad and Arafat D. Actor from Iranian movie about the founding of the Jewish state E. The grandson of Golda Meir[...]
American Breeds: Race in America
The American concept of “race” is a farce. Some 40 years ago, as a medical student, I got into trouble when I asked my mentors why we were supposed to describe patients as Black or White? My mentors answered that there were genetic disorders. Excited by this idea, I began to take race hi[...]