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Posts Tagged ‘SMS family’
June 5th, 2015 - 5:49 pm § in America
Buchenwald 73: Anniversary of my father’s death
Despite my brother Hugh and sister Stephanies’s sad efforts to destroy the collection of images my father made in Buchenwald and my brother in law’s efforts to demean my Dad’s memory by claiming he did not make the pictures, I have (poor) copies made of the images taken by my D[...]
May 4th, 2015 - 10:23 am § in Jews
May 4: Papacy authorizes the beginning of slavery in the new world
In 1493, following Columbus’ landing in the New World, the Borgia pope Pope Alexander VI gave ownership of the American peoples to Spain in a bull called Inter Caetera. A document called the requerimiento was read to American Indians (who could not understand the colonisers’ la[...]
LEGAL AB– USE: As with the cops, so with the lawyers
Attorney Mark Papazian says legal misconduct shouldn’t prevent him from receiving $14 million based on a will Mr. Papazian prepared himself. The attorney, Mark Papazian drafted a will that left millions to the attorney and his children. More than $17 million after taxes, most of his clie[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: A Secular Seder
Can it be that the heroes of the last 3500 years of Judaism are just chopped liver? We attended the Secular Jewish Circle Seder a week ago Saturday night and want to express our appreciation for being able to come.The best parts were the camaraderie, the play put on by the children… The kids, esp [...]
April 16th, 2015 - 1:57 am § in America
SOUTH CAROLINA: The Last Confederate Funeral
It is amazing to me, never having lived in the South, how the Confederacy has become so honored that Jews like my sister can live there while a Black girl can be given an honor in the name of a civil war hero. I hope nothing of this sort ever happens in Germany! I have […][...]
April 15th, 2015 - 4:46 pm § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
A huge Loss to The UW!
Reading the recent to and fro on the AAUP listserv about students using Facebook or Tweeting in class, I was put into a bit of a reverie by learning of the passing of legendary history professor Jon Bridgman. His death leaves a huge hole in the UW firmament. I remember coming here and being urge[...]
April 15th, 2015 - 10:51 am § in America, Israel/Palestine
SHANDA: Jews attacking Jews on Pesach
Dear Stephen,In the lead-up to this year’s Passover holiday, Americans for Peace Now launched a Facebook meme campaign inspired by the words of Peace Now co-founder Galia Golan. We asked that Jews who care about Israel spill some wine in acknowledgement of Israel’s “modern-day plagues”, as i[...]
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: A message to my brother and sister
TALMUD: Love Prevents Jealousy by Rabbi Yisrael Kaniel – April 26, 2015 In the beginning of the Torah portion of Kedoshim, the renowned medieval commentator R. Moshe ben Nachman, a.k.a. Ramban or Nachmanides cites a statement of our Sages in Vayikra Rabbah in which they say that this Torah p[...]