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Jewish Daily Forward : Was Our Greatest Composer-Critic an Unrepentant Anti-Semite? – Forward.com

Tue, 14 Apr 2015 23:49:03 +0000

According to another article in the Forward by Benjamin Ivry - Dr. Cyclops Is Back - George Szell just had a very nasty personality from an early age.

Jewish Daily Forward : My Israeli Father, a Facebook \'Like\' and Me – The Sisterhood – Forward.com

Fri, 11 Jul 2014 21:07:17 +0000

I heard a rabbi deliver a sermon once on holy silence. I don't agree with most of what he says but I thought this one was very good. He asked: how did Isaac and Ishmael manage to bury Abraham together when they didn't like eachother? The answer was: they didn't speak. He said sometimes for the sake of peace the best thing is not to talk. I admire your honesty in saying that you don't feel a close attachment to the United States which has been a great place for you to live. At the same time, I was surprised to see that. And I don't think it's because you're Jewish as anti-semites will want to say. I suspect it's because your father is from another place. Mine is too but it's someplace he wanted to leave.

Jewish Daily Forward : When Gentiles Play Jews – Forward.com

Thu, 27 Feb 2014 14:15:39 +0000

Vanessa Redgrave as Fania Fenelon in Playing For Time. There was a big outcry about this when it came out.

Jewish Daily Forward : Q&A With Rabbi David Cooper, Father of BuJu Teachings – The Arty Semite – Forward.com

Thu, 6 Feb 2014 22:46:58 +0000

I appreciate the idea of making lemonade out of lemons but Dementia is not a gift and it's foolish to say so. There's better ways to get a vacation. I hope it's not too bad. I also found this fascinating and honest: "We also have to be realistic. The people that I know who practice and practice eventually all realize somewhere down the line that wherever they thought it would take us, it didn’t. I used to go around the Western world and ask: Do you know anyone who’s enlightened? The answer was always zero."

Jewish Daily Forward : On Their Majesty’s Semitic Service – Forward.com

Sun, 22 Sep 2013 17:36:14 +0000

Rogovoy should have quoted the books to make his point - or make it obvious when it isn't true. This way, if you are not familiar with the actual novels, you just have to take his word for it. Fleming talks about race and ethnicity a lot. And before I read this opening line I never thought about how non-Jewish or "goyish" James Bond was. It caught my attention and made me think about it but it just makes Rogo seem, shall we say, Flemingesque. (Mordechai Richler wrote an essay about this topic and I suspect Rogo read it but I can't find it online).

Jewish Daily Forward : Hooked on Meat: a Nice Jewish Girl\'s Film on Bacon – Jew and the Carrot – Forward.com

Tue, 2 Jul 2013 00:42:29 +0000

"Instead, for some, interacting with meat is closer to an art form, a means of connecting, a way of life" "A way of connecting" is too vague. It sounds airy-fairy. If you mean they have found a job they enjoy, that is rewarding, that is more concrete and meaningful.

http://zeek.forward.com/ : ZEEK: Articles: The Leftist Ethicist

Fri, 24 May 2013 20:44:58 +0000

"I don’t know how and don’t feel like it is my place to lecture these women about oppression." They are oppressed so it's alright for them to oppress you, right? A woman with a victim personality is teaching others how to stand up for themselves. I'm sure she's a nice person but it's kind of funny isn't it? You don't seem to be anti-semitic yourself so have some pride in who you are.

Jewish Daily Forward : One Man\'s Strange Path from N.Y. Jew to Hindu Honcho – Forward.com

Fri, 24 May 2013 19:51:42 +0000

This is a good article and a great topic but your comment about "the Jewish ability to negotiate" irked me. How many Jewish people are not good negotiators? I know more clueless negotiators than good ones. And the reason why people found eastern religions attractive is not that mysterious. Modern Jews are deracinated. They are educated but they pray in a language they don't understand and there doesn't seem to be any payoff in Jewish practice especially because they have no Jewish spiritual education. The eastern religions as they are presented here on the other hand are all about spiritual development through meditation and chanting etc. So there is very little education about spiritual growth in mainstream Judaism. There is little information about how to become a better person and a stronger person. But that's what the western versions of Buddhism and Hinduism offer. So does 3HO, the western version of Sikhism. A few years ago, Alan Morinis wrote a book about Mussar that addresses this very issue. His parents were Communists and his introduction to Judaism came through a path of spiritual development rather than through rituals one is forced to participate in during childhood. It's called Jacob's Ladder and I suspect that this kind of thing, Judaism as a spiritual path, is probably the only version that can compete in the world today. http://amzn.to/11fV4no --- http://amzn.to/124N8gv

Jewish Daily Forward : \'Strange\' Evolution of Legendary Song – Forward.com

Sun, 5 May 2013 01:17:13 +0000

I notice that you said that the Rosenbergs were accused rather than convicted. http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/sobell-con... http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/nyregion/21rose...

Jewish Daily Forward : How Three Jewish Boys From Wilmette Became The Brothers Emanuel – Forward.com

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 21:51:28 +0000

I read the 1997 article by Bumiller. She makes them seem talented and energetic but awful. Together with Bumiller, your article seems to suggest that it's the mother's fault. Bumiller mentions a time she and her father had such a bitter political argument that he kicked her out of the house.

Jewish Daily Forward : David Hartman, Lonely Man of Truth, Pushed Jews of All Stripes to Adapt – Forward.com

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 15:14:26 +0000

The video expresses a lot of outrage for what he calls the degradation of women in traditional Judaism. But, really, he's just playing catch-up to the rest of the world, isn't he? Religious people didn't lead women's liberation. Those who believe in it were led. And that's quite significant.

Jewish Daily Forward : Lance Armstrong and the Meaning of Chutzpah – Forward Thinking – Forward.com

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:43:59 +0000

What's wrong with paying kids to do homework if it works? Some people claim that they won't develop an intrinsic desire to do what they have to do. But, really, if you don't pay them they just won't do it. We've got years of history to prove it.

Jewish Daily Forward : When To Call a Schmuck a Schmuck – Forward.com

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 20:19:36 +0000

In the video, Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty were okay (Ishtar I assume) and Jimmy Cagney was good in One, Two, Three but the rest were lame. Totally

Jewish Daily Forward : Chuck Hagel\'s Pushback – Forward Thinking – Forward.com

Mon, 24 Dec 2012 20:13:27 +0000

http://blogs.the-american-interest.com/garfinkle/...

Jewish Daily Forward : Jane Eisner on MSNBC – Forward Thinking – Forward.com

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 13:03:23 +0000

I watched the full 18 minutes and came away knowing nothing. Because the experts all made their points but they were never subjected to scrutiny. For instance, Eisner pointed out that Israel withdrew from Gaza and the return they got was rocket fire. Jebreal said that the withdrawl was of no value because Israel retained control of the borders and then imposed the blockade. If Israel had not retained control of the borders would there have been peace with Gaza? If Israel relinquished control now would there be peace? Again, I watched the whole thing and no one even tried to give an answer. Same with the Saudi peace plan. Jebreal claimed that Netanyahu rejected it because he doesn't want peace. Is that true? Was it a good plan? You won't learn much watching this.

Jewish Daily Forward : Paul Kurtz, Fought for Non-Believers, Dies at 86 – Forward.com

Wed, 24 Oct 2012 20:30:00 +0000

Why would anyone choose a name like Eupraxsophy. Hard to read. Hard to say. It just looks like gobbledygook.

thevillager.com : Shulamith Firestone, radical feminist, wrote best-seller, 67

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:14:10 +0000

Interesting information but especially as this is anonymous there is no way to know if this is true and the reporter was lying.

thevillager.com : Shulamith Firestone, radical feminist, wrote best-seller, 67

Fri, 31 Aug 2012 22:13:40 +0000

What price did she pay? Was her illness the result of her publications?

Jewish Daily Forward : Naomi Wolf: Trapped by Her Own \'Beauty Myth\' – The Sisterhood – Forward.com

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 19:05:16 +0000

I didn't read her essay just this one. And I don't understand your dismissal of good looks as a positive value. Looks aren't everything; that's for sure. But who likes getting old and why should they?

Jewish Daily Forward : Shimon Peres Meets Zuckerberg\'s Little Sister – The Shmooze – Forward.com

Wed, 1 Aug 2012 21:43:13 +0000

http://forward.com/articles/157074/losing-zuckerb...