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Beat the Jew game?

in Holocaust, Judaism, Religion Blog, Violence

“Appalling“? That’s an understatement. Share/Bookmark

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What makes this Torah different from others?

in Holocaust, Judaism, Religion Blog

Eerily reminiscent of an episode from Law and Order but without the murder. One Torah, said to have been in Auschwitz, has been in the ark at one of New York’s most prominent synagogues since 2008. A second Torah joined it on Monday night, as the synagogue, Central Synagogue in Manhattan, observed Holocaust Remembrance Week. [...]

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Miep Gies dies at 100

in Books, Holocaust, Religion Blog

There are few books that have had such a lasting impact as Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl. Miep Gies helped protect Frank. She was the last remaining survivor. An amazing life. The NY Times obit was very good. Here’s a portion. When the Gestapo raided the hiding place in the annex to [...]

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Doubting and religious belief

in Churches, Faith versus Reason, Holocaust, Religion Blog, Religious Belief, World War II

This is a topic that interests me a great deal. There was a thread on Andrew Sullivan’s blog that I found intriguing. It was prompted by Pope Benedict’s recension of the prior excommunication of a schismatic bishop. (More posts on the current situation coming up.)  Any reasonable person would call this bishop a holocaust denier. [...]

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