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respondingtojblogs: October 2005

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Monday, October 31, 2005. Madonna Defends Kaballah, Invokes Nazis. Madonna defended her membership in the Kaballah Center to the NY Daily News:. It would be less controversial if I joined the Nazi Party," the singer told the New York Daily News. She went on to say:. It's not hurting anybody," she said. "What do you mean, you study the Torah if you're not Jewish? What do you mean, you pray to God and wear sexy clothes? Posted by respondingtojblogs at 12:56 PM. Here is an article. Sunday, October 30, 2005.

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respondingtojblogs: September 2005

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Tuesday, September 20, 2005. Are always the sign of a healthy company. Looks like the Grey Lady is tightening her corset. Posted by respondingtojblogs at 5:31 PM. Godly Eye for the Intelligent Guy. Given GodolHador's recent guest series of bizarre Genesis vignettes ( here. From the New Yorker is a lovely bit of humor. I’m loving that, said Buddha. It’s new. Posted by respondingtojblogs at 11:55 AM. Eugene Robinson has a glowing piece. What century is this guy living in? RIP, Simon Wiesenthal. Post-modern...

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respondingtojblogs: December 2005

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Thursday, December 29, 2005. I don't mind travel and I don't mind not sleeping, but when you combine the two, it leads to overpacking. And overpacking makes me cranky. Fortunately I took a sacred oath to never travel with more than one bag, so I should be okay. Thus endeth the rant. Posted by respondingtojblogs at 8:49 AM. Wednesday, December 28, 2005. A case in point is this discussion I had on GH's blog a little while ago. GH thought. Me: Rabbi, I'm not sure God exists. Creatio ex nihlo is impossible!

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respondingtojblogs: November 2005

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Wednesday, November 30, 2005. A Season of Mavericks: Peres to Leave Labor and Join Sharon. Elder statesman Shimon Peres has signaled plans to leave the Labor Party on Wednesday after six decades and throw his support behind Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's new centrist party. The move would cap dramatic realignments in Israeli politics over the past month, following the summer pullout from Gaza. Peres is expected to return to Israel from Spain on Wednesday and hold a news conference. To the Israeli/Lebanese...

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respondingtojblogs: March 2006

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Tuesday, March 21, 2006. I am currently reading Rabbi Louis Jacobs' Principles of the Jewish Faith. The first book in a long time to literally keep me up all night. I began his book last night and found myself standing over a kitchen counter I sauntered over to hours earlier to get a drink, with the sun rising and I was only up to the Eighth Principle. For starters, what is meant by the "Torah? Jacobs writes of Esdras, a book in the Apocrypha which records an interesting account of Ezra rewriting the Tor...

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respondingtojblogs: February 2006

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Friday, February 10, 2006. The Lone and Level Sands Stretch Far Away. Still needs some goading before I get his take on my recent slew of posts, so here goes. I’ve been mentally compiling a list of the things that make me incredibly uncomfortable with Judaism. By discomfort I do not mean that I feel a rule chafing against the way I want to live my life (not to say there aren’t a few of those), but certain demands that Judaism makes on my worldview. The opening Mishna in the Ethics of our Fathers glibly g...

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respondingtojblogs: August 2005

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Thursday, August 18, 2005. My Thoughts on the Disengagement. Throughout the debate I have been conflicted: on the one hand, unilateral concesions do not make sense; on the other hand, the will of the parliament must be followed (and soldiers must obey orders). Finally, here is my take:. I am sure it was worth the wait. UPDATE: I don't know if it's the casual angle of her CAR-15, the cocked hip, winning smile, or the sunlight on her face, but that middle soldier is really cute. From a Counterpunch article.

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respondingtojblogs: September 2006

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Thursday, September 07, 2006. You Are A Soul II. I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process. Thought experiment asked you to imagine that the technology exists to replace neurons in your brain with exact replicas. Imagine that your friendly neighborhood neurologist (or ersatz-neurologist) conducted this procedure on you. Do you think there would be any change in to your cognitive ability? Your sense of self? What do we mean by sense of self? You are now dead. Is conscio...

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respondingtojblogs: January 2006

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Friday, January 20, 2006. I Am That I Am. Tonight I was shooting the breeze with a good friend of mine whose faith is similarly dead (it was precisely these sort of bull sessions that began my downward spiral). Unlike me, however, he sincerely laments the fact that in all probability there is no God, and in the event there is, Judaism is unlikely to have done Him justice. His litany of complaints are actually quite similar to this sorry sod. Who is unable to accept such a possibility (see this. Await him...