Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Sunday, September 5, 2010

Israel is a real place

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Greetings. Jewish date:  26 ’ Elul 5770 (Parashath Ha’azinu ). Today’s holidays:   Ramadan ( Islam ),  Laylat-al-Qadr (Lailat ul Qad...
Sunday, August 8, 2010

Beware of pygargs

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Greetings. Jewish date:  28 ’Av 5770 (Parashath Shofeṭim). Today’s holidays:  Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time ( Roman Catholicism ), ...
Thursday, July 22, 2010

Theological review of Wyrd Sisters (The Discworld Series, book 6)

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Greetings. Jewish date:  11 ’Av 5770 (Parasthath Wa’ethḥannan). Today’s holidays:  Feast Day of Mary Magdalene ( Roman Catholicism ), Fe...
Sunday, June 20, 2010

A big backlog of stuff

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Image of where I am working towards going via Wikipedia Greetings. Jewish date:  8 Tammuz 5770 (Parashath Balaq). Today’s holidays:  Twe...
Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The theology of Equal Rites (Discworld Series, book 3)

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Greetings. Jewish date:  5 Siwan 5770 (Parashath Naso’). Today’s holidays:  Day 49 of the ‘Omer/‘Erev Shavu‘oth ( Judaism ), Feast Day ...
Sunday, April 25, 2010

Divine punishment, the pointlessness of the peace process, and the disgraceful Richard Goldstone

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Greetings. Jewish date:  11 ’Iyyar 5770 (Parashath ’Emor). Today’s holidays :  Day 26 of the ‘Omer ( Judaism ), Festival of Ridvan ( Bah...
Thursday, March 4, 2010

None of us has a right to always be right

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Greetings. Jewish date:  18 ’Adhar 5770 (Parashath Ki Thissa’). Today’s holiday:  Casimir ( Roman Catholicism ). Worthy causes of the...
Monday, February 15, 2010

Never, never, never convert for the wrong reason

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Greetings. Jewish date:  1 ’Adhar 5770 (Parashath Terumah). Today’s holidays:  Ro’sh Ḥodhesh ( Judaism ), Monday of the Sixth Week of Or...
Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Have we really learned anything from the Holocaust?

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Greetings. Jewish date:  12 Shevaṭ 5770 (Parashath BeShallaḥ). Today’s holidays:   Feast Day of  Angela Merici ( Roman Catholicism ), ...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Never blindly trust a translation II

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Greetings. Jewish date:  5 Shevaṭ 5770 (Parashath Bo’). Today’s holidays:   Feast Days of Fabian and Sebastian ( Roman Catholicism ). ...
Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Never blindly trust a translation

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Greetings. Jewish date:  26 Ṭeveth 5770 (Parashath Wa’era’). Today’s holidays:  Tuesday of the First Week of Ordinary Time ( Roman Cath...
Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Is your government secretly plotting to prevent the coming of the Mahdi?

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Greetings. Jewish date:  22 Kislew 5770 (Parashath Wayyeshev). Worthy causes of the day:  “ Friends of the Earth U.S. :  Breaking from C...
Wednesday, November 11, 2009

V is for “vacancies”

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Greetings. Jewish date:  24 Marḥeshwan 5770 (Parashath Ḥayye-Sarah). Today’s holiday:  Saint Day of Martin of Tours (Roman Catholicism)....