Showing posts with label Switzerland. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Switzerland. Show all posts
Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Only in Israel: a public sheḥiṭah demonstration

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Jewish date:  30 ’Av 5771 (Parashath Shofeṭim). Today’s holidays:  Ro’sh Ḥodhesh ’Elul (Judaism), Tuesday of the Twenty-Second Week of Ord...
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, March 1, 2010

Islam is not and never has been a religion of peace, and wishful thinking will not change this

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Greetings. Jewish date:  15 ’Adhar 5770 (Parashath Ki Thissa’). Today’s holidays :   Purim Shushan ( Judaism ), Monday of the Second We...
Monday, December 21, 2009

The relationship between religion and science, religious oppression, and torturing cats

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Greetings. Jewish date:  4 Ṭeveth 5770 (Parashath Wayyiggash). Today’s holidays:  Saint Day of Peter Canisius ( Roman Catholicism ),  W...
Friday, December 11, 2009

Happy Ḥanukkah!

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Image of menoroth via Wikipedia Greetings. Jewish date:  24 Kislew 5770 (Parashath Wayyeshev). Today’s holidays:  Saint Day of Damasus...
Sunday, December 6, 2009

In praise of Westboro Baptist Church (sort of)

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Greetings. Jewish date:  19 Kislew 5770 (Parashath Wayyeshev). Today’s holidays:  Saint Nicholas Day (Christianity), Second Sunday of Ad...
Thursday, December 3, 2009

Magic, minarets, and solar retinopathy

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Greetings. Jewish date:  16 Kislew 5770 (Parashath Wayishlaḥ). Today’s holidays:  Saint Day of Frances Xavier (Roman Catholicism), Feast...