Showing posts with label USA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USA. Show all posts
Sunday, December 23, 2012

The Fast of Ṭeveth and the non-end of the World

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Jewish date:  10 Ṭeveth 5773 (Parashath Wayḥi). Today’s holidays:  Fast of Ṭeveth (Judaism), Fourth Sunday of Advent (Roman Catholicism), ...
Sunday, May 6, 2012

The end of the world, Indonesian intolerance of atheism, and bacon-flavored syrup

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Jewish date:  14 ’Iyyar 5772 (Parashath Behar). Today’s holidays:  Day 29 of the ‘Omer (Judaism), Pesaḥ Sheni (Judaism), Fifth Sunday of ...
Thursday, April 12, 2012

GCB is not as bad as I feared it would be

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Jewish date:  20 Nisan 5772 (Parashath Shemini). Today’s holidays:  Ḥol hamMo‘edh Pesaḥ (Judaism), Day 5 of the ‘Omer (Judaism), Thursday ...
Wednesday, March 7, 2012

The Fast of ’Ester and miscellany

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Jewish date:  13 ’Adhar 5772 (Parashath Ki Thissa’). Today’s holidays:  Fast of ’Ester (Judaism), Feast Day of Perpetua and Felicity (Roma...
Sunday, December 25, 2011

Ḥanukkah, “Jesus Responds to Rick Perry's "Strong" Ad”, and “Uh Oh! The Dirty Truth About Santa's Carbon Footprint”

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Jewish date:  29 Kislew 5772 (Parashath Wayyiggash). Today’s holidays:  Ḥanukkah (Judaism), Christmas (Christianity),  Feast of Robert “Bo...
Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Yom Kippur and Sukkoth

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Jewish date:  20 Tishri 5772 (Parashath Bere’shith). Today’s holidays:  Sukkoth (Judaism), Feast Day of Luke the Evangalist (Christianity)...
Friday, September 9, 2011

“Reversing the Moral Decay Behind the London Riots”

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Jewish date:  10 ’Elul 5771 (Parashath Ki Theṣe’). Today’s holidays:  Feast Day of Peter Claver (Roman Catholicism), Feast Day of St. Dean...
Friday, June 10, 2011

Pesaḥ and Shavu‘oth

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Jewish date:  8 Siwan 5771 (Parashath BeHa‘alothekha). Today’s holidays:  Friday of the Seventh Week of Easter (Roman Catholicism), Fea...
Sunday, May 22, 2011

The Rapture and Pesaḥ preparation

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Greetings. Jewish date:  18 ’ Iyyar 5771 (Parashath BeMidhbar). Today’s holidays:  Day 33 of the ‘Omer/Lagh ba‘Omer ( Judaism ), Fifth ...
Friday, May 20, 2011

The Rapture and soft maṣṣah

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Greetings. Jewish date:  16 ’ Iyyar 5771 (Parashath Beḥuqqothay). Today’s holidays:  Day 31 of the ‘Omer (Judaism), Feast Day of Berna...
Friday, March 25, 2011

Purim has not been commercialized either

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Greetings. Jewish date:  19 ’Adhar Sheni 5771 (Parashath Shemini). Today’s holidays:   Great Lent ( Christianity ), Lent (Christianity...
Friday, December 3, 2010

Ḥanukkah is most definitely not Christmas

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Greetings. Jewish date:  26 Kislew 5771 (Parashath MiqQeṣ). Today’s holidays:  Second day of Ḥanukkah ( Judaism ), Feast Day of France...
Friday, November 26, 2010

Why should anyone be opposed to people doing something good?

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Greetings. Jewish date:  Jewish date:  19 Kislew 5771 (Parashath Wayyeshev). Today’s holidays:  Friday of the Thirty-Fourth Week of Ordi...
Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Freedom of religion is not freedom from offense

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Greetings. Jewish date:  27 Tishri 5771 (Parashath Noaḥ). Today’s holidays:  Tuesday of the Twenty-Seventh Week of Ordinary Time ( Roma...
Sunday, September 26, 2010

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Church of Body Modification

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Greetings. Jewish date:  18 Tishri 5771 (Parashath Bere’shith). Today’s holidays:  Ḥol hamMo‘edh Sukkoth ( Judaism ), Twenty-Sixth Sunda...