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nothing new under the sun

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The following item appeared on the "20s and 30s at the JCC" email newsletter [that I'm still subscribed to for whatever reason]: It reminded me immediately of excellent ~content~ we had posted here many moons ago, so I came here to post about it and keep the thread going. I typed out the post title, "of moons and menses," pasted the screenshot above and then went digging for the cross reference. And here's what I found: So yeah, I already made a post with the same title 3 years and 1 month ago. It's always nice to know that one has not evolved, that creativity travels in cycles rather than lines, that cognition is prone to eclipse. Right?

VENI VIDI VICI

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i feel SO smiley and satisfied with myself right now. is this what it's like for certain guys whenever they succeed in "convincing" a girl to date them?  the thirst of the hunt , the thrill of the catch ? the transcendence of conversion ?  of conquest ?  ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From:  Rachel Hannah Polsky   <rachel545@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 4:55 PM Subject: Re: Vus titzuch? To: Anita Comiskey <anniesea712@aol.com> that made me smile :)  On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 3:27 PM,  < anniesea712@aol.com >  wrote: wow.  what a wonderful answer.  you are soo intelligent.   makes me feel good about being born jewish  even though i seldom identify with religion as you probably know from alex. -----Original Message----- From: Rachel Hannah Polsky < rachel545@gmail.com > To: Anita Comiskey < anniesea712@aol.com > Sent: Wed, Jun 5, 2013 1:06 pm Subject: Re: Vus titzuch? I'l...

Ásatrúarfélag (do the RandomFactoidDance)

Perhaps unique to Iceland is the fast growing Ásatrúarfélag, a legally recognized revival of the pre-Christian Nordic religion of the original settlers. According to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Reykjavík, there were only approximately 30 Jews in Iceland as of 2001. [32] The First Lady of Iceland Dorrit Moussaieff is an Israeli-born Bukharian Jew.

Book by David Marnet (father of Zosia/Shoshana Shapiro)

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It's called The Wicked Son: Anti-Semitism, Self-hatred, and the Jews . Mamet addresses the book "To the Jews…whose favorite Jew is Anne Frank…who bow the head reverently at a baptism and have never attended a bris – to you, who find your religion and race repulsive, your ignorance of your history a satisfaction, here is a book from your brother." Mamet confronts his readers: "The world hates Jews. ... The world hates you." Mamet goes on to analyze what happens when Jews abandon loyalty to their religion and tradition in order, as he sees it, to find acceptance in Israel-bashing liberal society. "It is the sin of the spies, a ‘coward generation’ with a ‘lack of belief in God.’ People have a drive to worship something, and will fill the void left by rejecting God by worshipping sports, celebrities, ‘wealth, fame, status, sex, physical fitness, good works, human perfectibility.” In the lavish bar mitzvah, Mamet sees the sin of the golden calf: ...

ThingsIDidn'tWantToKnowAbout

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  The pidyon haben , ( Hebrew : פדיון הבן ‎) or redemption of the first born son , is a mitzvah in Judaism whereby a Jewish firstborn son is redeemed by use of silver coins from his birth-state of sanctity. The redemption is attained by giving five silver coins to a Kohen (a patrilineal descendant of the priestly family of Aaron ).             It says in Numbers: And Moses took the redemption money of them that were over and above them that were redeemed by the Levites ... And Moses gave the money of them that were redeemed unto Aaron and to his sons, according to the word of the L ORD , as the L ORD commanded Moses. The Shulkhan Arukh states that when a Jewish woman gives birth to a firstborn male by natural means, then the child must be "redeemed". The father of the child must "redeem" the child from a known Kohen representing the original Temple priesthood, for the sum of five silver Shekels , or equiva...

Things Angiepymy Has Experienced Directly

bugpymyge gets this joke now! so. many. times. sex: you're doing it wrong i let the others steal my food why angiepymy went orthodox for a year when pymies went to kol nidrei services angiepymy at mayanot