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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?

Android apps for Jehovah's Witnesses (there was nothing else to call this post)

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I was recently browsing the Google Play Store when something got my attention: an app called "Congregation Territories". What could it possibly be? OMG, it's a Jehovah's Witness app! William Kelly   March 29, 2016 You can do anything you want with it no matter anywhere on Earth you live Apartments subdivisions tall buildings anywhere this afternoon be used I love this app and I cannot do without it the best thing is that it automatically updates itself this is the best app In fact, there are  many  Jehovah's Witness apps. "Rejoice?" By this point, my mind is saying "no", but my heart is saying "yes". And so, fellow pym, we are gathered here today to examine a few highlights of the popular genres of JW apps on the Google Play store. Because searching "jehovah witness" opens a Pandora's box. "Pandora's Box, a Botanicals Tin" / courtesy of Etsy (Lakshmi is that you? #Dhar

Most Uncommon Frum Baby Names

Angiepymytu is lurking on a three-year-old forum topic called "Most Uncommon Frum Names" , on a website called Yeshiva World News. Not sure what more there is to say here... A600KiloBear Inactive, per member request BS"D But are the Bahiyas named Batya for kodesh the way an American Batya might be known as Beth on paper, or has Bahiya become a kodesh name the way the French names have in Morocco? Annette is Chana, but there are granddaughters of Annettes who was born at the time the Alliance started in Morocco is called Annette and only Annette even if her parents are very haredi. Especially in EY, people do not even know that the name was French but think it is an authentic Moroccan Jewish first name - which I guess it is once the name is given in memory of someone. My friend's mother by now probably has (great)grandchildren named Annette for their (great)grandmother as per Sefardi custom. If you saw Rabbanit Annette shopping in Boro Park, the only wa

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'll always make room for you - you know tha

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: "

Promotional video for the Chihuahua Mennonite community

Christopher Walken understands

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From last week's NYT Magazine. "A dog will polish the bowl, but a cat always leaves a little bit. It's like an offering." Christopher Walken

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

Journey of Jesus: Preview

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Brave as a Fairy: Albanian Mythology

Prende was a goddess of love in the Albanian folklore. She was the wife of Perendi and referred to in Albanian legends aszoja e bukuris ("the queen of beauty"), while her sacred day was Friday. When Albania became Christianized in the early Middle Ages, Prende was identified by the Catholic Church as Saint Anne, mother of Virgin Mary Albanian: Shënepremte or Prende, known in Gheg dialect as Prenne or Petka. The zana e malit is an Albanian mythological creature (Albanian: Zane or Zëre in southern Albania) ("fairy of the mountain" in English), zana (as a definite noun), or zanë (plural) of pre-Roman Paleo-Balkan origin. Its etymology is related to Latin Diana its also simil ar to the Bardha. The Zana are thought to have observed the speeches at theLeague of Prizren at 1878.   In Northern Albania and  Kosovo   every mountain was said to have its own zana, who appeared as a fair maiden found bathing naked in mountain streams .  The zana is believed to be extremely

Better or worse than "Journey of Jesus"?

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H A L L E L U J A H

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EN THEO GEN

Is Angiepymytu's new favorite word. entheogen |enˈthēəˌjen, -jən| noun a chemical substance, typically of plant origin, that is ingested to produce a nonordinary state of consciousness for religious or spiritual purposes. DERIVATIVES entheogenic |enˌthēəˈjenik| adjective ORIGIN 1970s: from Greek, literally ‘becoming divine within’ ; coined by an informal committee studying the inebriants of shamans.

Question

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A new question fer yah: how far along is our blog in the reincarnation cycle?  How many times has it been reborn ? Will it ever hit nirvana (is it a buddhist)?  Is it a holy cow? A holy cow There have been so many templates.  Rachel can't stop customizing.  Rachel wishes we had started this blog on the tumblr platform, because tumblr has cooler layouts.  Rachel came across a method of migrating all the VP posts over to a new tumblr, but she gave up because it required lotsa coding.