Syndication
In the White House: A Fresh Em-bark-ationNEWS ITEM: President-elect Barack Obama has promised his daughters a puppy when the family moves into the White House.…Read more
Jewish Questions Arise in BeijingOh, who will light symbolic flames
At China’s great Olympic Games?
Perhaps officials will employ
A conflagrative Shabbos goy?…Read more
Giraffe Milk Is KosherNEWS ITEM: An Israeli rabbi, an authority on kashrut, declared that giraffe milk is kosher. Said he: “The giraffe has all the signs of a ritually pure animal, and the milk that forms curds strengthened that.” The rabbi based his ruling on a recent finding by researchers at Bar Ilan University who had taken a milk sample while treating an ailing giraffe.…Read more
Jesse Jackson’s Cutting CommentNEWS ITEM: In a burst of anger over a speech delivered by Barack Obama, the Rev. Jesse Jackson told a colleague that he felt like castrating the presidential contender. Jackson did not realize his remark was being picked up by a live microphone.…Read more
When Flocks UnfrockNEWS ITEM: Time Magazine reports that some Protestant churches oriented toward young adults are urging married couples to have “not just better sex, but more of it.” Pastors point to Genesis, Chapter 2, verse 24, which says a man “shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.”…Read more
Jewish Questions Arise in BeijingOh, who will light symbolic flames
At China’s great Olympic Games?
Perhaps officials will employ
A conflagrative Shabbos goy?…Read more
Giraffe Milk Is KosherNEWS ITEM: An Israeli rabbi, an authority on kashrut, declared that giraffe milk is kosher. Said he: “The giraffe has all the signs of a ritually pure animal, and the milk that forms curds strengthened that.” The rabbi based his ruling on a recent finding by researchers at Bar Ilan University who had taken a milk sample while treating an ailing giraffe.…Read more
Jesse Jackson’s Cutting CommentNEWS ITEM: In a burst of anger over a speech delivered by Barack Obama, the Rev. Jesse Jackson told a colleague that he felt like castrating the presidential contender. Jackson did not realize his remark was being picked up by a live microphone.…Read more
When Flocks UnfrockNEWS ITEM: Time Magazine reports that some Protestant churches oriented toward young adults are urging married couples to have “not just better sex, but more of it.” Pastors point to Genesis, Chapter 2, verse 24, which says a man “shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh.”…Read more
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