Rantings of a New Yorker

From Alternet: Leading fundamentalist rabbis gather in Israel to defend the publication of a book, Torat Ha’Melech, that attempted to provide halakhic justification for the killing of non-Jews, including innocent children and families. The gathering exposed not only the ferocious racism of a swath of Israel’s pro-settlement rabbinate, but the powerlessness of the government to [...]

From the August 30 edition of Premiere Radio Networks’ The Glenn Beck Program: BECK: “With firm reliance on divine providence we mutually pledge to each other our lives.” Well, that’s MLK, that’s Lincoln, that’s all the veterans. But it’s also George Washington, who didn’t die; he just gave everything to his country. He served and [...]

Medical officials in the UK say the number of women who’ve been subjected to genital mutilation is on the rise. Although the practice is illegal in the country, thousands are considered to be at risk annually — and no one has ever been convicted of the crime.

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