April 2011
21 posts
Never Again? →
haphazardthoughts:
David Simon defends and expands on his comment last year berating the Jewish community for not doing more for urban blacks, which he likened to “a Holocaust in slow motion”:
No, there is no barbed wire around West Baltimore. No, there is no political imperative to segregate them from the greater society, or ultimately, to murder them en masse. That would be a Holocaust at...
Nazi Victim's Heir to get Klimt Painting
sweetvisage:
An Austrian museum has decided to return a valuable Gustav Klimt painting to the grandson of its original owner, a victim of the Nazis.
Klimt’s Litzlberg am Attersee landscape is estimated to be worth €20 million to €30 million and is one of the museum’s best known pieces.
“As painful as returning this painting is for the…collection, the province and all of Austria, I...
This is Luzer Twersky's story, as reported by Josh... →
WatchIn case you were wondering what a Hasidic holiday outing looks like. Fun times, right?
April is Holocaust Remembrance Month! Let us learn...
lightningandsnow asked: Do you still practice Judaism at all, or have you left that behind entirely?
I'm a queer feminist and I try to practice somewhat in my own way, but I was raised Reform and my background is totally different than yours.
I'm a queer feminist and I try to practice somewhat in my own way, but I was raised Reform and my background is totally different than yours.
redseapedestrian asked: So my room mate is having a vegan passover seder. She wants to include some Ashkenazi dishes that don't have any meat, dairy, eggs or honey in them. I was wondering if you knew of anything like this you could point me in the direction of? This is a difficult one because beans and rice are so much a part of the vegan diet, but no-nos by Ashenazi Passover tradition.
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