The Minyan Factory
I’m visiting Israel very briefly, and again find myself enamoured with the “minyan fa...
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The Minyan Factory
The Minyan Factory
So many Muslim apologists, so little time
An interesting contrast between two cases of Muslim apologism appears in my favourite news...
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The Social Network – My Friend has a Friend
In the weekly portion of the same name (Numbers/Bamidbar 22), Balak, the king of Moab, c...
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The Smell of Chickens
To paraphrase Kilgore in the epic war film Apocalypse Now, “I love the smell of chickens...
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Federal Election – who is the Biggest Loser?
Well, after seventeen excruciating days, we finally have a result to our federal election....
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Rosh Hashanah – of Fish Heads and Frankl
Many of the rituals and activities around Rosh Hashanah are brimming with symbolism. From ...
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Matza ado about nothing
Judging by the number of comments on the stories about soft matzah, particularly thos...
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Who wants to be a billionaire?
Travis McCoy‘s song Billionaire is really annoying me on two levels. First of all, i...
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MasterCholent
I’m very pleased that the current season of MasterChef is finally over. My fam...
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Coleman Impact Players
Two AFL full-forwards this season have made a huge impact for their respective teams, and ...
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What price for Gilad Shalit?
There are so many angles The Age could have taken for a story to mark Gilad Shalit‘s...
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