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Kevin Drum

Lunchtime Photo - Here’s a nice, close-up picture of a mourning cloak butterfly. We haven’t seen many of them in recent years, but perhaps they’re making a comeback? They mo...
2 hours ago
Talking Points Memo

Brazil Becomes A COVID Hot House - Yesterday the United States placed restrictions on travel from Brazil, which is rapidly emerging as a top global COVID hotspot....
4 hours ago
Shiraz Socialist (Second Run)

Cummings: timeline of lies, deceit and cover-up - Does anyone believe the charlatan Johnson’s claim that his svengali Cummings didn’t break the lockdown rules? The Charlatan’s bumbling, shifty performance...
12 hours ago
Little Green Footballs

One of the Best Live Jams Ever: Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, "You Wreck Me" - "You'll be the girl at the high school dance"
20 hours ago
Harry's Place

Muslim Council of Britain: Why so defensive? - The Muslim Council of Britain is once again in the spotlight having being featured in a recent column on Spiked titled; Who does the Muslim Council of Brit...
1 day ago
Beyond the great divide

IHRC Al Quds 2020 – terrorists, extremists, antisemites and violence - The IHRC Al Quds Day 2020 was like no other. If you doubt that the BDS movement supports violence, seeks to destroy Israel and wants to rid the Middle Ea...
2 days ago
RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE

The cult of hydroxychloroquine versus dangerous arrhythmias - A new study of #Hydroxychloroquine and #Chloroquine to treat #COVID19 was published this morning in @TheLancet. The results? More deaths and arrhythmias ...
3 days ago
DovBear

Who do we consider essential to a minyan? - It's time to get serious. In some areas, shuls are beginning to open up, but seats are limited. The rule is only 10 people per room. Who gets in and who ...
3 days ago
606

A time of fermentation - Sixoh6 contributor Ben Wideman shares his reflections regularly at 606. What do pickles, bread, vinegar, cheese, wine, and yogurt have in common? They all ...
4 days ago
Anabaptist Historians

The Faint Past and Constructed Identity: The Challenges of Historical Awareness in Javanese Mennonite Church - Danang Kristiawan Introduction Talking about history in the Javanese Mennonite Church (Gereja Injili di Tanah Jawa) is always difficult and challenging due...
4 days ago
Hatewatch

'Boogaloo Boy' Arrested in Texas, Charged With Plotting To Murder Cops on Facebook Live - “Boogaloo Boys” – individuals associated with an online community characterized by calls for civil strife and ownership of firearms and tactical gear – hav...
1 week ago
BobFromBrockley

From Bob's archive: On election day, May 2010 - *This post was written on 5 May 2010, the day David Cameron won the election, ushering in the decade of dreadful Tory rule we've now experienced. * I went...
2 weeks ago
South Jerusalem

The Anemone’s Smile — “Necessary Stories” from The Times of Israel - Haim Watzman A lone flower spurs memories of my soldier son, who died nine years ago in the springtime A lone anemone, petals open to the sky, catches my e...
4 weeks ago
Engage

Campaigns against kosher: a looming threat? James Mendelsohn - This piece, by James Mendelsohn, was first published in Jewish News / Times of Israel. Following December’s General Election, many British Jews felt relief...
3 months ago
The Gerasites

Para Los Muchos, No Los Pocos – Why The Left Should Unite Behind Juan Guaidó - By Gray Sargeant The decision by segments of the western Left to support Nicolás Maduro’s election rigging, human rights abusing government in Venezuela on...
1 year ago
The Talmud Blog

Defending the Talmud in the Digital Age: Four Reflections - 1. When we relaunched The Talmud Blog, back in 2011, I set a Google reminder for the word “Talmud.” After all, we claimed to provide “Talmudic news, review...
1 year ago
normblog

Norman Geras: 1943-2013 - I am very sad to announce that Norm died in Addenbrooke's hospital in Cambridge in the early hours of this morning. Writing this blog, and communicating wi...
6 years ago

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Rebecca: I teach at Ithaca College, do research on early Jewish magic and mysticism, visit Israel frequently, and enjoy the lovely Finger Lakes region of New York State. This is my personal blog, and the statements in it reflect only my own views, not those of Ithaca College.

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