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JERUSALEM — In an editorial, the Jerusalem Post correctly points out the reason that more American Jews do not move to Israel:
THE OBSTACLE to American aliya [moving to Israel] is not financial. It is cultural. American Jews live their Jewish lives differently from anyone […]
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Moving to Israel
December 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Boston, Business, Culture, Dating, Economics, Education, Essays, Europe, Globalization, Health, Immigration, Israel, Journalism, Judaism, Language, Law, Massachusetts, Personal, Politics, Religion, Technology, The Middle East, War, War on Terror
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On the Jewish-Girl Fetish
December 9th, 2009 · No Comments · Anti-Semitism, Culture, Dating, Essays, Feminism, Islam, Israel, Judaism, Marketing, Media, Palestine, Politics, Religion, Sex, The Middle East, War, War on Terror
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JERUSALEM — Details magazine looks at Jewish girls as the erotic fascination of the moment:
It seems that America can’t get enough smoking-hot Semitic tush lately.
In a recent poll on the porn blog Fleshbot, “Jewish girls” ranked second among kinks (the winner: “freckles”). Jewesses aren’t […]
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The Upcoming Generational War
September 12th, 2009 · 13 Comments · Boston, Business, Civil Liberties, Conservative Pundits, Culture, Dating, Economics, Education, Essays, Immigration, Israel, Marketing, Personal, Politics, Science, Technology, The Middle East
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Ruben Navarrette recently criticized young Americans who are lobbying the government for financial assistance in these tough times:
Young people usually don’t have mortgages to pay off, or spouses and children to support. That gives them an enormous amount of freedom whether they realize it or […]
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The True Meaning of the 2008 Election
November 26th, 2008 · No Comments · Culture, Essays, Law, Liberal Pundits, Personal, Politics
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When historians and sociologists look back on the 2008 election in the United States, they will not focus on the fact that the Democratic Party nominated — and the Americans elected — a black man for the first time. They will barely remember that […]
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Why My Generation is Pissed Off
June 26th, 2008 · 27 Comments · Afghanistan, Business, Culture, Economics, Education, Energy, Entertainment, Environment, Essays, Global Warming, Globalization, Iraq, Islam, Journalism, Law, Media, Oil, Personal, Politics, Technology, War on Terror
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I’m 27 years old. The more I read the headlines every day, the angrier I become. The more I see my peers discussing the headlines of the day on popular Internet forums like Fark.com, the angrier I see them become.
At first I thought that this is the […]
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In Defense of Free Trade and Globalization
February 12th, 2008 · 18 Comments · Economics, Essays, Finance, Globalization, Iraq, Journalism, Politics, Religion, Science, Technology
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Suppose there are two countries: The United States and France. The people of both countries desire computers and wine, so businesses in both countries produce those products. Due to economic conditions, the United States produces computers that are fast and cheap, while its wine is bitter and […]
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The Battle of the Sexes
October 5th, 2007 · 54 Comments · Advertising, Britain, Business, Culture, Dating, Economics, Education, Essays, Feminism, Law, Marketing, Media, Politics, Religion, Sex
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The war between the sexes has become a stalemate. Men had been on the offensive by wielding most of the power in relationships for thousands of years, but women had been turning the tide back over the last forty. The result? Now, the two armies have […]
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The True Clash of Civilizations
April 28th, 2007 · 8 Comments · Christianity, Civil Liberties, Conservative Pundits, Culture, Education, Essays, Europe, Feminism, Globalization, Hizbollah, Immigration, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Israel, Judaism, Language, Law, Lebanon, Palestine, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, The Middle East, War on Terror
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Yes, there is a clash of civilizations going on. No, it’s not the one you think.
It’s not between Islam and Christianity, or Islam and Judaism, or Islam and Judeo-Christianity, or Islam and “the West.” It’s not merely about terrorism, religion and politics. Islam as a […]
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