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The Second Coming of Sheldon Leonard? by David Holzel
...the Jews halfway. Five of the 10 most popular boys’ names in 2007 were Hebrew and biblical in origin: Jacob (#1), Michael (#2), Joshua (#3), Ethan (#4)...
...Hebrew – think of Matityahu of Chanukah fame. But who doesn’t hear Matthew and think New Testament?) Girls aren’t nearly so well represented by...
http://jangle04.home.mindspring.com/1037.html

Franklin Pierce & The Jews
...But it was a problem for the few dozen Hebrews who lived in the national capital. (Contextual note: "Hebrews" is what the Jews of the Era of Pierce...
...Franklin Pierce stepped in. But let’s allow the annals of the Washington Hebrew Congregation, the capital’s first synagogue, tell the story: Fearful...
http://www.mindspring.com/~dbholzel/pierce/piercejews.html

Thuffering Thuccotash
...it seems, is a transliteration of bet, yud, tav, pronounced beit in modern Hebrew and means "house'' or "house of.'' So why the lisp? It's a result of an...
...no one speaks this way now, the tradition remains alive to confuse nascent Hebrew speakers, thanks to thouands of thynagogueth and templeth named Ahavath...
http://www.mindspring.com/~dbholzel/1018.html

Congrats, It's a Grandfather!
...Ashley -- literally "My Tamerisk Tree" in Hebrew. The word eshel -- tamerisk -- is also an acronym for achilah, shtiyah, linah -- food, drink, lodging --...
...name is obscure, Rabbi Weiss explained. Depending on how it is spelled in Hebrew it could mean "a hick," "a small seed" or "I am excommunicated." Parents...
http://www.mindspring.com/~dbholzel/1013.html

Should I Laugh?
...A Hebrew took his boy Ikey to the theater and went up in the gallery. The play was so exciting Ikey leaned over the railing and fell downstairs. His...
...Side of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion." No, just a gem from "The New Hebrew Joke Book," a 64-page paperback the size of a man's wallet. If you...
http://www.mindspring.com/~dbholzel/1017.html

Journey to the Center of the Earth
...Israel: A Hebrew-speaking Portugal? "Israel is a unique country. You might expect it to be way out at an extreme point, but in fact it looks...
...state "a Hebrew-speaking Portugal." It turns out that the Kahane, as in so many of his extremist pronouncements, overstated his case. A Hebrew-speaking...
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My Final Answer
...The Hebrew term for this sort of holy hairsplitting is pilpul. Pilpul also has been translated as "cauistry," probably by the same chowderhead who came...
...Soncino English-Hebrew edition. The universe being in the condition it's in, there is no final answer, of course. The Hebrew term for...
http://www.mindspring.com/~dbholzel/1021.html

Gee-Dash-Dee | by David Holzel
...the ability to read his name when the vowels are missing. And not just in Hebrew. To be on the safe side of desecration, some Jews write G-d in place of...
...presence in the world, is female. Part of this gender-bending is because Hebrew is a gendered language – Shekhinah is a feminine noun. take my poll...
http://jangle04.home.mindspring.com/1036.html

The Link Geniza*
...The Hebrew/Jewish perpetual calendar can help transpose Jewish time to what we might refer to as "regular time." Sweatshop Watch puts the issue...
...* Because Jews hold the name of God as sacred (especially when written in Hebrew), the problem arose early on (our ancestors called them "challenges") of...
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The Big C | by David Holzel
...Classical Reform is organ Reform, bareheaded Reform, rabbis mispronouncing Hebrew Reform. Contemporary Reform is guitar Reform,...
...name like MOR Judaism. "MOR Judaism. It isn’t less Judaism." "Mor" is also Hebrew for "myrrh," giving the concept an automatic visual tie-in....
http://jangle04.home.mindspring.com/1031.html

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