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From: saal@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (samuel.saal)
Subject: Re: Holocaust jokes (was Re: To all Jews)
Organization: AT&T
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 12:17:10 GMT

In article <1992Dec15.023654.20806@netcom.com> solovay@netcom.com
(Andrew M. Solovay) writes:

>Well, if we're starting on holocaust jokes, here's a venerable
>one. (It's technically not a holocaust joke, as it dates to the
>early '30s, but...)

I own a book called "Let Laughter Ring" that was compiled and edited by S.
Felix Mendelsohn and published by the Jewish Publication Society of
America in 1941.  This collection of jokes has sections on Palestine, the
US, the USSR, and most bizarre of all, a section on "The Third Reich."
Reading these jokes with hindsight, none are funny.  I imagine that with a
copyright date of 1941, the jokes were compiled over the course of the
previous couple years during which time people had little idea what _was_
happening, let alone what _would_ happen.  It is the blackest of black
humor.  I wonder if any one else has seen this book, or any others like it
from that era.

>The fortune-teller says, "You misunderstand me. Whatever day you
>die, will be a Jewish holiday!"

This is included.  It is one of the easier ones to take.
-- 
Sam Saal      kingfish!saal OR saal@kingfish.att.com
	Vayiftach HaShem et Peah Ha`Aton
Xref: sparky soc.culture.jewish:22862 alt.atheism:23605
From: weemba@sagi.wistar.upenn.edu (Matthew P Wiener)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish,alt.atheism
Subject: Re: Why I became an Athiest (was: frustrations with christianity)
Date: 14 Dec 92 18:11:04 GMT
Reply-To: weemba@sagi.wistar.upenn.edu (Matthew P Wiener)
Followup-To: soc.culture.jewish
Organization: The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology
In-reply-to: rj24@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Robert  Johnston)

In article <1992Dec14.164010.23173@news.columbia.edu>, rj24@cunixb (Robert  Johnston) writes:
>To Mr. Saal: I Feel very, very sorry for you. Please don't have
>children; If you are the one teaching them, I fear for their well
>being. Please lock yourself up somewhere, and throw away the key.
>You are a very scary, pathetic person.

There is no need for this character assassination.  Disagree, point
out errors of logic and so on, but leave this trash in alt.stupidity.
-- 
-Matthew P Wiener (weemba@sagi.wistar.upenn.edu)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
From: ucakrvb@ucl.ac.uk (Vijay Bhuchar)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Messiah Jesus: Daniel 9 follow up
Date: 14 Dec 92 19:47:15 GMT
Organization: Bloomsbury Computing Consortium


Many of you have asked me more about the Daniel 9 prophecy.

The history is this:
After the destruction of the Temple, the Christian Jews pointed
out that this prophecy states that before 70 CE,
MESSIAH WILL BE CUT OFF.

The Rabbis answer was that MASHIACH can mean an anointed one and
as far as they were concerned anybody could be anointed e.g. 
prophets, priests and kings.

They claimed that a godly high priest named Onais 3, 
who was murdered in 171 BC  was the subject
of this prophecy and subsequently relegated Daniel from Nevi'im where
he had been for over 600 years to Kethuvim in the hope that no one would
ever see it.

As I said the start has to be the decree of Artaxerxes in 445 BC.
Counting 69 x 7 years takes us up to 38/39 CE.

Now note that in the Genesis flood record (Gen 7:11, 8:3-4) 150 days
are 5 months e.g. implying 5 months of 30 days hence a 360 day year.

Also Daniels year under the Babylonian exile was 360 days hence this 
takes us up to 31/32 CE.   UNCANNY

In the Onais version there are only 274 years between 445 and 171 BC.

The prophecy is back to haunt the Orthodox since it is almost solely
responsible for the increase of Jewish Christians in the world. 
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
From: warren@nysernet.org (Warren Burstein)
Subject: Re: Conversion Question
Reply-To: warren@nysernet.org
Organization: Mail to News Gateway at Wang Labs
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 07:54:05 GMT

In <1992Dec11.025552.17515@cbnews.cb.att.com> ask@cbnews.cb.att.com (Arthur S. Kamlet) writes:

>So why are so many others not first born sons?  Why do so many
>famous people of the Bible shine compared to the first born sons?

The theme of "firstborn son replaced by younger son" is found
throughout the Tanach side by side with the presence of hereditary
structures such as the monarchy and the priesthood (and within these
hierarchies, as well).  What does it all mean?  Make up your own
sermon.
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
From: alu@cbnewsk.cb.att.com (Alan Lustiger)
Subject: Re: SCJ HAS BEEN DECONTAMINATED!
Organization: AT&T Engineering Research Center
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 18:15:49 GMT

In article <davidh.724518925@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu> davidh@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu (David Klein) writes:
>bc744@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mark Ira Kaufman) writes:
>
>
>>   I am sure that we have not seen the last of these folks.  They
>>seem to be like cockroaches in an NYC flat.  You can't get rid of
>>ALL of them, but it is possible to keep them under control.  
>>   To all of you who helped..., WELL DONE!  And Thank you.
>
>>                             -Mark
>
>  I find that this article is very upsetting because the intolerance
>Mark casts of other people is very poor. I can understand your
>resentment and anger towards those who would disrespect our culture,
>but does holding a similar attitude towards them do anything but give
>you a cultural ego boost. Life is not a game of "we are better than
>you". I some how get this expression from you when you state, "You
>can't get rid of ALL of them, but it is possible to keep them under
>control." Intolerance of any form is unacceptable. While we might be
>upset at the intolerance these people express towards us, it is not
>acceptable for us to be equally intolerant. Education is the only way
>to truly remove ignorance. 

I agree with the last sentence. Let me try to educate you:

The J4J's who missionize here and elsewhere are not ignorant,
except in net ettiquette. As has been posted, they are part
of a well-funded (by Christians) organization whose sole purpose
is to convert Jews to Christianity. 

Since they are proposing the spiritual destruction of my
people, I don't think that the words that Mark used are
inappropriate at all. 
>
>If everybody believes in an eye for an eye,
>doesn't that leave the world blind?

I'll let you educate yourself on the Jewish interpretation of
that verse, as well as the source of "turning the other
cheek" which seems to be what you are advocating.

>David H. Klein        davidh@chaos.cs.brandeis.edu      Brandeis University


-- 
               		Alan Lustiger
    |_ | |             	AT&T Bell Laboratories ERC, Princeton, NJ
     /   |( 		lustiger@att.com
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
From: tjm@hrt213.brooks.af.mil (Tim Miller)
Subject: Re: atonement thru death of righteous person
Followup-To: soc.culture.jewish
Organization: AL/HRTI, Brooks AFB
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 21:31:24 GMT

On 11 Dec 1992 18:57:10 GMT, () said:

 > is it a valid JEWISH concept that the death of a righteous person will
 > expiate the sins of an entire generation,and if so,where does scripture
 > affirm such aprinciple

	It would seem to be that this concept arises out of
misinterpreting (and then taking to absurd extremes) the concept of
scapegoat. 

	Human sacrifice (which this is) is verboten.  Big time.

-- Cerebus <tjm@hrt213.brooks.af.mil>
"Of course, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong."
From: horen@netcom.com (Jonathan B. Horen -- [408] 736-3923)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Re: Must be SOME advertising budget! (Re: JforJ ad in Newsweek)
Date: 17 Dec 92 18:09:36 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: NetCom -- OnLine Communication Services

In article <92352.083353YZKCU@CUNYVM.BITNET> Yaakov Kayman <YZKCU@CUNYVM.BITNET> writes:
>
>A friend of mine once (facetiously, I hope, but with him one never knows)
>said he wanted to open a specialty cheese store and call it "Jews for
>Cheeses." :-D   I told him that was really funny, but he might get KILLED
>if he actually did it!. Now I have to wonder. Think of the free publicity
>by association! :-D :-D

Yankov, you're "a day late and a dollar short" -- an evangelical Xian group
*already* opened a gourmet cheese shop in the Gallil, and called it:

	Cheeses of Nazereth


Jonathan B. Horen       | A man should not strive to eliminate his complexes,
SysAdmin/SrTechWriter   | but to get in accord with them; they are 
Tel: (408) 736-3923     | legitimately what directs his conduct in the world.
Email: horen@netcom.com |                     -- Sigmund Freud
From: warren@nysernet.org (Warren Burstein)
Subject: Re: Halacha
Reply-To: warren@nysernet.org
Organization: Mail to News Gateway at Wang Labs
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 10:31:28 GMT

In <1992Dec14.164911.13357@cas.org> rmt51@cas.org (Rick Turkel) writes:

>I'm not sure, but at this point you're approaching the realm of (possibly)
>keeping the letter of the law but dispensing with its spirit.  CYLOR, or maybe
>the Institute for Science and Halacha.

Why is electricity a problem with "the spirit of the law"?

CYLOR in this case sounds to me like "please take this discussion to
dev.null" I hope I'm wrong, but it seems to me that serious questions
are made unwelcome by this answer.
-- 
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 |warren@         "WARENS statement in his signature express a Nazi idea."
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From: backon@vms.huji.ac.il
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Re: Goldnet?(Bezeq+AT&T) granted license yesterday
Date: 11 Dec 92 14:50:28 GMT
Organization: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

In article <1992Dec9.230115.28093@syacus.acus.oz.au>, eitan@syacus.acus.oz.au (Eitan Froumine (Melb)) writes:
> COMAZUR1@weizmann.weizmann.ac.il writes:
> 
> 
>>
>>  Not that long ago in response to numerous questions re: whether it is
>>possible for a person not employed by a university or a company with the
>>access to The Net to get the abovementioned access in Israel, Josh Bacon
>>wrote about Goldnet (?), and got rebuked by Hank Nussbacher. Well, I am
>>pleased to quote Kol Israel, which announced today that yesterday, Dec. 6
>>1992, Goldnet (?), a kind of a jv between Bezeq and AT&T was granted license
>>to operate.
>>                Alex.
> Can someone tell us what is GOLDNET?
> Is it accessible to/from Internet?
> What are the contact persons, telephone and address of Goldnet?

The name is Josh Backon. As I tell my students, there are no small mistakes.
It's like being a little pregnant :-) 

Goldnet is an X.25 network run by  Bezek, the Israeli PTT. Goldnet is
theoretically accessible through the Internet through a dialout at Hebrew
University but this is available *only* to faculty who request a password and
whose research account is billed accordingly. Goldnet will be offering
attmail. This is a very expensive option considering the other options (like
DATASERVE) that for $80/month offer an Internet subdomain, an unlimited number
of mailboxes (USERIDs), a megabyte of email included in the price, and a fax
option. In any case, 99% of databases/services on X.25 (Dialog, Dow Jones,
Tymnet, Dialcom, etc) are available through the MERIT gateway on the Internet.
So why pay about TEN times the price for the same search through Bezek ?

Josh
backon@VMS.HUJI.AC.IL






> 
> Regards
> Eitan
> --
> =====   Eitan Froumine     ==   Australian Centre for UNISYS Software    =====
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
From: jake@bony1.bony.com (Jake Livni)
Subject: Re: "Re: Vatican Recognition of Israel - Who Needs"
Organization: The Department of Redundancy Department
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 16:14:20 GMT

In article <6401@pdxgate.UUCP> a0cb@odin.cc.pdx.edu (Chris Bertholf) writes:

>As I understand the official position of the Vatican, they have no problem
>with the reestablishment of a Jewish state, per-se.  What they have a problem
>with is the systematic opression of Palestinians (a minority) by the Jewish 
>people (the majority).  

While it is popularly accepted that Israel is engaged in "systematic
oppression" of Arabs in Israel, the remarkable truth is that Arabs in
Israel enjoy many mor freedoms than they do in virtually any of the
Arab states.  Incredible, but true!

Could Hanan Ashrawi drive her car in Saudi Arabia?  Show her face in
public in Iran?  Represent so-called "Palestineans" in Jordan?

Can minority groups be represented in government in Arab states?  Do
MAJORITY groups have representation?  Do Christian Arabs have freedom
of religion in ANY of the Arab states?  The last place they had this
on a large scale was Lebanon and we all know how that one ended up. 

Can deportees appeal to a higher court in Arab states?  Did the
hundreds of thousands of Palestinean women and children who were
evicted from a variety of Arab states, their posessions and bank
accounts seized, get any appeals during the Gulf War?  Compare this to
the Palestinean agitators, rioters and terrorists in Israel, people
who have been active in the civil war they call the Intifada.

When considering how Arabs treat Arabs, the vicious and vile attitudes
of Arabs to JEWS isn't surprising anymore.

Now what was this about "systematic oppression" in the Middle East?

>I'm not sure but I think the argument goes something
>like: "Is it hypocritical for a subculture to claim opression by the majority
>and insist on sovreign status while denying the same to another, equally
>deserving group of people." I think this is the Vatican's position as to
>what is or is not hypocritical. 

The vatican's hypocrisy is legendary.  Israel isn't interested in
lectures on hypocrisy from the vatican.

-- 
Jake Livni  jake@bony1.bony.com              10 years from now, George Bush will
American-Occupied New York                   have replaced Jimmy Carter as the
My opinions only - employer has no opinions. standard of a failed President.
From: YZKCU@CUNYVM.BITNET (Yaakov Kayman)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Re: Hanukkah's significance
Date: 17 Dec 92 21:12:24 GMT
 <1992Dec17.175744.24913@netcom.com>
Organization: City University of New York/ University Computer Center

In article <1992Dec17.175744.24913@netcom.com>, solovay@netcom.com (Andrew M.
Solovay) says:
>
>In article <92352.084232YZKCU@CUNYVM.BITNET> Yaakov Kayman
<YZKCU@CUNYVM.BITNET>
writes:
>>I've been hearing a lot, especially lately, from fellow-Jews who
>>describe Hanukkah as a minor holiday. I find this disturbing.

>...
>Many (most?) Americans have heard of Hanukah and have never heard
>of Shavuout or Sukkot. Many Jews celebrate Hanukah and never
>notice Shavuot. I think it's a good idea to remind everyone that
>as Jewish holidays go, Hanukah is not one of the big ones.
>
>I think it's healthy to keep a sense of perspective.

I agree about perspective, but our priorities determine our perspective,
and I think it's healthy for Jews to give Torah values highest priority.

>Andrew Solovay

Yaakov K.
--------
Yaakov Kayman      (212) 903-3666       City University of New York
BITNET:   YZKCU@CUNYVM                  Internet: YZKCU@CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU
        "May it be His Will that the fear of Heaven be upon you
         as is the fear of flesh and blood"

        (Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai's blessing to his students,
                     Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Berakhot 28b)
From: betsys@cs.umb.edu (Elizabeth Schwartz)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Re: Looking Jewish- it exists
Date: 14 Dec 92 02:20:36 GMT
	<1992Dec10.210337.13978@cbnewsl.cb.att.com>
Organization: University of Massachusetts at Boston

My mother's family is from Galicia, and there's a definite hint of an
epicanthic fold about the eyes, which I inherited unly a fraction of. 
--
System Administrator                  Internet: betsys@cs.umb.edu
MACS Dept, UMass/Boston               BITNET:ESCHWARTZ%UMBSKY.DNET@NS.UMB.EDU
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
From: dfs@doe.carleton.ca (David F. Skoll)
Subject: Jewish names and anagrams (was Re: Andy the Canadian...)
Organization: Dept. of Electronics, Carleton University
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 17:05:07 GMT

In <92353.1139082893684@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> Andy "Bratu"
<2893684@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:

[some stuff]

I've been thinking about the "Jewish Names" thread, and wondering over the
strange name "Bratu."  It sounds Rumanian or French.  But perhaps it's an
anagram of Andy's name?  Maybe it's "Bar-tu" from some Aramaic derivation,
or plain old "Traub", from German?

Speculation is fun.  :-)

Chag Sameach,

David Skoll aka Vodka Dills.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
From: Murray Kahl <kahl@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>
Subject: Tanya and other sacred writings.
Originator: scj@israel.nysernet.org
Reply-To: <Murray Kahl <kahl@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>>
Organization: Nysernet
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 06:43:10 GMT

For those who wish to receive mailings of Chabad publications directly, please contact aaron@kesher.lerctr.org or let me know and I'll pass it on.
I would appreciate some feedback on your perceptions of thee new translation of the Tanya and the other writings. I will pass them on to the Rabbis involved.
Thank you,
From: ssteigma@scott.skidmore.edu (Stephen H. Steigman)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Re: JforJ ad in Newsweek
Date: 18 Dec 92 00:59:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: scott.1992Dec18.005914.5219
Distribution: usa
Organization: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs NY

mark@fenris.albany.edu (Mark Steinberger) writes:
> In article <102335@netnews.upenn.edu> shawn@up.hep.upenn.edu (Shawn Ruby) writes:
> >Anybody see that Jews for Jesus ad in Newsweek?  They must have more
> >money than I thought to pay for a full page spread like that.
> 
> Has anyone thought about boycotting the publishers of this material?
> 
> 
> --Mark

I'm sure they have, but with all of the publications that have
published this material, it's difficult to find some decent news
reading material! (Newsweek, Time, NY Times, etc.)   

But I will tell you that I am extremely offended each and every time I
see such an ad in periodicals (and the JfJ stuff on the net -
arrgghh!) 

What else can we do to protest their ad?  How about writing letters to
the editor, or writing full article responses...or how about just
making others aware that such a annoying group exists?  Suggestions?

Happy Hannukah (after all, weren't the Macabees the greatest Jews who
ever lived? - just kidding - little pun on the JfJ phrase)

:-)

Stephen
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Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
From: jgoldber@todah.chem.utoronto.ca (Joel Goldberg)
Subject: Re: Why I became an Athiest (was: frustrations with christianity)
Organization: University of Toronto Chemistry Department
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 19:19:42 GMT

In article <1992Dec16.224738.768@netcom.com> madhaus@netcom.com (Maddi Hausmann) writes:
>                                                      Of course
>there is more to Judaism, and to most other religions, than a
>series of Thou Shalt Nots.  What I tried to get across was that
>my father failed in showing me this.  It may there for others,
>but it was *not* communicated to me.  Mr. Saal attacks me for
>drawing a conclusion based on my very real experiences.  
  What conclusions do you draw? Serious question. Your essay
  described your dissatisfaction with the gulf between theory
  and practice observed while growing up. It seems that you
  drew conclusions about the theory, as a result.

  In the interests of cutting down on the number of back and forths,
  I will make a "pre-emptive" NB.     I don't like doing this, as it
  isn't polite, but anyway:

  NB. I'm not asking about conclusions from readings you referred to
  in your original post, but your statement about conclusions as it
  appears above.
From: aliki@nova1.stanford.edu (Alexandra Schmidt)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Re: The Jewish nose myth
Date: 11 Dec 1992 23:40:24 GMT
Organization: Stanford University
NNTP-Posting-Host: nova1.stanford.edu

In article <Dec11.231930.43105@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> mk568652@longs.lance.colostate.edu (Mitchell Kotler) writes:
>Can anyone explain how this myth got started ?

No one nose.

			. . .Alexandra







Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
From: tjm@hrt213.brooks.af.mil (Tim Miller)
Subject: Re: Vijay's Genuine Apology
Organization: AL/HRTI, Brooks AFB
	<1992Dec16.181124.14729@porthos.cc.bellcore.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 20:53:44 GMT

On Wed, 16 Dec 92 18:11:24 GMT, er@iscp.Bellcore.COM (Elie Rosenfeld) said:

 > In article <1992Dec16.163129.24073@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk>, ucakrvb@ucl.ac.uk (Vijay Bhuchar) writes:

 > |> * What is Messianic Judaism? * I showed you the Daniel 9 
 > |> prophecy which is winning the Orthodox over in their 100's.

 > Sure, wait till they're old and frail and *then* snatch them up!  You won't
 > find it so easy to trap *younger* Jews, like those who are only 80 or 90!

	Assuming you're joking, I have to point out that they really
*do* use this kind of tactic.

	Assuming you're not, it's sad, isn't it?

-- Cerebus <tjm@hrt213.brooks.af.mil>
"Pitiful.  Angering."
From: ehrlich@bimacs.BITNET (Gideon Ehrlich)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
Subject: Vijay Bhucha: JESUS IS NOT A MESSAYA!
Date: 14 Dec 92 13:34:56 GMT
Organization: Math department, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, ISRAEL

In article <1992Dec11.143305.20681@bas-a.bcc.ac.uk> ucakrvb@ucl.ac.uk
(Vijay Bhuchar) writes:

>I just wanted to let you know about a prophecy ... Jesus performed the
>greatest miracles ever.

A messayah is supposed to purify the hearts of people , at least of
those follow him , writting the above jesus stuff to this forum is an
immoral behaveiour. Since Vijay defines himself as a jesus follower
his very writting is a demonstrating of an un pure jesus-follower hart
and hence it is is a declaration that Jesus is not a messayah.
































Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
From: gertler@cyclone.sbi.com (Don Gertler)
Subject: Re: Chinese Food
Originator: scj@israel.nysernet.org
Reply-To: <gertler@cyclone.sbi.com (Don Gertler)>
Organization: Nysernet
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 17:21:58 GMT

jacobw@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jacob Solomon Weinstein) writes:
 
> Over the course of most of my life, I've head a number of my fellow Jews
> make jokes about our people's fondness for Chinese food. I never
> believed it until I got to college, and discovered that most people just
> don't eat Chinese as often as I and my other Jewish friends do. 
> 
> Still, my experience has been almost entirely with
> reform-to-conservative Jews from the Northeastern corner of the country.
> Judging by the number of kosher Chinese restaurants I've seen, I suspect
> that my more religious brethren share this fondness.
> 
> Does anybody else think this is true? Obviously, one can't say that all,
> or even most, Jews like Chinese food-- but it does seem that we're more
> likely to do so than non-Chinese Gentiles are.

To paraphrase a joke on this that Jackie Mason included in one of his shows:

In the Chinese calendar, the year is 45xx.  In the Jewish
calendar its 5753.  What did the Jews do for 1200 years
without Chinese food?

-Don Gertler