Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Hating the Hate and the Syrian Refugees November 18, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments Countless posts expressing hatred toward Syrian refugees in particular and Muslims in general have been finding their way onto the social media. There is also a growing number of posts…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Who Is a Colonialist? With My Apologies to England and France November 16, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments High school history lesson in some far-away future Today, class, we are going to be discussing the thorny issues of indigenous versus colonialist rights, based on the case of England…
Links My Work Elsewhere (Pro-) Zionists: Potentially Divisive Disagreement Unnecessary November 15, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments The discussion has died down by now, but it is likely to pop up again in the future – the question regarding whether non-Jews can legitimately refer to themselves as…
Random Reflections Reflections on Random Torah Verses Three Refuge Cities – Deuteronomy 4:41-49 – Part II November 13, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments In last week’s blog, I discussed interpersonal aspects of having refuge cities to which unintentional perpetrators of manslaughter could run for protection. In this post I will reflect on the…
Links My Work Elsewhere Sealing Out the Night – A Wartime Diary November 9, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments About four days before the first bombs fell, I had the impulse to write down how I was feeling. Writing was always a tool I used for dealing with my…
Random Reflections Reflections on Random Torah Verses Three Refuge Cities – Deuteronomy 4:41-49 – Part I November 5, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments Torah Judaism is not far from Judaism’s tribal roots and Deuteronomy 4:41-49 shows this up quite clearly. This verse talks about three refuge towns on the east side of the…
Current Events From Academia Origin of the Palestinians According to a Genetic Study November 3, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments After having proven, in an earlier study, that Ashkenazi and non-Ashkenazi Jews share Middle Eastern origins, a group of 7 Spanish researchers exchanged the Israeli scientist in the previous study…
Current Events From Academia Early Genetic Proof Ashkenazi Jews Are From the Middle East November 2, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments The Khazar theory refuses to die and every once in a while pro-(so-called)-Palestinians raise the issue in an attempt to diminish Ashkenazi Jewish claims to be returning home to Zion.…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking They Say: Burn Jew! But The Eternal Jew Rises Like the Phoenix. October 30, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments Just two days ago Professor of Islamic History, Yusri Ahmad Zidan, was interviewed by Dr. Muhammed Khaled on Egyptian TV and the subtitled tape released today (the original tape was…
Random Reflections Reflections on Random Torah Verses Enemies of the Jews – Parashat Va’ethannan: Deuteronomy 7:1-11 October 29, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments This passage, the last part of Parashat Va’ethannan, bothered me and I struggled with the implications of taking the words literally. These lines relate to how following the commandments (mitzvot…