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Permanent Tag: Television Rating: No Votes Hits: 200 Comments: 0 NOVA: The Bible's Buried Secrets NOVA: The Bible's Buried Secrets An archeological detective story traces the origins of the Hebrew Bible. In this landmark two-hour special, NOVA takes viewers on a scientific journey that began 3,000 years ago and continues today. The film presents the latest archeological scholarship from the Holy Land to explore the beginnings of modern religion and the origins of the Hebrew Bible, also known as the Old Testament. This archeological detective story tackles some of the biggest questions in biblical studies: Where did the ancient Israelites come from? Who wrote the Bible, when, and why? How did the worship of one God—the foundation of modern Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—emerge? Aired November 18, 2008 on PBS User: Curtius Apr 10, 2013 3:45 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Non Sequitur Rating: Ok Hits: 86 Comments: 0 Channukah Style! Channukah Style! Song Lyrics by Kevin Dukelow Production Manager: Cindy Kapp Editor: Nolan Ehrstrom Vocals: Robin Liepman User: TheNextDylan Dec 7, 2012 7:28 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Music Videos Rating: Bad Hits: 177 Comments: 0 Gangnam Style Hanukkah Lights 2012 Gangnam Style Hanukkah Lights 2012 It's that time once again for the Herman Festival of Lights! Enjoy Gangnam Hanukkah Style It's my second year with Animated Lights, my third with lights in general. This year I am at 7000+ Lights and 42 animation channels, a 20' Menorah, a spinning dreidel, and an 11' bear. User: TheNextDylan Nov 30, 2012 7:38 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: Ok Hits: 233 Comments: 0 Animals Slaughtered for Religious Atonement Animals Slaughtered for Religious Atonement Chickens struggling to live after their throats were cut during Kaporos. Kaporos ("atonements") is a custom preceding Yom Kippur - the Jewish Day of Atonement - in which chickens are ritually sacrificed by many Orthodox Jews. The person "swings" the chicken, held by the legs or by pinning the bird's wings backward, around his or her head while chanting about transferring one's sins symbolically onto the bird. The chicken is then slaughtered and may or may not be given to the poor. Prior to the ceremony, the chickens are packed in crates, and birds not used have been found abandoned in their crates when the ceremony was over. The Alliance to End Chickens as Kaporos seeks to replace chickens in kaporos rituals for 3 principal reasons: The use of chickens as kaporos is cruel. They suffer in being held with their wings pinned backward, in being swung over the heads of practitioners, and in being packed in crates, often for days without food or water leading up to the ritual, which violates tsa'ar ba'alei chaim, the mandate prohibiting cruelty to animals. The use of chickens is not required by Jewish law. It is not a mitzvah but a custom that originated in the middle ages. There is an acceptable substitute that not only avoids cruelty but can help reduce hunger and show compassion. Money can be used as a non-animal alternative, and funds raised can be given directly to charities that provide food for the poor and hungry throughout the year, including 13,000 Jewish families living at or below the poverty line in New York City. EndChickensAsKaporos's YouTube Channel Eminent Orthodox Rabbis Oppose Using Chickens in Kaporos Rituals on Grounds of Religion, Morality, and Compassion for Animals "Since this is not a clear duty but rather a tradition, and in the light of the kashrut problems and cruelty to animals, and in the light of all of what our aforementioned rabbis said, it is recommended that one should prefer to conduct the atonement ceremony with money, thus also fulfilling the great mitzva of helping poor people." --Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, Head of Jerusalem's Yeshivat Ateret Cohanim and Rabbi of Beit El, in a letter to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Israel quoted in The Jerusalem Post, September 14, 2010. http://www.jpost.com/VideoArticles/Article.aspx?id=188106 "Beyond the objections of the Ramban, Rashba and the Bet Yosef to the custom of 'kapparot,' and beyond the warnings of rabbinic authorities such as the Chayei Adam, Kaf HaChaim, Aruch HaShulchan and the Mishanah Brurah regarding the halachic infringements involved in using live fowl for this custom, the latter also desecrates the prohibition against "tzaar baalei chayim" (causing cruelty to animals). Those who wish to fulfill this custom can do so fully and indeed in a far more halachically acceptable manner by using money as a substitute as proposed by the latter authorities mentioned above." --Rabbi David Rosen, CBE, KSG, International Director of Interreligious Affairs, AJC, and Chief Rabbinate of Israel's Honorary Advisor on Interfaith Relations. Former Chief Rabbi of Ireland, August 25, 2011 "A custom must operate within the confines of Judaism's basic fundamental values. The Torah prohibits Jews from causing any unnecessary pain to living creatures, even psychological pain. It says in the Book of Proverbs, 'The righteous person considers the soul of his or her animal.' The pain caused to the chickens in the process of performing Kapparot is absolutely unnecessary. Giving money is not only a more humane method of performing the practice of Kapparot but it is also a more efficient way of ensuring that those who are in need will receive the requisite assistance." --Rabbi Shlomo Segal, Rabbi of Beth Shalom of Kings Bay in Brooklyn, New York, August 25, 2011 Sep 22, 2012 5:32 PM
Headline Tag: Cinema Rating: Amazing Hits: 2227 Comments: 1 Inglourious Bastards: Chapter 1 Inglourious Bastards: Chapter 1 The tense opening scenes from Inglourious Bastards (Tarantino, 2009). User: White_Wolf Sep 8, 2012 12:32 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 174 Comments: 0 In Israel, Mitt Romney Stops at Jewish Holy Site In Israel, Mitt Romney Stops at Jewish Holy Site Mitt Romney has visited one of Judaism's most holy sites. The U.S. presidential candidate, who's on a pre-election trip to burnish his foreign-policy credentials, visited the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem. (July 29) Jul 29, 2012 8:01 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 242 Comments: 0 Matisyahu on New Album and Cutting His Beard Matisyahu on New Album and Cutting His Beard Matisyahu's life as the world's first Hasidic reggae superstar came to a swift end in a pile of hair at a Manhattan Supercuts. The singer says he cut off a decade's worth of hsi hair and beard, the result of his devotion to orthodox Judaism. (July 16) Jul 15, 2012 10:01 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: No Votes Hits: 223 Comments: 0 President Obama Speaks at the 71St General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism President Obama Speaks at the 71St General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism President Obama speaks to the General Assembly of the Union for Reform Judaism. December 16, 2011. Dec 17, 2011 12:04 AM
Headline Tag: Music Rating: Good Hits: 852 Comments: 1 Free Beats: The Director's Cut! Free Beats: The Director's Cut! The Free Beats directors cut: Two days after Obama's historic election we took to the streets of NYC and made this. http://shockwavebeatbox.com http://ulteriorproductions.com User: RabidMadness Jul 22, 2011 11:57 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Television Rating: Good Hits: 319 Comments: 0 Colbert Report: Eulogy Spot Colbert Report: Eulogy Spot Pope Benedict XVI doesn't blame the Jews for Jesus' death, and anti-Obama obituaries give a new voice to America's silent majority. From The Colbert Report with Stephen Colbert. Mar 3, 2011 6:19 AM
Headline Tag: Television Rating: Amazing Hits: 1979 Comments: 11 Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists Louis Theroux: The Ultra Zionists Aired February 2, 2011 on BBC Two. Louis Theroux spends time with a small and very committed subculture of ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers. He discovers a group of people who consider it their religious and political obligation to populate some of the most sensitive and disputed areas of the West Bank, especially those with a spiritual significance dating back to the Bible. Throughout his journey, Louis gets close to the people most involved with driving the extreme end of the Jewish settler movement - finding them warm, friendly, humorous, and deeply troubling. User: spam_vigilante Feb 4, 2011 5:13 AM
Permanent Tag: Music Rating: Good Hits: 590 Comments: 0 Miracle of Miracles-Fiddler on the Roof Miracle of Miracles-Fiddler on the Roof "Miracle of Miracles" from Norman Jewison's "Fiddler on the Roof"(1971) User: clkbklyn Nov 14, 2010 3:40 PM
Headline Tag: Television Rating: Amazing Hits: 1427 Comments: 3 WWII Survivors Meet their Rescuer, 1988 WWII Survivors Meet their Rescuer, 1988 Sir Nicholas Winton organized the rescue and passage to Britain of about 669 mostly Jewish Czechoslovakian children destined for the Nazi death camps before World War II in an operation known as the Czech Kindertransport. This video is the BBC Program That's Life where he gets to meet the people he rescued. First aired in 1988. User: Pantufas Sep 28, 2010 1:46 AM
Headline Tag: Television Rating: Good Hits: 3422 Comments: 28 What We Saw at the Glenn Beck Rally in DC What We Saw at the Glenn Beck Rally in DC On August 28, 2010, Fox News host Glenn Beck held his "Restoring Honor" rally at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The aim of the event, explained the lachrymose TV personality, was to "come celebrate America by honoring our heroes, our heritage and our future." As the Washington Post reports, "For too long, this country has wandered in darkness, and we have wandered in darkness in periods from the beginning," Beck said, at times pacing at the memorial. "We have had moments of brilliance and moments of darkness. But this country has spent far too long worried about scars and thinking about the scars and concentrating on the scars. "Today," he continued, "we are going to concentrate on the good things in America, the things that we have accomplished - and the things that we can do tomorrow. The story of America is the story of humankind." Despite the presence of former Gov. Sarah Palin and many Tea Party trappings, the event was not political, or at least not in any conventional sense. Rather, the speakers called for bringing religion into the public square and using it as the guiding force in all aspects of American life. Reason.tv was on hand to take in the day and talk with some of the thousands of people who showed up (crowd estimates were unavailable at the time of this writing, though the crowd felt thinner than the one at last year's Tea Party rally). Most of the people we talked to were openly skeptical of politicians of both major parties and agreed strongly with the religious bent of the rally, often arguing that some sort of religious orientation was necessary for what that saw as a return to national greatness. "What We Saw at the Glenn Beck Rally in DC" was shot by Jim Epstein with help from Josh Swain. Edited by Epstein and Meredith Bragg. Hosted by Nick Gillespie. User: Pantufas Aug 30, 2010 1:54 AM
Permanent Tag: Cinema Rating: Good Hits: 3821 Comments: 0 History of the World Part 1: Jews in Space History of the World Part 1: Jews in Space Classic mock trailer from the classic Mel Brooks movie, "History of the World Part 1". User: podwall Jul 18, 2006 7:43 AM
 
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