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Meet the ultra-Orthodox comedians satirizing their own community on YouTube – Haaretz

| February 3, 2021

The Hasidic wheeler-dealer Eisenbach made his debut on YouTube last summer, first seen smoking a cigarette and counting a wad of cash as he loaded up a minibus with paid demonstrators. His subsequent antics included offering a client a literal menu of protest options in his smoke-filled office (as his kosher phone chirps a Nazi, Nazi ringtone), and inciting a riot to provide an excuse to scatter garbage on the street because he had previously torched his buildings dumpster. However, theres a good reason you wont find this ginger-bearded resident of Jerusalems ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood involved in the current violent clashes between police and Haredi demonstrators over enforcement of coronavirus lockdown measures

Maxwell House Haggadah used 1695 art, calmed Ashkenazi nerves (the coffee bean is not a bean) – The Jewish Star

| February 3, 2021

By Henry Abramson Generations of American Jews received their first visual impressions of the Exodus from the iconic Maxwell House Haggadah. Introduced as a clever marketing device in 1932 to convince Ashkenazi consumers that the coffee was kosher for Passover (although we call them coffee beans, they are actually the seeds of a fruit and therefore not prohibited as kitniyot), the initially pedestrian Haggadah has been updated and reprinted more than 55 million times

Bahrain FM mourns victims of Holocaust in letter to Ashkenazi – The Jerusalem Post

| February 3, 2021

Bahrain mourns the millions of lives lost in the Holocaust and stands in solidarity with survivors, Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani wrote to his Israeli counterpart Gabi Ashkenazi in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which was observed on Wednesday.In a rare gesture from a senior official of an Arab state, Zayani wrote that the day stands as a solemn memorial to the victims of the Holocaust and an enduring reminder of the need to uphold our universal commitment to rejecting all forms of antisemitism and hatred, so that our world may never again witness such an atrocity.Zayani called the Holocaust an abhorrent crime against humanity, and said Bahrain stands in solidarity with the survivors and their families.The Bahraini foreign minister pointed to his countrys Jewish community of about 50 people, and said that Bahrain is committed to multiculturalism and interfaith dialogue.Following the vision of His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa... we continue to sow the seeds of coexistence, demonstrating to the region and the world that there is no place for ignorance and extremism: only peace and understanding, Zayani wrote.Israel and Bahrain announced they were making peace and establishing full diplomatic ties in September, in the framework of the Trump administration-brokered Abraham Accords, which began with normalization with the United Arab Emirates.Israel, the UAE and Bahrain share an enemy in Iran, and security and intelligence cooperation between the countries laid the foundation for open diplomatic ties. Iranian leaders deny the Holocaust as a policy, with Ayatollah Ali Khamenei tweeting questions as to whether millions of Jews perished

Letters to the editor – Wicked Local

| February 3, 2021

Wicked Local Response to article onOneinForty,BRCA mutations I would like to expand on the information about BRCA mutations that was communicated in the Jan. 21, 2021, Beacon article about Lauren Corduck.

The Wall Street Journal Misreads Section 230 and the First Amendment – Lawfare

| February 3, 2021

When private tech companies moderate speech online, is the government ultimately responsible for their choices? This appears to be the latest argument advanced by those criticizing Section 230 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996sometimes known as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.


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