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Did Bernard Madoff Get What He Deserved?
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Brad Hirschfield
Bernard Madoff, who pled guilty yesterday to a variety of crimes related to the decades-long Ponzi scheme through which he stole billions of dollars, woke up this morning in his new home – a lower Manhattan jail cell. Did he get what he deserved? Does the punishment fit the crime? The disappearance of 60 billion…
Great Sex, God’s Way
By
Brad Hirschfield
God has sex? Great sex? How does God have sex? What’s God’s favorite position? Is it missionary? These are the kind of questions raised by a church billboard in rural Alabama. And while some are deeply offended by the ad campaign, I say kudos to the Daystar Church and its pastor, Jerry Lawson. In a…
Does Prosecuting Octogenarian Former Nazis Make Sense?
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Brad Hirschfield
Germany is now seeking the arrest of John Demjanjuk, suspected of being concentration camp guard Ivan the Terrible, who participated in the torture and murder of 29,000 people, mostly Jewish, at Treblinka and Sobibor. Stripped of his US citizenship for lying on his immigration application in the 50’s, and living as a stateless alien because…
What’s Jewish About Comedy
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Brad Hirschfield
Laughing is a spiritual act, and in the Jewish calendar, today is the High Holiday of laughter. Today is Purim, a holiday which celebrates humor, clowning, and a people’s ability to come out okay even under the most precarious circumstances. In some ways, it the first Jewish comedy routine, and it’s why the Beliefnet.com gallery…
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