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  Vigil for my daughter, please.

  by outnfree in

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  as mentioned in my other thread, my daughter lena is having brainsurgery on monday, jan 24. the surgery will last 6-7 hours, so i'm hoping the board members will be willing to make a special effort tomorrow to send positive thoughts, healing energy, good wishes and prayers her way.

  we are asking that the surgeon's hands be delicate and skillful and that lena does not bleed overmuch and that brain damage be minimal (if not non-existant).

  surgery begins at 8 am eastern standard time (us), but we have to have her to the hospital by 6 am, so this is "good night!

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  Many positive thoughts sent your way good luck

  Z
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  What kind of atheist are you?

  by Narkissos in

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  chief rabbi leon ashkenazi said: "the difference between an atheist christian and an atheist jew is that an atheist christian does not believe that god exists, while an atheist jew believes that god does not exist.".

  i'm not so sure about the jewish-christian borderline, but i love the nuance.. so which sentence suits you better?.

  "i don't believe that god exists.".

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  "I believe that God does not exist." I'm Jewish lol
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  Blondie . You are amazing

  by littlemike in

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  blondie i cant help but think how long it must take you to do all your posts.

  are you a full time messenger on here!

  i dont think i knew as much as an elder with all the pre-study and preparation for all my items.. how do you put together all the references.

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  I'm new here though not JW ( I'm Jwish not beliver ) I do read all Blondie posts the are other here too but boy Blondie you ROKES thx
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  Attention Canucks!

  by funkyderek in

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  to any canadians on the board, especially quebecois.

  my girlfriend and i going to quebec in either february or march.

  we plan to visit montreal and/or quebec city as well as doing some skiing (most likely on mont tremblant).

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  http://www.canada.com/montreal/index.html same info about Montreal enjoy
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  Attention Canucks!

  by funkyderek in

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  to any canadians on the board, especially quebecois.

  my girlfriend and i going to quebec in either february or march.

  we plan to visit montreal and/or quebec city as well as doing some skiing (most likely on mont tremblant).

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  and of course St Hubert if in march Cabane A Sucre
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  Hi -I'm Jewish

  by moshe in

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  i'm an ex-jw - i converted to judaism .

  i just wondered if any ex-jw's like me are now jewish or have questions about judaism.. shalom,.

  moshe

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  Preston

  Try it with ham and cheese good for Passover very Kosher Matsoh Bried mmm good lol
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  Hi -I'm Jewish

  by moshe in

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  i'm an ex-jw - i converted to judaism .

  i just wondered if any ex-jw's like me are now jewish or have questions about judaism.. shalom,.

  moshe

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  opsI know the OT not bad and my first language is Hebrew
  

  שלום לכולם ( hi all )
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  Hi -I'm Jewish

  by moshe in

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  i'm an ex-jw - i converted to judaism .

  i just wondered if any ex-jw's like me are now jewish or have questions about judaism.. shalom,.

  moshe

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  Hi Moshe

  I'm Jewish (not a beleiever ) never was JW I'm here cous I know one who told me we can't be friends so I said what the f***k he is tallking about so after loging on this site I see all this s*** and i just can't believe what this old GB can do to people so sry I feel for you all

  like to be here thx
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  Jehovah Hates Foreskins!!!!!!!!!

  by gumby in

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  moses is preparing his "make my brother do it " speech to jehovah cuz he's ascard to have to talk to pharoah about lettin his people go from eygpt.

  the lord butts in and goes bi-polor on moses ass and tells him he's gonna kill his sorry arse cuz moses kids dinger still looks like an anteater and the lord wants then damn thing snipped off pronto or he's gonna kill em!

  4:24 and it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the lord met him, [ moses ]and sought to kill him.

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  ops the cut me ggggggggggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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  The Holocaust - do we need to know?

  by eyeslice in

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  this week in uk, there starts a new 6 week series to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbctwo/listings/programme.shtml?day=tuesday&service_id=4224&filename=20050111/20050111_2100_4224_37699_50.

  personally, i do not like cinema films about the holocaust and, therefore, have never watched things like shindler's list or the pianist.

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  When kitschy turned creepy
  A new film called "Hitler's Hit Parade" shows how pop culture bolstered Nazi ideology. This ain't no feel-good flick.
  by Associated Press	January 10, 2005
  Hitler's Hit Parade is hardly a trip down memory lane. This film's juxtaposition of romantic songs and wartime brutalities can cause viewers to squirm or turn away in horror. The disturbing collage of Third Reich musicals, newsreels, home movies, cartoons and commercials, including rare segments in color, shows how the Nazis relied on escapist entertainment to promote their murderous ideology and bolster the veneer of normalcy during the nightmare of Adolf Hitler's reign. The 75-minute production, co-directed by Oliver Axer and Susanne Benze, opened recently for a short run in New York, the U.S. premiere after limited screenings in Germany. It's a provocative study of seductive propaganda techniques, a partial explanation of the riddle of mass German support for Hitler. Portraying themselves as protectors of German traditions and historic continuity, the Nazis promised law and order and national respect at a time of economic despair when Hitler came to power in 1933. Lighthearted entertainment was allowed to flourish to distract Germans from harsh realities of totalitarianism. Sentimental songs churned out by Germany's light-music industry were crammed with code words like "fate" and "homeland" that served as psychological tools to enforce mass conformity. Allusions to discipline and obedience were reflected in seemingly innocuous popular tunes with titles like "Don't Ask How, Don't Ask Where," "Don't Let It Bother You" and "Everything in Life Will Pass." "I know a miracle will happen some day and a thousand fairy tales will come true," Zarah Leander, a wartime diva, croons in one segment, hinting at "wonder weapons" rumored to be in Hitler's arsenal to beat back the allies. "Entertainment rather than propaganda proved to be the most effective support for the regime," Moshe Zimmermann wrote in his Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper review of the film. "One could whistle 'Eternal Spring,' take pleasure in Heinz Ruehmann's amusing films, sing along with the pop tune 'The World Isn't Collapsing' as bombs fell, and the world seemed intact." Hitler's Hit Parade (in German with English subtitles) plays out without a spoken commentary, instead using Nazi catch phrases to preface segments on idealized Third Reich society. Lyrics from 20 popular songs serve as ironic commentaries on the sinister policies propelling German industrial expansion for the coming war, mass physical fitness, higher birth rates, anti-Semitism, military training and adulation of Hitler. The film shows "how dangerously tempting and engaging the general mood of an era can be," according to co-director Axer. It serves as a warning to "recognize the true, hidden meanings before believing" in the brave new world promised in Nazi rhetoric. Interspersed with sugary ballads and sentimental love songs are films of blond girl gymnasts, German cars on the new autobahns, humming factories, a physician encouraging a couple to have babies, Hitler at his alpine retreat and waving to crowds at mass demonstrations and Hitler Youth in military training. The scenes become increasingly militant. In a sequence about "Our Women," a home movie shows a German woman and a Slavic man being paraded through a village to have their heads shaved in public for an illegal relationship banned by Nazi racial laws. Accompanied by a love song, "A Star Fell from Heaven," the documentary shows anti-Semitic caricatures of Jews, and newsreels of ghettos with people wearing Star of David insignias on their coats. With the advertising slogan, "Millions Ride German Rail" promoting travel for pleasure, cattle cars filled with humans are shown en route to Auschwitz, and "Take commuter rail to the country" shows doomed Jewish inmates at another concentration camp. To the strains of "When the Lights Shine Again," Germans are shown filing into bunkers to escape bombings. The scene abruptly switches to color newsreels of bombed out cities and smoking piles of corpses. "Wake Up, Germany," a Nazi brownshirt slogan, serves as the chapter heading for films showing the liberation of death camps and skeletal survivors, a shrunken head and another head preserved in a jar from Nazi medical experiments. In the closing scene, a little boy with a U.S. Army insignia pinned on his shirt, smiles through tears at his rescue from a death camp.