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The "Kosher" Vampires of Twilight
Twilight screenwriter, Melissa Rosenberg, tells the Jewish Journal that "her" vampires are not like any others. "They're kosher vampires," Rosenberg says, laughing. To call them "kosher" may be a stretch, but the leading figure, Edward Cullen, and his family are all "vegetarians" -- which in this...
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See "2012" this Weekend!
Why am I hoping that Roland Emmerich's disaster epic 2012 stays spectacularly on top of the box office this coming weekend? I've seen the movie and, while you're not supposed to admit this in public if you want to be thought of as sophisticated, I found it utterly gripping if cartoonish and a bit too...Daily Jewish Quote
Who has much learning but no good deeds is like an unbridled horse, that throws off the rider as soon as he mounts.
Elisha ben Abuya, from "Avot D'Rabbi Natan"
Reprinted with permission from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc.
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Prayer for Peace
Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
And he shall judge among many people, and rebuke strong nations afar off; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.
Source: The Tanakh, Micah 4:2-5 jewishvirtuallibrary.org
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