Happy Newton Day! (The New Statesman) O come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel . . . Advent, we learned at school, was a time of anticipation: of looking forward to the coming of the Messiah. But we boys knew better. Advent was looking forward to something a lot more interesting - Christmas. us.rd.yahoo.com
Madoff: Jewish, yes, but Orthodox too? (The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles) Talk about bad PR. Since Bernard Madoff was charged with running a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, Jews have been taking a lot of blame for this bad apple. Anti-Semities are usually looking for any opportunity to malign Jews, and Madoff made it easy . us.rd.yahoo.com
