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In today's NYT: 

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/fashion/16playgirl.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin

"They aspired to bring Playgirl back to its roots, back to a time when the magazine covered issues like abortion and equal rights, interspersing sexy shots of men with work from writers like Raymond Carver and Joyce Carol Oates."

 "The women’s dreams crashed when Blue Horizon Media, which also puts out hard-core magazines, announced it was shutting Playgirl. The last issue, dated January/February 2009, recently arrived on newsstands."

 " Playgirl’s passing certainly will not be lamented as would the death of a more respected, or even a mildly respected, magazine. Yet for its writers and fans, something tangible has been lost in its closure."

“It was almost a way to get back at Playboy,” said Pamela Des Barres, the famed former rock groupie, who wrote a music column for Playgirl. “It was a great idea, and it could have been done better. It did offer women a way to see some gorgeous hot, young, sexy guys, and nothing’s wrong with that.”

“I think a different kind of porn is very degrading to women, but the kind of stuff we were peddling was about what women wanted,” said Ms. Caldwell, who is 26. “For better or worse, this was a real blow for feminism. We were the only magazine that offered naked men to women.”

to YALHAK!!

Thanks to Warren for the translation via the comments. Hat tip tip to who I am told is Schmorgel (van Borgel) and certain past dwellers of the basement of Rabbi Fischer's shul.

To the minister of finance (Levi Eshkol had this job in 1953):

I glanced today at “Worker’s declaration for purposes of deducting tax”.

Part 4 of this form says “my husband/my wife” (using the word “baali”). In my opinion it should say “ishi”.

The word “baal” has connotations of ownership and of idolatry and does not express respect for women, whose rights are precisely identical to that of men. Follow the words of the prophet Hoshea: “And on that day, you will call Me “ishi” and no longer call Me “baali” (Hoshea 2:18).

Sincerely,

D. Ben-Gurion.

CC: Member of Knesset Ada Maimon

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Comment by me on frummies acted like mindless beasts in this election

oy shit.

it’s really put us in a weird place, those of us who are ortho progressives… yeesh.
at least a buttload of jews voted for him but, no joke, the mental health section of stern college had a big table set up today in case… well…

the only time a teacher mentioned the win was when a teacher said “how’s everyone doing on obama, is everybody ok?”

i got into a huge fight with a girl who not only said that obama was a terrorist who won’t let israel defend itself ( mindreader!)
first i tried to point out the loshan hara, then she said it’s ok to speak loshan hara about non jews!! she said that these are her views, but refused to provide any evidence to support her claim because, well, obviously…
she then opened up and told me that this is just another piece of the pre gog u magog picture (what is she referring to? leaders will be like dogs?! i hope not!)
of course i tried to remind her that as a matter of principle, prophecy in the torah is seen as a challenge for us to rectify the world, a warning of what will happen if we don’t.
i’m desperate, i feel like i’m drowning in a sea of hate and it’s all these jews who are supposed to know better for so many reasons.

the thing is, i really care… and it hurt my feelings during the campaign when Barack Obama was villified and his face was put next to dictators and tyrants. i’m sure someone is going to respond to this who (is a shithead) doesn’t feel so honky dory about the president elect, but jeez, get over it. the people voted. your distopian fantasies won’t happen as our utopian visions won’t, and at the end of the day we’re just all a bunch of human beings trying to make the best of what we’re given to the best of our abilities, Obama included.
it’d be nice if all the haters made aliyah right now, they could have 1 fucked up country instead of 2, making life just that much more palatable.

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בלי נדר באהבה לרבינו יהונתן בנימין אברהם זצוק”ל
im doing now Shiur on the Parasha 430pm every Shabat לעילוי נשמתו we did it last shabes for the first time
120 w76 st. WSIS 430PM, בית כנסת תפארת ישראל

after the shiur will pray mincha and then very nice meal for Seuda Shlishit all invited
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Check out the comments - from holy Yiden who are turning the world into a better place for all of us - on the Black rabbi who is Michelle Obama's cousin.

Here is one wicked one which lumps the Yemenite Satmere into the fray

Anonymous Says:

er iz fun de satmara shvartza….

Note: The Forward mentions that he went through an Orthodox conversion.

p.s. Nice sandals, Sarah. But the crab? WTF were you thinking?