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Seems that Chelsea Clinton has inherited Papa Bill Clinton’s predilection for opposite-sex members-of-the-clan (of the Jewish/Semitic variety).
Just for the record, there is no such thing as a “kosher” intermarriage involving a Jew. A Jew cannot marry a non-Jew and have the marriage recognized by Jewish law…period. You can make up all the lovey-dovey touchy-feely emotionally moving inter-faith ceremonies in the world, but none of them will be recognized by authentic, Torah Judaism. A Jewish man must marry a Jewish woman. Definition of Jewish…your mother was Jewish or you went through the appropriate conversion process…Sorry…That’s it…
Afraid in the future Mezvinsky-Clinton household we’re headed for Hannukah-Bush time…Not really Jewish, not really Christian…
BTW, as to the story about Ozzy Osbourne renewing vows with his wife…I don’t know what a Jewish Rabbi had to do with anything there..Sharon is NOT Jewish, only her father is…No Jewish mother=no Jewish child.

Jewish wedding ahead for Chelsea Clinton?


Among US Jews there has been more rejoicing than lamenting about interfaith union that brings former first daughter step closer to fold. Has Chelsea been searching for rabbi along with her gown?

Reprinted from YNet News

Her mother is a churchgoing Methodist. Her father is a Southern Baptist. Yet could Chelsea Clinton be planning one of the biggest Jewish weddings of the year?

The 30-year-old graduate student and her Jewish fiancé, Marc Mezvinsky, 32, announced their engagement in November and told friends they were looking to a possible summer ceremony.

The families have revealed no specifics about the wedding.

Representatives for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton declined to answer questions about it, noting the family’s wish for privacy. In a February 7 interview on CNN, Hillary Clinton would go no further than to say her daughter hadn’t yet found a dress.

That hasn’t stopped the speculation. The bride and groom have a range of choices, including conversion or a melding their two traditions into one ceremony.

The talk has been strongest in the Jewish community. There has been more rejoicing than lamenting about this interfaith union that brings a former first daughter a step closer to the fold. Still, they wonder: Has Chelsea been searching for a rabbi along with her gown?

“If they had a Jewish wedding officiated by a rabbi, I think that would be something really positive,” said Ed Case, president of InterfaithFamily.com, which supports Jewish outreach to interfaith couples. “It’s so important for the Jewish community to have interfaith couples engaging in Jewish life.”

Chelsea Clinton grew up attending Methodist church with her mother. Bill Clinton has been close to his pastor in Arkansas, but the Southern Baptist Convention rebuked him years ago over his support for gay relationships and abortion rights.

Last year, Chelsea, a graduate student at Columbia University’s School of Public Health, was seen attending Yom Kippur services with Marc at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, the flagship for Conservative Judaism, according to news reports.

Mezvinsky is a son of former Pennsylvania Rep. Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky and former Iowa Rep. Ed Mezvinsky, longtime friends of the Clintons. His parents, who are divorced, had attended a Conservative Jewish synagogue in Pennsylvania.

High rate of intermarriage

Hillary Clinton has strong ties of her own to the Jewish community from serving as a senator from New York.

“She has probably been in more temples by far than either you or I,” said Rabbi Jerome Davidson, rabbi emeritus at Temple Beth-El of Great Neck, which Hillary Clinton has visited.

No one is saying, though, what route Marc and Chelsea will take.

Conversion was the choice in one recent high-society mixed-faith romance. Ivanka Trump became Jewish to marry New York real estate executive Jared Kushner last year. But Chelsea does have other options if she would like to embrace Jewish traditions while remaining Christian.

Some rabbis will officiate at interfaith marriages even though major Jewish movements bar or discourage them from presiding. Interfaithfamily.com links interfaith couples with rabbis and cantors. Only a small number will co-officiate with clergy of another faith.

One of those is Rabbi Harold White, senior Jewish chaplain at Georgetown University, a Jesuit school, who performed the 2002 marriage of Ari Fleischer, press secretary under President George W. Bush, and Fleischer’s wife, Rebecca, who is Catholic. The ceremony was co-led by a priest and included a chuppah, or canopy, which is customary for Jewish weddings, a traditional glass-breaking, and a marriage contract, or ketubah.

A Methodist wedding would be far less complex.

The United Methodist Church allows local congregations and pastors to decide whether they should allow weddings involving one partner who is not a baptized Christian. The denomination’s Book of Worship allows ministers to adapt the wedding ceremony within limits, according to the Rev. Taylor Burton-Edwards of the Methodist General Board of Discipleship.

The high rate of intermarriage has been an obsession in the Jewish community, which has struggled with how welcoming it should be to mixed-faith couples.

Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben of Kehillath Israel, a Reconstructionist congregation in Pacific Palasades, Calif., said even if Chelsea doesn’t have a Jewish wedding or convert, she should still be considered part of the community.

“There are Jews by birth and Jews by choice and Jews by association,” said Reuben, who has officiated at interfaith weddings for years and presided at the 2003 vow renewal of Ozzy Osbourne and his wife, Sharon, whose father is Jewish. “She’s marrying into the Jewish family.”

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No one want to bring visitors to Israel more than yours-truly…but NOT at any cost…
G-d’s mandate to the Jewish People, their “chosen-ness”, calls for us to be a “light unto the nations”. We are supposed to embody the moral standards set out in the Torah (Bible). It is encumbent upon the Jewish State of Israel to portray those moral ideals and proper Torah/Bible values to the world…this ad just doesn’t do it…

Israelis prove that size doesn’t matter

Canadian Council for Israel, Jewish Advocacy release 54-second ad depicting a couple in bed as part of campaign aimed at enticing Canadian university students to visit Holy Land. Not everyone seems to be pleased

Reprinted from YNet News/Shalom Life

VIDEO – If sex truly sells, then the Canadian Council for Israel and Jewish Advocacy just boosted tourism in Israel. In conjunction with the Israeli consulate in Canada, CIJA recently released a 54-second spot as part of the “Size Doesn’t Matter” campaign, which aims to entice Canadian university students to visit the Middle Eastern country.

The ad depicts a couple in bed, with the woman looking at the man’s crotch saying she can’t go there because “it’s too small.” The man replies, “I consider this a spot of worship. It may be small, but it’s brought the driest places to life. Baby, this is paradise.” The camera then pans to Israel maps and pocket guides placed strategically on the man’s lower body parts.

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The video attempts to promote the more attractive side of Israel, but not everyone seems to be pleased. Jewish blogger Richard Silverstein thinks the ad was made in “bad taste” and says it ignores the cultural complexities any tourist will discover while visiting Israel. He says, “I’m simply flabbergasted that Israel would use the promise of fellatio and cunnilingus to promote itself.”

Writer Neal Ungerleider, who is based in New York but spent a good amount of time in Israel, believes the ad was humorous but completely missed the mark in promoting the country itself. He says, “It is hard to believe even a single viewer will show interest in visiting Israel or have a higher opinion of Israel because of the ad. As even a first year employee at an advertising agency will tell you, associating your country with small genitalia isn’t the smartest move to attract tourism.”

This is not the first time, however, that Israeli governing bodies have opted for sex-themed promotional material. In 2007, four bikini-clad women from the Israel Defense Forces posed in sexy army-wear for Maxim magazine’s July issue.

David Saranga, consul for media and public affairs in New York, said to the New York Post that the spread was supposed to improve the image of Israel among men aged 18-38 years old. But the Maxim photos received a lot of backlash from critics and even Israeli female legislators who found the images to be pornographic. Fast forward to present times and Israel promotions continue to stir controversy with the Size Doesn’t Matter campaign.

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And a lot of the world buys it…What else is new?…The Israeli government decided to add the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel’s Tomb outside of Bethlehem to the list of Jewish Heritage sites in Israel…The whole world has been throwing a tizzy fit since…The Arabs have not stopped rioting for the past week…Islam is threatening a holy war against Israel…All over nothing…Learn the historical and biblical facts…What is Israel’s intent?…What has history taught us about custody of holy sites in the Middle East?…You are MUCH better off trusting your holy sites to Israel than to anyone else…Plus…U.S. support for Israel is reaching record highs…And…Hot demand for Mossad T-shirts…All this and more on “The Marty Roberts Show”…Listen to the show below…

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A classic post and podcast from the archives!!!

Marty Roberts explains what this holiday is all about…Why do we celebrate Purim?…What are the laws and customs of Purim?…Is there any relevance to the Jewish exile of today?…There’s lots of hamantaschen, costumes and wine drinking, but there’s a LOT more than that…Also…Jewish exile by choice…Is (was) it OK?…Plus…Who is Amalek?…Who WAS Amalek?…
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A classic post and podcast from the archives!!!

And when Adar comes, Joy is increased!…It is the season of Purim, Passover and the Holiday of the Giving of the Torah, Shavuot…And…The Final Redemption…Is it imminent?…Should we be expecting it any day?…Why?…
Also…A season for miracles…How should we be behaving?…What can we expect?…
Plus….Haman, Hamas and the Messiah…Where do the European Union and the United States fit in?…All this and MORE…

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The Jewish Month of Adar

“When Adar Comes – Joyfullness Reigns!”

(“MiShenichnas Adar, Marbim BeSimcha!”)

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A classic post and podcast from the archives!!!

Russian President Putin Visits Israel and the Middle East…The new Santa Claus of the Islamic Jihadists announces “Weapons for ALL”, as long as you are an enemy of Israel!!!

Also…Who Built the Pyramids of Egypt???…

New evidence and historic/biblical facts about Jewish slavery in Egypt and the Exodus to Freedom and Redemption!!!

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This is NOT the reason that we Jews circumcise our sons..

British journal: Circumcision cuts HIV transmission by 60%

…We do it because G-d commanded us to do it, starting with Abraham…but it’s still nice to know that it’s a good thing to do for other, more practical reasons…

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Will we be seeing it any time soon?…We learn about the building of the Ark of the covenant by Moses in this week’s Torah reading, Terumah…But what has the Ark been doing since then?…A history of the travels and tribulations of the Ark of the Covenant from Moses until the present…Where is it now?…Why has it not yet been revealed?…When will the Ark be revealed to us?…All this and more on “The Marty Roberts Show”…Listen to the show below…

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Today is the first day of the Jewish month of Adar..The Talmud teaches “when Adar comes in, Joy increases”…Let the joy begin!!!

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But we are working hard to keep our people warm…Like a military operation, Israel jumps into action to protect the needy when cold weather strikes…Plus…Rising anti-semitism in Europe…Rising home sales in Israel…And…Smoking against the (Jewish) Law?…Also…Fresh, frozen terrorists, university education for killers in Israeli prison, and Bible scholarship in the Prime Minister’s house…All this and more on “The Marty Roberts Show”…Listen to the show below…

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Do You Want to Know Why?…For such a tiny part of the population, we Jews sure are high achievers, and I can prove it!…The numbers don’t lie…And Israel’s achievements are nothing short of mind-boggling…What’s the deal?…What’s going on here?…Some theories, old and new…Plus…A new kind of Bar Mitzvah…For do-gooders only!…And…National Service in Israel is granting wishes…But only if you pay it forward…Also…New finds from the period of King David prove it…Jews have ALWAYS been good people…All this and more on “The Marty Roberts Show”…Listen to the show below…

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The Palestinians threaten, maybe not…Ahava Dead Sea products are at the “core” of the conflict(seems it’s ALWAYS conflict witht them)…Plus…More European boycotts of Israel…Israel strikes back…And…Israeli money…Making change(s)…Also…Abortion in Israel…And…nude protests in Tel-Aviv and Brooklyn…All this and more on “The Marty Roberts Show”…Listen to the show below…

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Like Jimmie Carter and the Pope, for instance…Carter’s apology, and the Pope’s “lack thereof”…Plus…The Almagor terror victims group is doing something to make the UK’s apology MEAN something, ehile EASYJET is taking things into their own hands after an embarassing article in their inflight magazine…Also…An end-of-the-year run on aliyah/immigration to Israel…The results are in, and the numbers are awesome!!…And…Some exciting new programs to make aliyah/immigration to Israel even aasier and better…All this and more on “The Marty Roberts Show”…Listen to the show below…

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How close the Jewish heart is to Jerusalem……Why Jews are fasting on the tenth of Tevet…Why we fast at all…Also…The murder of Rabbi Meir Chai by Palestinian terrorists…His killers brought to justice by the Israeli Army…Why did this happen?…Plus…Archeologists uncover a Jewish neighbor of Jesus in Nazareth…Really…And…A tribute to French aliyah immigration at Bar Ilan University…All this and more on “The Marty Roberts Show”…Listen to the show below…

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Will it or Won’t it Happen?…Should it?…The story of the capture of Gilad Shalit…Still trying to achieve his release through a prisoner exchange…What does Jewish Law have to say about this process?…Also…The Mitzvah (commandment) of redeeming hostages…At what Price?…And what about the ramifications for the future?…Plus…The story of Rabbi Meir of Rottenberg…Perhaps the most famous Jewish ransom story of them all…All this and more on “The Marty Roberts Show”…Listen to the show below…

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