Thursday, August 3rd, 2006
Following a comment on this post I hacked up an unofficial RSS feed for Kashrus Alerts. This is done via scraping this web page at Kashrut.com. The feed is here:
http://feeds.feedburner.com/KashrutDotComKosherAlerts
It contains alerts from all major agencies around the world.
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Thursday, December 22nd, 2005
I just put up a new website offering free searches and access to resources for those who study the traditional texts of Judaism. The site uses OPML and opml2search tool.
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Wednesday, November 23rd, 2005
By sheer chance I ran across two separate articles discussing a new law under consideration in the Russian Duma (i.e. Parliament). Among other things this law "further increases government control of NGOs, allowing official oversight of their finances and activities". It also would "prohibit foreign organizations from opening branches in ...
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Monday, October 3rd, 2005
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins in a few hours. Happy New Year 5766 to everyone!
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Friday, April 22nd, 2005
I will be signing off for the next three days due to Passover holidays.
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Wednesday, November 17th, 2004
This comes from a Reuters story at Yahoo which makes interesting comparisons between the current plague of locusts in Egypt and the biblical one (via Drudge):
Swarms of pink locusts swept through the Egyptian capital on Wednesday, evoking the biblical description of the plagues which struck in the time of Moses. ...
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Saturday, October 2nd, 2004
According to an "Inside the Beltway" article (via LGF):
New research by Burke's Peerage reveals that Mr. Kerry is the only presidential candidate in U.S. history who has genealogical descent from Muslims, Jews and Christians.
Among the most interesting parts is that John Kerry is a direct descendant from the prophet Muhammad. ...
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Wednesday, September 29th, 2004
The Jewish holiday of Succos begins shortly. Since most work is forbidden for the next three days, I will be away until Saturday night. Happy holidays!
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Wednesday, September 15th, 2004
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, begins in a few hours. Happy New Year 5765 to everyone!
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