Gary Oldman Gets it Wrong, Mostly

Defending Mel Gibson's anti-Semitic tirade in a recent interview with Playboy magazine, actor Gary Oldman opens himself up to some trouble of his own. There's just one thing...

Chosen: Crimes and Misdemeanors

A kosher supervision company is told to repay $2.8 million, Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox lawmakers in Israel want to pass a law granting immunity to rabbis who incite violence, racism or murder, and a "psycho-slasher" is too crazy to appear in court.
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Chosen: Crimes and Misdemeanors

A leading rabbi-led Israeli Orthodox Zionist organization advocates "death camps" for "Amalekites," Orthodox and ultra-Orthodox Israelis think Israel's parliament is too democratic, disgraced rabbi Leib Tropper gets warm welcome in Jerusalem's ultra-Orthodox community, a riot breaks out during a lecture by an ultra-Orthodox rabbi, an ultra-Orthodox woman was arrested during a family wedding by the FBI, a contaminated kosher dairy is shuttered by New York State, a Jerusalem "modesty squad" leader is sentenced to jail for a viscous assault, and a right wing Israeli organization has decided to give kosher certificates to restaurants that refuse to hire Arabs.
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Jews Aren’t Actually Racists: Who knew?

When a modern audience thinks of American Indians and American Jews, the image that comes to mind is likely to be that of Mel Brooks as an Indian chief in Blazing Saddles, dressed in fancy schmancy schmattes...
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A Mel Gibson Love Song

Anyone who can write lines like “You’re as beautiful as a swastika,” or can rhyme “other races” with “sexual orientations” is all right in my book....