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December 10, 2008
Silence = Acceptance
Seraphic Secret is one of the 18. H/T Treppenwitz
The Mumbai terror massacres and the selection of Mumbai's Jews for murder should alert the free world to the Jew-hatred that is at the core of Islamo Nazism. Not territorial disputes, the demarcation of national boundaries or refugees. These are just fig-leafs for a genocidal transnational Islamist movement intent on eliminating Israel and all Jews from the face of the earth. If you doubt this, just read the Hamas Covenant, a proudly Jew-hating and genocidal document.
But true to its liberal agenda, appeasement at all costs—especially when it involves Jewish blood—the mainstream media did all it could to play down the slaughter in the Mumbai Chabad House, making believe that the Islamo Nazis were equal opportunity murderers—when nothing could be further from the truth.
And of course the mainstream media doesn't have the brains or the guts to write about the strong connection between Lashkar-e-Taiba and American Islamo terrorists.
Mark Steyn comments on the pathologies of the west.
In a well-planned attack on iconic Bombay landmarks symbolizing great power and wealth, the “militants” nevertheless found time to divert 20 percent of their manpower to torturing and killing a handful of obscure Jews helping the city’s poor in a nondescript building. If they were just “teenage gunmen” or “militants” in the cause of Kashmir, engaged in a more or less conventional territorial dispute with India, why kill the only rabbi in Bombay? Dennis Prager got to the absurdity of it when he invited his readers to imagine Basque separatists attacking Madrid: “Would the terrorists take time out to murder all those in the Madrid Chabad House? The idea is ludicrous.”
And yet we take it for granted that Pakistani “militants” in a long-running border dispute with India would take time out of their hectic schedule to kill Jews. In going to ever more baroque lengths to avoid saying “Islamic” or “Muslim” or “terrorist,” we have somehow managed to internalize the pathologies of these men.
To read Mark Steyn's complete article, please click here.
Karen and I are flying to NY today to visit with our girlses, our wonderful son-in-law, and to shep nachas, Yiddish: bask in pride, over our beloved granddaughter Ma'ayan Ariel. We might not be able to blog for the next few days, so accept our apologies, and know that we'll be back at the top of next week.
To keep our readers entertained and well nourished, here's Seraphic Secret's long running and most popular series: How I Married Karen.
As Orson Welles used to say at the end of his Mercury Theater Broadcasts: “I am your humble servant.”
Karen, my kallah, my bride, June 19, 1977
Introduction: Seraphic School Days or The Sadist of Yeshiva Flatbush
Chapter 1: The Rabbi's Seraphic Daughter
Chapter 3: Karen's POV on the Seraphic (Pity) Dance
Chapter 6: Seraphic Street Festival Bonus footage: Karen's Side of the Street.
Chapter 7: Karen Meets the Parents—Way Too Early
Chapter 8: Karen's View From Robert's Couch
Chapter 9: Sunday Afternoon Around the Corner From the Park With Robert
Chapter 10: Seraphic First Date
Chapter 11: Seraphic Shakesperian Urges
Chapter 13: Not So Seraphic Sweden
Chapter 14: Karen Meets The Seven Samurai—Sorta
Chapter 15: Karen and Robert Debate About—Get This—Art
Chapter 16: Seraphic Obsession Meets De Palma's Obsession
Chapter 17: How To Lose (Not So) Seraphic Friends
Chapter 18: Karrrrrrrrrren! Bonus Footage: Seraphic Loyalty.
Chapter 19: Robert Enters the Closet—Literally
Chapter 20: Seraphic Psycho—Plus Hitchcock's Great Crane Shot
Chapter 21: Flushing in Brooklyn
Chapter 22: Plan 9 From Bensonhurst
Chapter 23: Not Popping The Question
Chapter 25: Permission to Marry Karen
Chapter 26: My (Very Long) List of Sins
Chapter 27: Stanley Kubrick Plans Our Wedding, Bonus Wedding Pictures
Chapter 28: Negative on the Negatives
Chapter 29: Karen's at City Hall, Where's Robert?
Chapter 31: Beauty and Me, Bonus Photos of Robert & Karen in School
Chapter 33: The Seam, The Sword & Belle
Chapter 34: Karen Out of Context
Chapter 35: High School Confidential
Chapter 36: Be Good to My Daughter
Chapter 37: Seraphic Duel via Rashomon
Chapter 39: Two Tales of the Past
Chapter 40: Script
How Karen Feels About How I Married Karen
Posted by Robert J. Avrech at December 10, 2008 10:42 AM
Comments
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Safe trip and welcome (again) to the neigborhood
Posted by: Aharon at December 10, 2008 11:20 AM
Safe travels.
Posted by: Jeremiah at December 10, 2008 01:14 PM
After pondering the horrors of today, how wonderful that you end with a picture of Karen, and links to your "How I Married" series! Some things are still very right in this world. Best wishes for the entire Avrech clan over what is sure to be a happy, exhausting weekend!
Virgil
Posted by: MAJ Virgil Hilts at December 11, 2008 12:56 AM
IF you find yourselves in Manhattan, give me a holler; perhaps we can grab a bite.
Posted by: Azriel at December 11, 2008 09:24 AM
Aharon:
Thanks so much. Just back from, uh-huh, Dougie's.
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at December 11, 2008 05:52 PM
Jeremiah:
Thanks so much. All is well.
Posted by: Robert J. Avrech at December 11, 2008 05:54 PM
Virgil:
Yes, we all need some respite form horror and our "How I Married Karen" series should give hope to most everyone.
Posted by: Robert J. Avrech at December 11, 2008 05:56 PM
Azriel:
So far, no plans for Manhattan. But we'll let you know if there's a change.
Posted by: Robert J. Avrech at December 11, 2008 05:58 PM
I know how to solve the enmity between Muslims and Hindus: two-state solution!
Posted by: ralphie at December 16, 2008 01:58 PM
Ralphie:
As always, brilliant!
Posted by: Robert J. Avrech at December 16, 2008 03:02 PM