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Speakers A.J. Jacobs: Author
Immersing himself in alternate lifestyles and long, hilarious experiments (usually with himself the guinea pig), writer A.J. Jacobs tests the limits of behavior, customs, culture, knowledge -- and his wife's sense of humor.
Why you should listen to him:
A.J. Jacobs' writings stand at the intersection of philosophy, Gonzo journalism and performance art. Stubbornly curious and slyly perceptive, he takes immersive learning to its irrational and profoundly amusing extreme -- extracting wisdom and meaning after long stints as a self-styled guinea pig. For his widely circulated Esquire article, My Outsourced Life, he explored the phenomenon of outsourcing by hiring a team in Bangalore, India to take care of every part of his life -- from reading his emails to arguing with his wife to reading bedtime stories to his own son. A previous article, I Think You're Fat, chronicled a brief, cringe-inducing attempt to live his life in Radical Honesty, telling all the truth, all the time.
Jacobs is author of The Know-It-All, which documents the year he spent reading theEncyclopedia Britannica from A to Z, uncovering both funny and surprising factoids but also poignant insight into history and human nature. In 2007 he released The Year of Living Biblically, he attempted to follow every single rule in the Bible as literally as possible for an entire year. His latest book, My Life as an Experiment, is a collection of numerous personal experiments including living according to George Washington's rules of conduct, outsourcing every single task to India, and posing as a woman on an online dating site.
"A. J. Jacobs has written about the Bible in a manner that is brilliantly funny but unerringly respectful, learned but goofy, deeply personal yet highly relevant. I am covetous and wish him smited."
Mary Roach, author, Bonk
- EG 2007
NETANYAHU, A MODERN DAY MOSES
ReplyDeleteIN RECENT ISRAELI SURVEY, MOSES WAS CONSIDERED THE MOST POPULAR CHARACTER FROM THE JEWISH BIBLE
MOSES MASS MURDERER
(13) And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
(14) And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
(15) And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
(16) Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
(17) “Now kill all the boys.
(18) And kill every woman who has slept with a man, but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.”
Numbers 31:13-18
Comment
Moses commands the murder of approximately 100,000 young males and, roughly, 68,000 helpless women.
Consider women and children of your own family: No matter how sick they may lay, or how they may go against a religion, how would you feel if a man named Moses, claiming to speak for God, sent men into your house and hacked to pieces the women and male children? Also, how would you react if they spotted a female child, dragged her off with them to do as they please with her? Note that these innocent virgins served for their own sexual pleasures.
Midian, the land of the Midianites, did not reside in an area regarded as a natural enemy of Israel for centuries, and in fact lay hundreds of miles away from the Israelite encampment. Moses, himself, had lived in Midian as fugitive after committing his first murder. In short, Midian presented no threat to God's "Chosen People."
Of course Moses would be the most popular figure. As far as Jewish lore goes, he is the one who unleashed the beast within and gave sanction to every form of criminal behavior known to man. Genocide, mass murder, rape, sex slavery (including for children) lying, invasion, all these criminal acts (and more) are listed on his resume as Patriarch of ‘la famiglia’. Notice as well the line-up of other heroes–
KING DAVID–murderer, adulterer, war criminal
ABRAHAM–pimp, would-be murderer of his son
KING SOLOMON –adulterer (had 700 wives and 300 prostitutes; offered human sacrifices to Moloch
JOSEPH - a fraudster, confidence man and white collar thief
And people wonder why Jews have such a magnetic pull towards criminal behavior when they have religious role models such as these to follow?
Ninety-three percent of households in Israel own a JEWISH Bible, a recent poll has found.
The survey, conducted by the Smith Institute in honor of international exhibition “The Book Books,” which is currently on display at the JEWISH Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem.
Apart from the JEWISH Bible’s presence in Israeli homes, the survey also looked into the People of the Book’s connection to the Book of Books, revealing a not-so-strong link.
Nearly one-third of Israelis (28%) can’t remember the last time they opened the JEWISH Bible. The situation appears to be better among religious and ultra-Orthodox Jews, 10% of whom have not opened the JEWISH Bible in the past year.
The study’s 500 participants were asked when man was created. Thirty-three percent of secular Jews did not know the right answer – on the sixth day of Creation – compared to only 9% of religious and haredi Jews.
The poll further reveals that Jewish people, both religious and secular, don’t want to lose their connection to the Book of Books – 96% are in favor of JEWISH Bible studies in schools.
Moses was chosen as the most popular biblical figure by 24% of the survey’s respondents followed by King David (9%), Abraham (6%), King Solomon (5%) and Joseph (3%). Rachel made it to the sixth place with 2% of respondents mentioning her as their favorite biblical figure.
MOSES WAS A WAR CRIMINAL:
ReplyDeleteTHE BIBLE TELLS US SO
“If only Jews would return to the Law of Moses!
“Instead, they follow their secular, atheistic, and Zionist ways!”
So say some, expressing horror at the recent deliberate slaughter of Gazans, particularly the slaughter of women and children. The BBC article below (1) and many others tell the story.
Some critics, like Michael Hoffman, blame barbaric Jewish behavior on the Talmud (2).
Others, like Henry Makow, blame secular Zionism (3).
But haven’t these folks ever read the JEWISH Bible? Are they unaware of the influence of the Old Testament on Judaism?
Open the JEWISH Bible. For the moment, focus your attention on the Book of Numbers.
You are about to learn that Moses, the great “law giver,” was a war criminal who ORDERED his followers to commit war crimes. The most heinous were crimes were committed against women and children. Moses ordered:
* The slaughter of non-combatant women prisoners.
* The slaughter of non-combatant young boy prisoners.
* The use of young girl prisoners as Israelite sex slaves.
Some strike at the branches of evil, some at the root. Why strike at secular Zionism, so-called, or the Talmud, and ignore the root of the evil, found in the JEWISH Bible?
Let’s get some specifics on how Moses treated Gentile women and children.
Background:
In Exodus Chapter 2, Moses flees Egypt because he has killed an Egyptian. He passes through the land of the Midianites, who befriend him. Moses lived among them for a while and “took to wife” a Midianite woman, Zipporah. Moses and Zipporah have a son, Gershom.
Sometime later, Moses develops in-law problems. By the time we reach Numbers Chapter 25, we know that the Israelites under Moses’ command are getting too friendly with the Midianites. A significant number of Israelites start cohabiting with Midianite girls and worshipping Midianite gods.
Moses orders the beheading of the Israelites who are encouraging the mix. For good measure, a plague — presumably sent by Jehovah — kills 24,000 of the offending Israelites.
Chapter 25 ends with Jehovah urging his people to “vex” and “smite” or “harass” the Midianites. Why? What wrong did the Midianites do? No one forced God’s Chosen People to party with the Midianite girls and worship their gods. Whatever . . .
Time passes. Jehovah and Moses spend Chapter 26 of Numbers organizing a huge census and Chapters 27, 28, 29 and 30 laying down various laws for the Israelites.
But by Numbers Chapter 31 — for reasons not explained — Jehovah’s attention becomes fastened once more on the Midianites. He orders Moses to kill them. Why?
For what happened in Chapter 25.
Thus Jehovah orders an unprovoked attack on Moses’ in-laws. Not a problem. Moses sends off thousands of his troops to slay them.
The Israelites kill the five Midianite kings and all the other Midianite adult males. They loot the cities and burn them, and take the women and children in captivity.
But when they return, Moses is furious. “Have you kept all the women alive? These women caused the children of Israel to trespass against the Lord . . .” (New King James translation, Verses 15, 16).
Moses then orders:
(1) all the non-virgin women captives to be killed
(2) all the boy children captives to be killed
(3) all the virgin girl captives to be saved for the use of the Israelite men.
NETANYAHU, A MODERN DAY MOSES
ReplyDeleteIN RECENT ISRAELI SURVEY, MOSES WAS CONSIDERED THE MOST POPULAR CHARACTER FROM THE JEWISH BIBLE
MOSES MASS MURDERER
(13) And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
(14) And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
(15) And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
(16) Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
(17) “Now kill all the boys.
(18) And kill every woman who has slept with a man, but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.”
Numbers 31:13-18
Comment
Moses commands the murder of approximately 100,000 young males and, roughly, 68,000 helpless women.
Consider women and children of your own family: No matter how sick they may lay, or how they may go against a religion, how would you feel if a man named Moses, claiming to speak for God, sent men into your house and hacked to pieces the women and male children? Also, how would you react if they spotted a female child, dragged her off with them to do as they please with her? Note that these innocent virgins served for their own sexual pleasures.
Midian, the land of the Midianites, did not reside in an area regarded as a natural enemy of Israel for centuries, and in fact lay hundreds of miles away from the Israelite encampment. Moses, himself, had lived in Midian as fugitive after committing his first murder. In short, Midian presented no threat to God's "Chosen People."
Of course Moses would be the most popular figure. As far as Jewish lore goes, he is the one who unleashed the beast within and gave sanction to every form of criminal behavior known to man. Genocide, mass murder, rape, sex slavery (including for children) lying, invasion, all these criminal acts (and more) are listed on his resume as Patriarch of ‘la famiglia’. Notice as well the line-up of other heroes–
KING DAVID–murderer, adulterer, war criminal
ABRAHAM–pimp, would-be murderer of his son
KING SOLOMON –adulterer (had 700 wives and 300 prostitutes; offered human sacrifices to Moloch
JOSEPH - a fraudster, confidence man and white collar thief
And people wonder why Jews have such a magnetic pull towards criminal behavior when they have religious role models such as these to follow?
Ninety-three percent of households in Israel own a JEWISH Bible, a recent poll has found.
The survey, conducted by the Smith Institute in honor of international exhibition “The Book Books,” which is currently on display at the JEWISH Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem.
Apart from the JEWISH Bible’s presence in Israeli homes, the survey also looked into the People of the Book’s connection to the Book of Books, revealing a not-so-strong link.
Nearly one-third of Israelis (28%) can’t remember the last time they opened the JEWISH Bible. The situation appears to be better among religious and ultra-Orthodox Jews, 10% of whom have not opened the JEWISH Bible in the past year.
The study’s 500 participants were asked when man was created. Thirty-three percent of secular Jews did not know the right answer – on the sixth day of Creation – compared to only 9% of religious and haredi Jews.
The poll further reveals that Jewish people, both religious and secular, don’t want to lose their connection to the Book of Books – 96% are in favor of JEWISH Bible studies in schools.
Moses was chosen as the most popular biblical figure by 24% of the survey’s respondents followed by King David (9%), Abraham (6%), King Solomon (5%) and Joseph (3%). Rachel made it to the sixth place with 2% of respondents mentioning her as their favorite biblical figure.
NETANYAHU, A MODERN DAY MOSES
ReplyDeleteIN RECENT ISRAELI SURVEY, MOSES WAS CONSIDERED THE MOST POPULAR CHARACTER FROM THE JEWISH BIBLE
MOSES MASS MURDERER
(13) And Moses, and Eleazar the priest, and all the princes of the congregation, went forth to meet them without the camp.
(14) And Moses was wroth with the officers of the host, with the captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, which came from the battle.
(15) And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
(16) Behold, these caused the children of Israel, through the counsel of Balaam, to commit trespass against the LORD in the matter of Peor, and there was a plague among the congregation of the LORD.
(17) “Now kill all the boys.
(18) And kill every woman who has slept with a man, but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.”
Numbers 31:13-18
Comment
Moses commands the murder of approximately 100,000 young males and, roughly, 68,000 helpless women.
Consider women and children of your own family: No matter how sick they may lay, or how they may go against a religion, how would you feel if a man named Moses, claiming to speak for God, sent men into your house and hacked to pieces the women and male children? Also, how would you react if they spotted a female child, dragged her off with them to do as they please with her? Note that these innocent virgins served for their own sexual pleasures.
Midian, the land of the Midianites, did not reside in an area regarded as a natural enemy of Israel for centuries, and in fact lay hundreds of miles away from the Israelite encampment. Moses, himself, had lived in Midian as fugitive after committing his first murder. In short, Midian presented no threat to God's "Chosen People."
Of course Moses would be the most popular figure. As far as Jewish lore goes, he is the one who unleashed the beast within and gave sanction to every form of criminal behavior known to man. Genocide, mass murder, rape, sex slavery (including for children) lying, invasion, all these criminal acts (and more) are listed on his resume as Patriarch of ‘la famiglia’. Notice as well the line-up of other heroes–
KING DAVID–murderer, adulterer, war criminal
ABRAHAM–pimp, would-be murderer of his son
KING SOLOMON –adulterer (had 700 wives and 300 prostitutes; offered human sacrifices to Moloch
JOSEPH - a fraudster, confidence man and white collar thief
And people wonder why Jews have such a magnetic pull towards criminal behavior when they have religious role models such as these to follow?
Ninety-three percent of households in Israel own a JEWISH Bible, a recent poll has found.
The survey, conducted by the Smith Institute in honor of international exhibition “The Book Books,” which is currently on display at the JEWISH Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem.
Apart from the JEWISH Bible’s presence in Israeli homes, the survey also looked into the People of the Book’s connection to the Book of Books, revealing a not-so-strong link.
Nearly one-third of Israelis (28%) can’t remember the last time they opened the JEWISH Bible. The situation appears to be better among religious and ultra-Orthodox Jews, 10% of whom have not opened the JEWISH Bible in the past year.
The study’s 500 participants were asked when man was created. Thirty-three percent of secular Jews did not know the right answer – on the sixth day of Creation – compared to only 9% of religious and haredi Jews.
The poll further reveals that Jewish people, both religious and secular, don’t want to lose their connection to the Book of Books – 96% are in favor of JEWISH Bible studies in schools.
Moses was chosen as the most popular biblical figure by 24% of the survey’s respondents followed by King David (9%), Abraham (6%), King Solomon (5%) and Joseph (3%). Rachel made it to the sixth place with 2% of respondents mentioning her as their favorite biblical figure.