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	The presumed child-abuse scandals involving members of the religious community have been all over the news recently. I don't know whether the accusations are true or not; that's a matter for courts to decide. What I do know, however, is that the despicable and smarmy manner in which the media choose to depict the stories is not good for anyone. And I wonder -- were it not for the uncompromising anti-religious stance of most of the media, would the stories not be reported a bit more moderately? When they describe people as belonging to a cult it automatically prejudices the reader -- which of course is their intent.		The presumed child-abuse scandals involving members of the religious community have been all over the news recently. I don't know whether the accusations are true or not; that's a matter for courts to decide. What I do know, however, is that the despicable and smarmy manner in which the media choose to depict the stories is not good for anyone. And I wonder -- were it not for the uncompromising anti-religious stance of most of the media, would the stories not be reported a bit more moderately? When they describe people as belonging to a cult it automatically prejudices the reader -- which of course is their intent.

−	Of course anti-religious stances are nothing new among the media or the rest of the so-called 'elite' here. Whether lauding the foundation of [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1206632349683&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull 'Open House'], or permitting [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/125834 public sale of chamets]] during pesach in Jerusalem, our 'elite' surely make known their contempt for the unwashed masses. Too bad the demographics point to a marked drop in the 'elite' and a huge upsurge in the 'unwashed masses'. Up the revolution!	+	Of course anti-religious stances are nothing new among the media or the rest of the so-called 'elite' here. Whether lauding the foundation of [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1206632349683&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull 'Open House'], or permitting [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/125834 public sale of chamets] during pesach in Jerusalem, our 'elite' surely make known their contempt for the unwashed masses. Too bad the demographics point to a marked drop in the 'elite' and a huge upsurge in the 'unwashed masses'. Up the revolution!

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-* Sarah party for friend
+This past motsai-shabbat Sarah and some of her classmates threw a party for one of their friends who was going back to Australia, so she took the bus to Jerusalem where they met in a restaurant and had a fine time.  Finally around 11 at night she called to ask when the bus would return; she took it back and ended up at home around 11:45.  I'm relating this because it shows for one thing, how safe one generally is here.  Back in the USA we would never have allowed her to travel by bus late at night; but here it's normal especially after shabbat.
-* [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1206632349683&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull Open House]
-* [http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/AntiSemi/12749.htm Fitna]
+More than that, though I think it's indicative of a shift on her part as well - she herself would never have taken a bus at night "back home".  Earlier we got notice that Daniela was accepted to Stern College, which was not a surprise -- but just the other day we got further notice that they are giving her a full scholarship to their honors program, which is a huge surprise and actually makes her attendance there feasible.  Now she has to decide whether or not that's what she really wants to do.
-* [http://bogieworks.blogs.com/treppenwitz/2008/03/if-this-film-ha.html more fitna]
-* Respect for Islam: <youtube v="y9dXGJ2rYdA" />
+I have been officially promoted at work, though as far as I know there is no extra salary associated with the extra responsibility.  Essentially, in addition to my other tasks I am also going to be the technical contact for our company to our various potential clients. My bosses were pleased with how I have handled the one potential client - as was the client - so they decided to put all such contacts on my shoulders. Now if I can only convince them to put more silver in my pocket...
-* Dani got accepted to Stern
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