My last surviving grandfather, John E. Baskette, a survivor of Pearl Harbor and other events of war, passed away today. He was 83 years old.
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- Swallowed Up in the Mikva (01/10)
- Review of Bnei Avraham Ahuvecha: Gerim in Chassidic Thought
- Q&A on Conversion
- Posts on the Orthodox Beth Din
- Lessons in Jewish Conversion: The Denver and Ne'eman Plans
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- Be Prepared to Review the Conversion Manual (12/10)
Chaviva Around the Web
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On Jews
He has made a marvellous fight in this world, in all the ages; and has done it with his hands tied behind him. He could be vain of himself, and be excused for it. The Egyptian, the Babylonian, and the Persian rose, filled the planet with sound and splendor, then faded to dream-stuff and passed away; the Greek and the Roman followed, and made a vast noise, and they are gone; other peoples have sprung up and held their torch high for a time, but it burned out, and they sit in twilight now, or have vanished.
The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind. All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?
-- Concerning The Jews, Harper's Magazine, March 1898
The Jew saw them all, beat them all, and is now what he always was, exhibiting no decadence, no infirmities of age, no weakening of his parts, no slowing of his energies, no dulling of his alert and aggressive mind. All things are mortal but the Jew; all other forces pass, but he remains. What is the secret of his immortality?
-- Concerning The Jews, Harper's Magazine, March 1898
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