BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

How 'Christian' of them... Where I grew up - Baptists were the predominant denomination... ... and they wonder why I left to live in NYC as soon as I was financially independent? by E.B. SOLOMONT Members of the extremist Westboro Baptist Church, known for its anti-gay and anti-Semitic rhetoric, protested in front of several Jewish institutions in New York on Tuesday. A handful of protestors from the Kansas-based church turned out, toting signs that read "God Hates Jews" and "God Hates Obama." With plans to protest in front of the Jewish Historical Society, Drisha Institute, and others, they arrived mid-morning at Temple Shearith Israel on the Upper West Side. From there, they went to the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, the site of another protest by Westboro members around two weeks ago. In an email to the community, JCC Executive Director Rabbi Joy Levitt urged visitors to calmly enter the building to avoid incident. Citing the JCC's beefed up se...

Denver Date: Monday, January 5, 2009 Time: 5:30 pm Location: Hebrew Educational Alliance Street: 3600 South Ivanhoe, Denver New York Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Time: 12:30 pm Location: Across from Israeli Consulate in New York Street: E 42nd Street @ 2nd Avenue Washington D.C. Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Time: 12:30 pm Location: Outside Israeli Embassy Street: 3514 International Dr. NW Los Angeles Date: Tuesday, January 6, 2009 Time: 4:30 pm Location: In front of the Israeli Consulate in L.A. Street: La Jolla & Wilshire Los Angeles Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Time: 12 pm - 2:00 pm Location: Federal Building in Westwood L.A. Street: Veteran and Wilshire StandWithUs, Bnei Akiva and the ILC in cooperation with the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles, and Jewish Day Schools across Los Angeles, invite you to STAND IN SUPPORT OF ISRAEL's RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST HAMAS Washington D.C. Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Time: 12:00 p.m. Location: Sixth & I Historic Syn...

Eliot, I accept your apology. I won't forget your behavior and hypocrisy but I am starting to forgive because of the stand-up way you've handled everything Because you did something very few men who get caught do. YOU OWNED YOUR BEHAVIOR. You didn't deny or act like it didn't happen. You didn't project that you were targetted and harrassed. You didn't put it all out there because of your family, that's understandable - but you admitted you did something wrong and you showed a lot of class in resigning. Now, work with your wife to heal your marriage, please. And don't cover up or smear anyone involved in this investigation. You seem to be a guy who made a HUGE mistake rather than one of the pathologicals running rampant in politics (and many other places) today. FACE those you hurt, admit what you did, ask their forgiveness, make amends, reframe the relationship, realize some people will never trust you again or ever get over it, but move forward...

Dr. Kathryn Faughey was my therapist for 13 years. She was a wonderful, wonderful person and my friend. She helped me get my diagnosis when I was becoming disabled. And stood by me during the disability process. She helped me through my infertility treatments and the birth of my children. She helped me get through the deaths of both my parents. She kept me from harm and helped me through severe PTSD of 4 years ago. She was a deeply spiritual woman, a class act and the sort of therapist I wish everyone had. I am in shock. Please pray for her boundless spirit and her husband. She was a one of a kind doctor, friend and human being. Patient hacks therapist to death BY ALISON GENDAR, KERRY BURKE and ETHAN ROUEN DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS A cleaver-wielding patient hacked his psychologist to death in her upper East Side office Tuesday night, viciously slashed a colleague who came to her aid and then fled into the night, cops said. The psycho apparently attacked Kathryn Faughey, 57, during a ...

SMELLS LIKE "JIHAD SPIRIT" I wasn't able to go to the ...ahem... Muslim Day Parade yesterday as my nerve damage problem didn't allow me to walk too far. DANG! But Pam over at Atlas Shrugs was there - looking terrific (as always) and she shared some great and VERY TELLING photos of the "Religion of Peace" (cough cough) followers on her site. Check them out. CLICK HERE I hope Homeland Security and the FBI was taking photos of this event. Use your EYES and then try to tell me we can negotiate with this crew. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO JBLOG ME

OVERHEARD IN... (SITE FINDS) It's nice to share, especially if you need a good laugh OVERHEARD IN THE OFFICE ONE SAMPLING: Coworker angrily hanging up: Geez! What is wrong with these customers?! I'm trying to watch a colo-rectal comedy on UTUBE! 2600 Van Buren Street, Norman, Oklahoma OVERHEARD IN NEW YORK Overheard in New York PLEASE CLICK HERE TO JBLOG ME

Abuse in Our Community? Protecting our Future – Halakhic and Legal Methods to Stop Predators and Enablers - Rabbi Mark Dratch, Founder and Director of Jsafe - Elliot Pasik, Attorney for Abuse Victims and Author of NYS Background Check Law - Rabbi Allen Schwartz, Rabbi of Ohab Zedek - Mark Weiss, Abuse Survivor and Advocate for Change and Education - Moderated by Rabbi Maury Kelman, Attorney Tuesday, March 6 @ 8:15 PM, Congregation Ohab Zedek, 118 W. 95th St., NY, NY IF YOU ARE IN THE NYC AREA - PLEASE ATTEND!