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Tag Archives: Judaism
God’ma & Dogma
After resisting for years the song of the sirens, I reluctantly took the plunge on facebook yesterday. Isolation from distant friends and family “de la vielle Europe” got the better of me. I longed for the bond, although virtual and cyberspaced. As I duly filled … Continue reading
On Religion and Bovine Scatology
A few weeks ago, I was sent a joke by a Jewish friend of mine with whom I had had a rather challenging Shabbat dinner conversation on Judaic laws.
Posted in Israel / Judaism, Religion
Tagged Albert Einstein, bovine scatology, Einstein, humor, humour, joke, Judaism, Michel Botman, Michel Botman Photography, Religion, religious joke
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Howard & Nancy Kleinberg: Testimonies of Survivors
By Noah Botman. On Sunday February 10, 2013, in preparation for “The March of the Living”, scheduled to take place early April, a few Jewish students – including our son, Noah – interviewed Holocaust survivors, Nancy and Howard Kleinberg. We … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Holocaust, Israel / Judaism, Noah Botman
Tagged anti-semitism, antisemitism, Auschwitz, Auschwitz tattoo, Bergen-Belsen, Concentration camps, Ghetto, History, Holocaust, Holocaust remembrance, holocaust survivors, Holocaust tattoo, howard kleinberg, Judaism, Lindy Amato, Majdanic, Mathousen, Michel Botman, Noah Botman, shoah, SS, Tattoo, the march of the living, Treblinka, Warsaw ghetto, World War II
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To be or not to be Jewish? The future of Judaism without shades
. . . . . . .Above: The Nuremberg law of genetic “Jewishness” Rabbi Farber : “Sixty per cent of North American Jews would not be able to break the threshold of proving they’re Jews” Reflection on Paul Lungen’s article … Continue reading
From Paradise to Persecution: Laura’s Story
The story of Laura Codron by Noah Botman, June 2010. There are few places on earth more beautiful than the island of Rhodes. This sacred island of the Greek god Helios is overflowing in ancient sights and bathed in glorious … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Israel / Judaism, Noah Botman, Travel
Tagged Claire Sonsol, Holocaust, Isidore Sonsol, Israel, Jews of Rodes, Jews of Rodos, Judaism, Ketty Amato, Ketty Codron, Laura Codron, Laura Codron Stockholm, Leon Codron, March of the living Poland, Maurice Codron, Meri Codron, Mousani Codron, Noah Botman, Noah Botman Israel, Noah Botman Rodes, Noah Botman Rodos, Noah Botman Yad Vashem, Perla Levi, Rivca Codron, Rodos, Yad Vashem
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Walk with Israel
. . . . . . . Above: Noah; leaving Ontario Place
Posted in Family, Israel / Judaism
Tagged Israel, Judaism, Lindy Amato, Noah Botman, Walk with Israel
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Who is a Jew? Should Judaism recognize children of Jewish fathers as halachically Jewish?
. . . . . . . A recent study conducted at Germany’s University of Tubingen of three thousand year old DNA from Tutankhamun’s mummy identifies King Akhenaten as his genetic father and proves that Queen Nefertiti – King Akhenaten’s … Continue reading
Conversion catastrophe
. .Young Russian Jewish girls near Kikar Hamedina, Tel Aviv. (Michel Botman Photography, 2007). Reflections on Paul Lungen’s excellent article regarding Israeli Rabbi Michael Melchior’s warning that “Haredi Jews slamming the door on conversions that don’t comply with their own … Continue reading
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