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The Clot to Kill Jesus

In what is likely the ultimate \”Cold Case File,\” a researcher in Haifa may have figured out the cause of Jesus\’ death.

Professor Benjamin Brenner, a Technion Medical School and Rambam Medical Center hematology expert, said the problem was not blood loss, but a blood clot that likely traveled to Jesus\’ lungs.

Danger in Not Knowing Our Story

Claire Luce Booth, the wife of the owner of Luce Publications, reported a frank conversation with a Jewish friend. Booth said, \”I must admit being positively bored by all this talk of the Holocaust and its constant repetition of Jewish suffering.\” The Jewish friend replied, \”I know just how you feel. I feel exactly the same way about the Crucifixion.\”

Each would like to see the other\’s story go away. But neither will go away. Golgotha and Auschwitz, the Crucifixion and the Holocaust, remain the dybbuk of our culture. They must both be confronted and understood.

Gibson Film Is a Frontal Assault on Jews

Mel Gibson\’s film is nothing less then a frontal assault and a collective indictment of the entire Jewish community during the time of Jesus.

Passover vs. Easter

If you want proof that the communion wafer is just a matzo knockoff, or if you wonder where eggs really belong (seder plate? White House lawn? Omelette?), check out \”The Jews vs. Christians\” on April 3 at bang. Improv Studio on Fairfax Avenue.

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