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Zicam was recently pulled from the market for causing loss of smell (anosmia, the link below also mentions a connection to loss of taste). It is described as a zinc based product: Zicam Recall - Information on Zicam Recall

Mort, you have gone from Ring around the Rosie to reading Aristotle, I see some good maturity going on the last few months ;) !!

Dauer, this is an interesting case, indeed. I do not think schools should be allowed to base admission on race, religion or gender. They are a private institution, as Wil pointed out, as restaurants and other institutions are. Should it be allowed to only allow certain races, religions or...

I think they should accept some Muslims and Christians too !! Maybe a few Buddhists, Taoists and Hindu's too !! :) How else will these children learn about diversity ? Interfaith ? :) The Jewish schools should take the lead on interfaith work. Why not accept some percentage, say 5% of what...

Dauer, here is a good interfaith question for you... Can you explain the historic "complexity" between Jews and Mormons ? You can start by reviewing this article :) : Mormonism and Judaism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Interesting, Dauer, did you notice that Orrin wears what appears to be a Mezzuzah under his shirt ?

Those words are out of the wiki article on the Pitts. Plat. Here is the exact quote from the website Dauer linked. This is better:

I guess these folks are not Debbie Friedman fans, they don't know what they are missing !! :)

It might be interesting to give some thought to, and discuss, some reflections on the Pittsburgh Platform of 1885 which Neusner discusses in his piece: Pittsburgh Platform - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For example, I wonder how people view this perspective today: The idea of...

Very interesting article, BB, thanks for posting. Here I can say that I agree with his conclusion, that Reform Judaism makes more sense than the other denominations, but little that he says which leads to this conclusion. Reform Judaism has only little to do with Americanism and much to do...

Given the time that he existed, we would have to say yes. But by today's standards, he said some fairly goofy things, here is an example: He is best identified as an Aristotilian, a rationalist. Another problem is that the brilliance in his day, for example the "Principles of Faith" are...

How many wagons of fried foods, and what are they filled with, Phyllis ?? I am hungry, woof, woof (any kitties in the wagons :D) :D !!

Linda and Dauer, I do not understand the distinction that you are making here. In my view rationalism is a logical view of the world. It is based mainly on quantitative and measurable quantities. There are no grey areas. Lets take an example. Rav Berg talks alot about light. Light is a physics...

Thank you for the correction, Dauer, indeed the Vilna Gaon wrote some commentary on Kabbalah. However, I believe he was better known for his opposition to Hassidism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilna_Gaon

It seems to be all about dualities :) . On the one hand we need to examine what brings us together. What are the principles of Judaism which for the most part we can all buy into. Maimonides was on the right track with his "Principles of Faith". Since the European Enlightenment Judaism has been...

Oh come on Penelope, any good parable writer can give us the story of last 9 billion years :D ! Can you do some heavy lifting, and tell us what is going to happen the next 9 billion :) !!

Hello Bruce, that is fine, I have been sarcastic several times with you and Nick, so if I dish it out, I need to be able to take it back :), no problem. Actually, from what I can tell, the author of this thesis, Ms. Karen Swartz is quite brilliant and I am sure her thesis received wide...

Here is a very nice resource that I would like to share with you from Kalmar University in Sweden. I am attaching the first 6 pages of the paper entitled: "Views from the Great White Brotherhood: a study concerning notions about race in the teachings of the Theosophical Society and the...

Janz, that is fine, we should all do our own research and reach our own conclusions about Theosophy. The more I learn about Theosophy the more concerned I become.

Janz, thanks for the info. about the Thule Society. Their ideas do look similar to another group that we have been discussing. Thule Society - Crystalinks