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https://chabad.org/torahtrainer has a similar (free) web based program, but it appears to use a recording instead of a synthesizer.

Yes, America turned away boatloads of Jews. Yes, the world did not do enough, and turned a blind eye when it didn't affect them directly.

That wasn't the reason for the war.

This is false. Hitler spoke and wrote at length about the "Jewish problem." It wasn't the _only_ reason for the war but it certainly was _a_ reason for the war. Even the war against the USSR was framed as against "Jewish Bolsheviks."

This is aside from the fact that OP referenced their grandfather being a member of the SS. The SS was _not_ the German army. The SS was the military organization of the Nazi party - often conflicting with the army to achieve their goals. They enforced racial policy in Germany and its conquests, ran the concentration camps and death camps, and were specifically tasked with eliminating Jews.

Perhaps it is because of the collective guilt of not having done enough for Jews at the time, but people often gloss over the explicitly racial and antisemitic aspect of World War II. The extermination of Jews was not a byproduct, it was one of the key goals.

For further detail, I encourage the interested reader to check out "The War Against the Jews" by Lucy Davidowitz.

Lots of people did shitty things in that war (and all wars)

I don't think Germany's singular goal of racial domination - and specifically extermination of world Jewry - is comparable to most wars. Nazi Germany is viewed differently historically because it was different.

That is not to say OP's grandfather is responsible for all of Nazi Germany's actions, but it is not just "lots of people did shitty things."

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Except they purchased their way into many of these.

Their advertising business was built on a number of acquisitions (DoubleClick, AdMob) - strategic acquisitions, surely, and they improved on them since - but it is not as if they bult the business from the ground up. The same goes for video streaming (YouTube - after attempting to create their own), and mobile OS (Android).

With Android in particular it can be argued that it would not be what it is today without them, but they also heavily leveraged their other services to promote and maintain control over Android.

it was pent up hate in the local population that was released with an aggreement of o Nazi occupation force because people felt they can do whatever they want and decided to act on their hatred

In my opinion much more damning than the actions of a government - not necessarily explicitly supported by the population.

So you are doubling down on your conpiracy-minded and anti-semitic claim that Ashkenazi Jews are not real. I am going to link a Reddit comment I found with a very quick Google search that addresses it and call it a night. I hope you are able to remove the hate from your eyes.

https://www.reddit.com/r/23andme/comments/8g1jhd/so_which_pe...

Edit: One more thing. Please point me to the thriving North African and Middle Eastern Jewish communities that you describe. They do not exist because they were persecuted. Some countries less so, but to claim that there was no persecution is a complete distortion of history. Good night!

I stand corrected. One of the two greatest attempt at genocide. That has no bearing on my argument, however.

Formalizing relations is certainly news. It seems they plan to establish embassies, create direct flights, etc.

The implication - that Jews who were in Eastern Europe are not "real" Jews - is a wonderful example of anti-semitism. You only forgot to add on "Go back to Poland!"

Edit: Also, "the persecution complex" - as if the single greatest attempt at genocide in modern history was NOT targeted at Jews.

There are consequences to starting wars of aggression intending to destroy a nation. One of those consequences is losing land if you lose the war.

This (to my understanding) was the purpose of the Senate originally. Appointed by the states (however they choose), for terms of 6 years. This means they represent the interest of the state as a whole, not of the individual voters.

3) Judaism: respects only the letter.

This demonstrates a woeful ignorance of Judaism, and is a common stereotype promulgated by competing religions

That may very well be the case, it does appear to be selective enforcement - but the comment I was responding to made it sound as if the person arrested was merely related to the CEO, when she is in fact the CFO.

Suppose ~Tim Cook’s daughter~ the CFO of Apple was arrested in Thailand for Apple’s alleged breach of China’s sanctions against Saudi Arabia.

The CFO of the company is responsible for the company's financial behavior, being the daughter of the founder does not exempt her.

It did end up having that effect, which is why Hillel the Elder created a device called the "Prozbul" which transferred debt to the court before the Jubilee year, thus preventing forgiveness and enabling borrowers to borrow even close to the Jubilee. This is one of the few (maybe only) true loopholes invented by the Rabbis, with the justification "so as not to close the door to borrowers."

Edit: Wikipedia link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prozbul

I just finished writing a new feature for internal use using S3. I hadn't even considered Backblaze at the time, but now that I am seeing this news we may end up using it, considering there is virtually no cost (to switch) and we haven't deployed yet.

Except when it leads to endless criticism, with nobody actually getting their game together and doing something. It is very easy to criticize, and allowing people to criticize with nothing to show can very quickly discourage people from making any effort at all.

It has larger grains. It is called "kosher" salt because larger grain salt (typically coarser than even typical kosher salt) is used to drain the blood from meat and fowl, a necessary step in rendering it kosher by Jewish law.

Edit: basically, it is just coarse salt.

Wow. I was wrong. Being quite familiar with the Jewish laws and an ordained rabbi, I am quite confused by this https://products.geappliances.com/MarketingObjectRetrieval/D....

I suppose there may be some rabbi who permitted this, but I would love to hear the reasoning. This is definitely NOT what Sabbath mode usually is.

Edit: here is the rabbinic authority that worked with GE to develop the Sabbath mode. They explicitly state that adjusting temperature on the Sabbath is not allowed. Again, I don't know why that feature exists as it does not provide any benefit from a Jewish perspective. https://www.star-k.org/articles/articles/kosher-appliances/a...

Not to worry, this is all discussed. Technically, the string makes it a series of doorways which together make up a wall. An actual wall would not have this issue, as having a majority of the wall up would be enough to deem any opening a doorway/gap in the wall.

Perhaps you are misunderstanding, and sabbath mode will turn the heating element on and off without regard for user input - i.e. opening and closing the door. That the manual is not clear is not a surprise, nor is it that someone completely unfamiliar with the Jewish Sabbath laws would misunderstand them.

As mentioned in my comment on the parent, this is incorrect. This is not what Sabbath mode does.

This is incorrect. The Sabbath mode allows the oven to stay on for longer than it normally would, so the oven can be left on the entire Sabbath or holiday with food kept warm inside, as lighting a fire is prohibited, and cooking is prohibited on Sabbath (but not on holidays). In some senses it is a misnomer - it should really be called holiday mode, because that is when cooking is permitted but lighting a fire (without a preexisting flame) is not.

Another important point is that the eruv was instituted because of the rabbinic prohibition on carrying in a semi-public area.

According to Jewish law there are 4 categories of domains: 1) Public (Large area, heavy traffic), 2) Semi-public (most of what we would consider public), 3) Private, 4) Permitted (a small distinct area in the public domain). Carrying in the semi-public domain is biblically permitted, but rabbinically prohibited due to its similarity to a public domain. An allowance was made to carry in the semi-public domain if a symbolic eruv is put up to distinguish it from a public domain.

This has been rejected by most rabbinic authorities. The designer is an engineer, not a an expert in Jewish law.

The bigger concern from the merchant's side is that they are almost always swallowing the refund. The refund is not being provided by the card issuer or payment network, they just remove it from the merchant's (in this case AirBnB's) account.

Declining a charge in this way is thus less insurance, and more telling the merchant "I am not paying you." While it may be justified (like in this story), the merchant is never going to be happy about losing those funds and losing the control over the funds.

I had a similar situation with the App Store where I purchased a subscription under a mistaken assumption and when I could not find any recourse through Apple or the publisher (I simply could not find any way to get in touch with anyone), I declined the charge on my credit card. This led Apple to block all activity with that card - so much so that I was unable to download any free apps until I added another payment method to my profile.

When I attempted to contact Apple to resolve this issue I was told that it was "for my security", to prevent further fraudulent transactions on my card. Explaining the situation, and that there was no fraudulent use of my card or account, just a misleading subscription did nothing to help. They insisted that the only way to resolve the situation would be if I reversed the dispute from the credit card (thus releasing the funds back to Apple), and only after that was completed would I be able to try to get a refund from Apple. Left with no other choice that is what I did.

The issue at hand here was obviously that Apple was refusing to give up control to the credit card companies. By effectively banning any user that disputes a charge they are able to force their users to keep all complaints within Apple's purview (and they do not provide a way to submit complaints digitally).

You are right, I've updated my comment with sources.

Agreed. This is the same publication that insisted that a shadowy Jewish cabal is controlling Trump at Putin's behest.

Edit:

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/04/the-happy-go... (The original hero image has been changed to something less ominous)

https://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/229930/politicos-dubious-ch...

Houston is as humid as it gets though.