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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Lionelt (talk | contribs) at 08:10, 24 July 2018 (→List: new section). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Removal of "inconvenient picture" by another POV warrior

Why? Because Amin al-Husseini was the most important Palestinian leader. That's why the picture is there. Could you please restore it?--Gyanfranco44 (talk) 03:52, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with the image's removal. The mufti's relationship with Hitler is not referenced in the article. --GHcool (talk) 16:22, 25 January 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Rav

What did you mean with the edit summary "Rav" in this edit? Debresser (talk) 22:30, 17 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I added information about Rav. --GHcool (talk) 00:42, 19 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see Rav in the edit. Or any change at all, except for layout. Would you mind pointing me to what it is you added, specifically in Rav's name? Debresser (talk) 22:40, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
"There are several instances in the Babylonian Talmud that relate to the Jewish attitude toward sexuality. In one passage (BT Berahot 62a), a rabbi named Kahana hides underneath the bed of his teacher Rav as Rav was having sex. Rav scolded Kahana for his behavior, but Kahana countered that sex is part of the Torah, and therefore he must learn about it from his teacher." --GHcool (talk) 22:54, 21 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. Debresser (talk) 11:54, 23 February 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Hamilton

I too would like to claim Hamilton as Jewish, but I believe your recent additions to the article give WP:UNDUE weight to a WP:FRINGE theory, all based on stretching the fact of Lavien's Jewish-sounding last name. At the end of the Tablet reference, Porwancher basically admits to being a fringe theorist. (To which I add, Lavien was a terrible man, and G-d forbid he was Jewish!) I think it would be justifiable to revert your edit, even though it's sourced, because they're mostly a combination of gossip and wishful thinking, not credible scholarship. At the least, the claims need to be hedged considerably. Lwarrenwiki (talk) 04:18, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Fair enough. Feel free to revert or change them. As a side note, I don't care if Hamilton was halachically Jewish or not. I just thought that the theory was interesting and worth including on Wikipedia somewhere, but I can understand how others might disagree. --GHcool (talk) 17:15, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
@GHcool: Thanks for bringing Porwancher to my attention. I think I'm going to leave some mention of this in the article, with changes – because it turns out he's got solid academic credentials, and he's been written about in numerous usually-reliable popular (not scholarly) sources. But in my opinion, this is a case of a young and publicity-hungry Ph.D. trying to make a name for himself by pushing an appealing but not-very-credible theory, based on wild stretches from misleading or absent evidence. My take is that he's been working the Jewish speakers' circuit hard, which has resulted in numerous very similar articles (all with the title "Was Alexander Hamilton Jewish?" or something close to it), published by gullible journalists in Jewish-oriented media outlets in various cities. Lwarrenwiki (talk) 20:29, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]
You're probably right. --GHcool (talk) 23:10, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@Lwarrenwiki: I am not certain that this edit accurately summarizes Porwancher's argument. Aside from sending him to a Jewish school, the two articles cited don't say that Hamilton's mother raised him as a Jew. What I think Porwancher is saying is that Hamilton was a Jew by virtue of matrilineal descent. --GHcool (talk) 05:06, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

@GHcool: One of the articles about him mentioned this among his statements; I will check for it. I may not have cited the right one. Also, I may need to reword the content to better avoid synthesis, but the arguments he emphasizes depend on the less-plausible premises I mentioned; those, he doesn't state as often or as clearly as I did, but he has stated them. Lwarrenwiki (talk) 13:46, 23 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

A barnstar for you!

The Burkie Barnstar
Is hereby awarded for re-creating List of American conservatives. The article--under various versions and titles--had been deleted several times. The Burkie (named for Edmund Burke) is the highest award bestowed at WikiProject Conservatism. – Lionel(talk) 11:29, 22 June 2018 (UTC)[reply]

List

Hi, wondering why you deleted political parties? [1] – Lionel(talk) 08:10, 24 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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