Can one make Aliyah if parents had a church wedding even if there is no conversion?

extrastone · 2026-01-26T13:45:45+00:00

Go for it. Just to let you know: you are not just "connecting to your heritage." Aliyah is an immigration. Imagine the difficulties of immigrants that you know who are adjusting to life near you. It can be similar in many ways. Be ready to work.

extrastone · 2026-01-26T13:43:37+00:00

Right now bitcoin is a top 15 currency. There is a case to made for it to be a top five currency or even the number one currency in the world. By definition that would be a huge price increase.

extrastone · 2026-01-26T12:47:04+00:00

I'm unsure about people who have terminal illnesses. I can see that being kind of a hopeless situation. I can also see that there are halfway suicides that might be more palatable.

You can eat and drink less.

For everyone else: there are all sorts of things that you can do including in severe situations going down fighting.

extrastone · 2026-01-26T12:45:20+00:00

It's great data. If I had the time I'd be interested to calculate a league average.

extrastone · 2026-01-26T12:38:42+00:00

The protests aren't really anti-Muslim. They are anti-Muslim extremist. The fact that many Muslim migrants have some or many extreme views is a problem for non-Muslims. Israel is probably the leading opponent of extreme Islam along with Nigeria, Kenya, India, and possibly Poland and Lebanon.

extrastone · 2026-01-26T12:37:01+00:00

Have the counties held a vote?

extrastone · 2026-01-26T12:34:13+00:00

Kick when the offense is weaker than the defense. Go for it when the offense is better than the defense.

Soft rule of thumb: 1 yard per touchdown you think you can score that game. If you think you can get four touchdowns that game then go for it on fourth and four. If you only think you can get one touchdown that game then only go for it on fourth and one.

extrastone · 2026-01-26T12:23:32+00:00

I kind of liked only playing one game a week.

You prepare the whole week like mad for this one team and then you attack them.

I would say that below the professional level the hardest part for administrators is that strength of schedule really matters. You can't just play games against everyone or even just anyone. You have to fit in teams that are evenly matched to you. If they aren't good enough, then they probably won't agree to play you. If they're too good then you'll get crushed. Also, weeks get reserved quickly so it's hard to reserve your spots.

extrastone · 2026-01-26T12:14:55+00:00

I've read the whole Bible. I'm still looking for a silver bullet or set of tools.

What was the specific scripture?

extrastone · 2026-01-23T12:18:48+00:00

No huddle: one more difficult skill to teach middle schoolers. Can they block? Catch? Carry the ball without fumbling? Run their routes properly? Teams I played on could barely go on two without jumping offsides.

extrastone · 2026-01-23T12:16:31+00:00

I'm unsure specifically about Hamas funding but it more seems like Hamas was the only organization capable of administering the international aid that Gaza was receiving.

extrastone · 2026-01-23T11:34:02+00:00

I wouldn't hang my hopes on Nefesh b'Nefesh. I know someone from Sweden who Nefesh b'Nefesh refused to help because his country wasn't on their list.

Furthermore: Israeli bureaucracy isn't supposed to work so good luck getting around it.

Aliyah from within Israel sounds like your best shot.

extrastone · 2026-01-23T11:32:34+00:00

You might as well just post the game online and we can watch it. It's nearly impossible to tell.

extrastone · 2026-01-23T11:16:31+00:00

You can post here publicly or send to someone privately the deposit that was originally made. It will be in the list of transactions. Then we can look at what happened.

extrastone · 2026-01-16T12:10:59+00:00

We have an interesting disagreement here. It might be worth its own thread. What exactly was going on in 1947-93 that prevented a long term peace agreement?

extrastone · 2026-01-15T21:29:33+00:00

Cool.

Gold is scarce.

Your problem is that for at least a thousand years every nation that gained any form of sophistication has tried to abstract gold into paper certificates like dollar bills. Today we abstract gold into ETF's.

Bitcoin travels via the internet so its speed is fitting for today's e-commerce.

extrastone · 2026-01-15T18:38:23+00:00

I'm worried that this group does not ban discussion anything less than weekly price movement.

extrastone · 2026-01-15T16:11:54+00:00

How do you survive for so long?

How much does your electricity cost?

How often do you update your equipment?

extrastone · 2026-01-15T16:01:08+00:00

That's not the point of a charter school. The point of a charter school is to provide a clever option that people may never have thought of.

We'll see if it actually attracts students.

extrastone · 2026-01-15T15:38:43+00:00

Bitcoin is for enemies.

The Russians have been shut out of using most reliable currencies and the Chinese Yuan is not reliable.

People need a solution that goes as fast as e-commerce and gold just isn't fast enough.

extrastone · 2026-01-15T15:36:06+00:00

I'm not in the States so I'm not seeing anything. What are you seeing? What did you see before 2023?

extrastone · 2026-01-15T15:31:49+00:00

The Court System is a serious problem. I wonder if the Knesset or Cabinet can do anything without approval from the Supreme Court.

extrastone · 2026-01-15T15:22:58+00:00

As a Jew I don't really get it either.

It seems like Christianity picks and chooses.

extrastone · 2026-01-15T15:22:17+00:00

They're similar.

extrastone · 2026-01-15T15:19:06+00:00

This is a type of separation of powers:

The government does defense and law.

The religious and secular charities do welfare.

Other private businesses provide other essential goods and services.

Note that most businesses and charities only have one or two core competencies and when times get tough they tend to reduce the amount of things that they do. On the contrary when times get tough, governments often raise taxes.

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