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character of that listing.
Yahoo received more than 150
messages, mostly from irate
Jews around the world. A few
came from Messianics who ap-
You could lose things
parently were ecstatic that fi-
like extra weight. High
nally, some organization —
blood pressure. And high
although not a "Jewish" one —
blood cholesterol levels.
The very things that con-
was not challenging their claim
tribute to heart attack and
to Jewish identity.
stroke.
In the end, Yahoo's compro-
All you have to do is in-
mise dampened the fire, but
vest wisely at the super-
market.
didn't put it out. It retained the
Buy more in the fresh
Messianic Judaism listing, but
produce. pasta, breads
cross-referenced it to Christi-
and cereals sections. And
purchase fish. poultry and
anity.
lean meats instead of fatty
One of the links now leads to
or processed meats.
Jews for Judaism — the Jewish
Switch to low-fat dairy
group that has taken the lead in
products and margarine.
And check the nutritional
fighting claims by the Messian-
listings on food labels.
ics that they should be regarded
In short, be selective
as the Real Thing. Another link
about how you play this
brings users to a stern lecture by
market. Because no mat-
ter how much you lose.
a Jewish authority in England
you've got a lot to win.
about why the Messianics' claim
is silly.
WE'RE FIGHTING FOR
`The Yahoo compromise is not
YOUR LIFE
satisfactory," said Rabbi Stephen
Weiss, a Jewish cybernaut from
American Heart g
Atlanta who was one of those
Association
who spoke out via E-mail. "I find
it offensive for Yahoo to take it
upon itself to define our faith. As
long as these groups are listed
under Judaism, Yahoo is con-
tributing to a deception, and as-
sisting these groups in drawing
in our children and drawing
them away from Judaism."
Even with the controversy,
Yahoo remains one of the most
useful and well-designed sites for
Jewish cyber-cruisers. It provides
links to companies that will sell
you CD-ROM Bibles and Tal-
muds, to congregations looking
for new members, and to pur-
LaCross • Sporto
veyors of Jewish software. Or
you can order the latest music of
Bata Weatherguard
the Mszeltones, a Seattle-based
Danexx
Klezmer band.
Click the "organizations" cat-
egory, and you can visit the still-
under-construction site of the
Orchard Mall
Jewish Historical Society of
851-5566
Maryland, or check out classic
Judaic texts on the- Judaical
W. Bloomfield
SHOES
Archival Project in Jerusalem,
which is making some of the rare
Serving the community for 39 years
texts it is preserving available to
Internet users.
A quick journey through Ya-
hoo brought me to the home page
of L'Mazeltov — a variant of the
Lamaze childbirth education
method, but with a strongly Jew-
ish twist.
In the non-Jewish realm., you
can get up-to-the-minute news
from around the world, you can
learn more than you ever want-
ed to know about frog biology —
or you can use Yahoo as the gate-
way to the dozens of "Internet
COLLECTIONS AT
Cafes" around the world, real
places that combine food with In-
ternet connections, where cy-
bernauts can hang out with the
BIG & TALL
REGULAR
espresso drinkers and get a good
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