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A Pre-Shabbat Blessing: The Warren Zevon Séance

March 12, 2010, 7:10 pm

By Jewcy StaffSaturday night in New York City, a group of young mystics will try to revive the spirit of the songwriter who everybody from Bob Dylan to Bruce Springsteen name checked, and respected: Warren Zevon (son of Jewish boxer, William Read More »

Jewcy »

Broccoli Cheese Potatoes

March 12, 2010, 7:10 pm
Broccoli Cheese Potatoes

(Cross posted on Kosher Cuisine ) Oh boy! Are you all in for a treat!! I made the most fantastic Broccoli Cheese Potatoes this week and I’m going to share the recipe with you. Read More »

Guess Who's Coming To Dinner »

Pilger…Again…

March 12, 2010, 7:08 pm

This is a crosspost by Mark Gardner of the CST blog On 2 March I posted an article expressing concern about John Pilger: and, more importantly, about what would appear to be the repeated failure of his publishers at the New Statesman to moderate or edit his rhetoric concerning Zionism and Jews. I summarised my concerns in a [… Read More »

Z-Word Blog »


Mass graves of Nazi victims found

March 12, 2010, 7:08 pm

VIENNA — Austrian government officials say they have identified at least two mass graves of Nazi victims on property used by the army. Austrian Interior Ministry spokesman Rudolf Gollia said on Friday that talks will be sought with the owners of the site to discuss possible exhumation. Read More »

Jerusalem Post »

Israel seals off West Bank amid heightened tension

March 12, 2010, 7:06 pm

JERUSALEM -Israel sealed off the West Bank on Friday amid tension in Jerusalem over controversial plans to build new homes for Jewish settlers and fears of fresh violence at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. Read more… Read More »

Malaysian Mirror »

Is Austrian presidential challenger a Nazi sympathizer?

March 12, 2010, 7:06 pm

BERLIN (JTA) – Austrian politics is roiling over the question of whether the lone challenger to Austria’s president in the upcoming election is a Nazi sympathizer. Read More »

JTA »

Germany’s Fight To Keep Their Eichmann File Closed

March 12, 2010, 7:06 pm

Der Spiegel reports : Fifty years after Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann’s arrest by the Israeli Mossad in Argentina, basic details about his 15 years as a fugitive remain a government secret. The files kept by Germany’s foreign intelligence agency, the BND, remain classified today — allegedly for reasons of national security. Read More »

Daled Amos »

שם and שמה

March 12, 2010, 7:04 pm

(ל: י”ח) ונתת שמה מים (מ: ל) ויתן שמה מים (מ: ז) ונתת שם מים All three of the above פסוקים refer to the setting up of the כיור . The simple question is: What is the difference between שם and שמה ? As the comments below indicate, there doesn’t seem to be any difference between the two. Read More »

The Dikdukian »

Profile: Saul Bellow

March 12, 2010, 7:02 pm
Profile: Saul Bellow

http: //www.jewornotjew.com/profile.jsp?ID=755 The 15 Club is pretty exclusive. How hard is it to get in? Bellow is its 14th member; there are 33 14s.So what makes the difference between a 14 and a 15? Oh, if only the answer was simple…Bellow was suggested by Linda from New York and Andrew… also from New York. Read More »

Jew or Not Jew »

BBC journalist freed by Hamas

March 12, 2010, 7:00 pm
BBC journalist freed by Hamas

A note to freelance journalists everywhere: Freely entering Gaza to give testimony in a trial is a bad idea. BBC and Times of London stringer Paul Martin was arrested and held in custody by Hamas for 26 days after entering the Gaza Strip to testify on behalf of a Fatah member. Read More »

Falafel Mafia »

Today on Tablet

March 12, 2010, 7:00 pm

Today in Tablet Magazine, Staff Writer Marissa Brostoff discerns in a new novel and a new film the latest evolutionary stage of the schlemiel. For his weekly haftorah column, Liel Leibovitz graciously lent his space to a bull, and it pretty much goes from there. Read More »

Tablet Magazine »

Israel orders closure of the occupied West Bank

March 12, 2010, 6:58 pm

JERUSALEM – The Ministry of Defense of Israel imposed a "general closure" of Palestinian territory occupied West Bank over the next two days, Friday, 12, the army said in a statement. Read More »

Automatically translated from Portuguese »

Coisas Judaicas »

Israeli Embassy in New Zealand to reopen

March 12, 2010, 6:58 pm

SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) — Israel will open a new embassy in New Zealand next month amid signs of warming relations between Wellington and Jerusalem. Read More »

JTA »

Biden Calls For Hizbullah Disarmament During Tel Aviv University Talk

March 12, 2010, 6:56 pm

US Vice President Joe Biden stressed Thursday during a speech in Israel that his country would pursue its efforts to fully implement UN Security Council Resolution 1701 to stop arms flow to Hizbullah … Read More »

The Daily Star »

ועשה בצלאל ואהליאב

March 12, 2010, 6:56 pm

” ועשה בצלאל ואהליאב ” (Shemos 36: 1) There are two main types of וי”ו at the beginning of a word: a וי”ו החיבור and a וי”ו ההיפוך . A וי”ו החיבור links the word with that which preceded it, and a וי”ו ההיפוך switches the tense of a verb (and also implies sequence and order). Read More »

The Dikdukian »

The Green Line between optimism and pessimism

March 12, 2010, 6:54 pm

My last day in the office, before coming to Israel, was Tuesday. I remember, because when I emailed this year’s 22 Israel Symposium participants, I noted my optimism (albeit a cautious one) ahead of this year’s trip, with Israel and the Palestinians about to restart diplomatic talks – even if only indirectly. Read More »

Meretz USA Weblog »

Israel Restricts Entry To Disputed Jerusalem Holy Place

March 12, 2010, 6:52 pm

Netanyahu Expresses ‘Regret’ About Timing of Housing Plan Israel has imposed a security clampdown on Palestinians in Jerusalem and the West Bank amid fears of unrest. Israel sealed off the West Bank f… Read More »

Voice of America »

Israel Imposes Full Closure In Occupied West Bank

March 12, 2010, 6:50 pm

Israel has on Friday ordered the army to seal off the West Bank in the occupied Palestinian territory for 48 hours. There have been clashes after Friday prayers at mosques in Jerusalem and elsewhere i… Read More »

WORLD BULLETIN- TURKEY NEWS, WORLD NEWS »

Israel Moves To Change Law After Biden “mishap”

March 12, 2010, 6:48 pm

JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel is moving to amend the country’s planning procedures on sensitive political decisions following an embarrassing diplomatic flap during a visit this week by U.S. Vice President … Read More »

FindLaw | Legal News & Information »

Israel Charges Soldiers With Misconduct In Gaza War

March 12, 2010, 6:46 pm

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli army prosecutors on Thursday charged two soldiers for using a young Palestinian boy to check for booby-traps during last year’s war on Gaza, a military spokeswoman sa… Read More »

The Daily Star »

Defiant Israel Turns Its Back On Peace Push

March 12, 2010, 6:44 pm

THE debacle of US Vice-President Joe Biden’s visit to Israel this week has highlighted the near-hopelessness of the Middle East peace push. Read More »

The Australian »

Small Violences Happen In Jerusalem As Security Boosted

March 12, 2010, 6:44 pm

Small violent incidents took place on Friday in Jerusalem, where hundreds of embattled police officers have been deployed.The situation in Temple Mount is fairly quiet so far, and no major disturbance… Read More »

People's Daily Online »

Biden Visit Exposed Israeli Settler Truths | Daniel Levy

March 12, 2010, 6:42 pm

US vice-president Joe Biden speaking at Tel Aviv University. Photograph: Uriel Sinai/Getty Images There was a moment of rare clarity this week for America’s efforts to advance Israeli-Palestinian pe… Read More »

Guardian »

Israel Moves To Change Law After Biden “mishap”

March 12, 2010, 6:42 pm

Israel is moving to amend the country’s planning procedures on sensitive political decisions following an embarrassing diplomatic flap during a visit this week by Read More »

Examiner »

Israel Moves To Change Law After Biden “mishap”

March 12, 2010, 6:42 pm

Israel is moving to amend the country’s planning procedures on sensitive political decisions following an embarrassing diplomatic flap during a visit this week by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, a Cabi… Read More »

The Seattle Times »

Deep in the hearts of Jewish Texans…

March 12, 2010, 6:40 pm

We–American Jewry in general, Jewschoolers and bloggers in particular–talk a lot about the power of the web to help us organize communities. Here’s a great example I just encountered. Read More »

Jewschool »

Lewisham 77

March 12, 2010, 6:40 pm

Some new material added to the Lewisham 77 website , including a news of an event organised next week at Cafe Crema by LARAG /Lewisham Peace Justice & Solidarity , some personal recollections , the Morning Star view and the Socialist Worker view . Read More »

BobFromBrockley »

Let your Soul not be Desolate

March 12, 2010, 6:40 pm

I should have mentioned this last week but I did not remember until I actually encountered it in the הפטרה. Unfortunately, there was one year I heard this done completely wrong every time. In the הפטרה, towards the end, there are numerous of the word נְּ שַׁ מָּה , meaning desolate. Read More »

The Dikdukian »

Are BDSers being played for fools?

March 12, 2010, 6:40 pm

BDS is on the verge of scoring yet another spectacular failure, this time at the Davis Food Co-op where Co-op members and the Jewish community have worked together to help the Co-op’s leadership understand the true agenda behind a group of boycott partisans trying to put the decision of who can buy what at the store to a vote. Read More »

Divest This! »

Israel Imposes West Bank Closure Hours After Biden Departure

March 12, 2010, 6:38 pm
Israel Imposes West Bank Closure Hours After Biden Departure

In Israel and the Occupied Territories, the Israeli government has imposed new closures on the West Bank. The Israeli government has sealed off parts of the … Read More »

A daily TV/radio news program, hosted by Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez, airing on over 800 stations, pioneering the largest community media collaboration in the U.S. »

Jeff Nathan Creations

March 12, 2010, 6:36 pm

Logic would have suggested I do this post, after Passover, but I’m excited about these products, I couldn’t wait. From Abigael’s on Broadway’s website I ordered a set of all three flavors of Jeff Nathan Creations All Natural Gourmet Panko Bread Flakes . Read More »

Kosher Scene »

Charles London to Daniel Gordis: Israel may be at war, but the Jewish People are not…

March 12, 2010, 6:34 pm
Charles London to Daniel Gordis: Israel may be at war, but the Jewish People are not…

Here’s one I’ve been meaning to get to for a few weeks now: a great point/counterpoint between Rabbi Daniel Gordis and journalist Charles London (above). Back in February, Gordis wrote a Jerusalem Post column in which he addressed Im Tirzu’s nasty campaign against the New Israel Fund and its President, Naomi Chazan. Read More »

Shalom Rav »

Million dollar fund for abuse program in Brooklyn

March 12, 2010, 6:32 pm

NYDaily News The state has earmarked $950,000 since April 2009 to fund Assemblyman Dov Hikind’s plans to teach H asidic Jews to speak up against child molestation. But the money sits untouched as Hikind figures out the details of Shomrei Yeldainu – Hebrew for “Guardians of our Children” – the Daily News has learned. Read More »

Daas Torah »

Video: Product Designed to Address Heseibah Difficulties

March 12, 2010, 6:30 pm
Video: Product Designed to Address Heseibah Difficulties

An Israeli product aimed at the chareidi market seeks to alleviate ‘difficulties’ associated with heseibah on the Seder night of Pesach. Produced by Ravco, the product, called the “Geulit” – presumably for those who don’t have armchairs – can be attached to any chair to assist one in fulfilling the mitzvah of heseibah. Read More »

Matzav.com »

How to Get a Promotion

March 12, 2010, 6:28 pm
How to Get a Promotion

How to Get a Promotion from wikiHow – The How to Manual That You Can Edit Do you feel like you’re stuck in your current job? Are you ready to move up? It’s tough to climb the corporate ladder, but if you want a job that excites you and pays well, you’ll likely have to make the climb at some point. Read More »

Jewish Business Magazine »

The detainee Japan publishes dailies Thank ad: 'wedge …

March 12, 2010, 6:26 pm
The detainee Japan publishes dailies Thank ad: 'wedge …

'Wedge loyal, committed out of paper – published today (Friday) Censor's blessing ad – published on the front page. No, not a blessing report ad Shas activist's activist, but a blessing ad published family guy – meeting Joseph Hondo landed in Israel yesterday – after a house – Japanese prison. Read More »

Automatically translated from Hebrew »

Kikar haShabat - כיכר השבת »

I Lego N.y.

March 12, 2010, 6:26 pm
I Lego N.y.

The I LEGO N.Y. . Board Book by Christoph Niemann will be my new favorite NYC Book Gift from now on. Absolutely brilliant and hilarious. Read More »

SwissMiss »

Reflecting on the shtender

March 12, 2010, 6:24 pm
Reflecting on the shtender

.Perhaps in anticipation of “Weekend Reflections ” this old life-size carving was displayed with a mirror behind it at the Jewish Art Museum in Jerusalem’s Hechal Shlomo. The traditional Jewish prayer and study lectern or podium is called by its better Yiddish name: shtender .Like most Yiddish words, it does not translate well. Read More »

Jerusalem Hills daily photo »

Shabbos Menu a la Chaviva, Part Deux

March 12, 2010, 6:22 pm

I was tasked with making Shabbos lunch this weekend. Me being a perfectionist/worry wart, I have no idea what the friends we’re eating with will think. I can only hope that it’ll be delicious. It quickly turned into a big, fat Asian Shabbos meal, but I’m okay with that. Read More »

Just call me Chaviva »

Netanyahu: When faced by a existential threat, Look the danger straight in the eye

March 12, 2010, 6:20 pm

(Yossi verter-Haaretz)…..The 100th birthday celebration for Prof. Benzion Netanyahu at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem this week was an extraordinary event. The most moving speech of the evening was delivered by the prime minister, who spoke with a kind of admiration, love and respect that not many sons feel for their fathers. Read More »

Bibi Report »

Getting Chareidim to work

March 12, 2010, 6:20 pm

Jewish Chronicle The large buildings and symmetrical streets in Modiin Illit are a world away from the crowded flats found in other Charedi neighbourhoods in Jerusalem and Bnei Brak. And according to new figures, the environment is directly contributing to a growing enthusiasm for work. Read More »

Daas Torah »

US Slams Rising Anti-Semitism Worldwide

March 12, 2010, 6:18 pm
US Slams Rising Anti-Semitism Worldwide

“Traditional and new forms of anti-Semitism continued to arise, and a spike in such activity followed the Gaza conflict in the winter of 2008-2009,” the US State Department said in an annual report. Read More »

Yeshiva World News »

Sara Hurwitz’s ‘Rabba’ Title Sparks Orthodox Jewish Condemnation

March 12, 2010, 6:18 pm

ReligionDispatches : Just six weeks after Sara Hurwitz was granted the title of “rabba” — a feminized version of “rabbi” — that title is in jeopardy as Orthodox Jews condemn what they see as a departure from tradition. Read More »

Huffington Post »

How to Find a Business Mentor

March 12, 2010, 6:16 pm
How to Find a Business Mentor

How to Find a Mentor from wikiHow – The How to Manual That You Can Edit We have all needed some kind of mentoring at some point in our lives. A mentor is defined to be “a wise and trusted counselor or teacher” . Read More »

Jewish Business Magazine »

R’ Lazer Brody talks about practical Emuna as the key to Aliyah

March 12, 2010, 6:16 pm

Aliyah Revolution R’ Lazer Brody explains how listeners can take practical steps toward realizing their Aliyah potential. Also, Yishai Fleisher introduces “Aliyah Day. ” Discuss this topic in the new Forums Section R’ Lazer Brody explains how listeners can take practical steps toward realizing their Aliyah potential. Read More »

Arutz Sheva »

The''principals: "Support the behavior of Elior Chen? God forbid"

March 12, 2010, 6:16 pm
The''principals: "Support the behavior of Elior Chen? God forbid"

Israel's greatest letter published yesterday, with a call to support economic Elior Chen provoked a storm in Israel. The day after, ask people who signed the home of the reading, clarify exactly what's behind it. Read More »

Automatically translated from Hebrew »

Kikar haShabat - כיכר השבת »

“I’m Just Not in the Mood For Normal Behaviour”: In which Goldie goes driving in Italy

March 12, 2010, 6:14 pm
“I’m Just Not in the Mood For Normal Behaviour”: In which Goldie goes driving in Italy

In her last posts, Goldie Goldbloom wrote about why she’s totally going to be excommunicated and about her cute, old stalker . Read More »

Jewish Book Council »

Israeli extremists’ new target: Leonardo DiCaprio

March 12, 2010, 6:12 pm
Israeli extremists’ new target: Leonardo DiCaprio

Image by Getty Images via Daylife A publicity seeking ultra-nationalist organization in Israel is launching a media campaign to urge Bar Rafaeli not to marry Leonardo DiCaprio . Why? Because the world-famous actor is not Jewish. Read More »

Falafel Mafia »

Location, Location, Location

March 12, 2010, 6:12 pm
Location, Location, Location

Pesach shopping has provoked me to visit the Midwood section of Brooklyn. The corner of Avenue L and Coney Island Avenue, once the home to an automobile mechanic and a motorcycle showroom, now boasts a behemoth of kosher shopping in the form of the Pomegranate. Read More »

SoMeHoW Frum »

Classified Ad Crowd-Sourcing

March 12, 2010, 6:10 pm
Classified Ad Crowd-Sourcing

I am participating in a silent auction event with the Type Director’s Club and it’s our task to re-interpret an existing classified ad. Read More »

SwissMiss »

“Good job women” and other Women’s History Month sentiments

March 12, 2010, 6:10 pm

Don’t miss Renee Ghert-Zand’s piece about JWA’s On the Map project As a part of “Plan A ,” the campaign for comprehensive sex education, NCJW released a new factsheet on comprehensive sex ed’s critical role in preventing and Read More »

Jewesses With Attitude »

Where In The World Is Bibi’s Spine?

March 12, 2010, 6:08 pm

As Am Yisrael prepares for celebrating the great festival of Pesach, commemorating our redemption from slavery by HaKadosh Borachu, it seems there is a Jew in Israel who is still enslaved, still bent by the load of bricks on his spineless back while he builds for Pharaoh. Read More »

Oy...My Valve! »

How Are Those 2010 New Year’s Resolutions Going?

March 12, 2010, 6:08 pm
How Are Those 2010 New Year’s Resolutions Going?

Have you reviewed your 2010 New Year’s Resolutions Since January? It’s been three months now, have you lost the weight? I haven’t. Are you more organized? I’m not. Read More »

Jewish Business Magazine »

How helping hands could hurt Haiti

March 12, 2010, 6:07 pm

(CNN) — The same hands that are helping Haiti recover from a massive earthquake could cripple its long-term recovery. That’s the concern voiced by some Haitian scholars, natives and relief workers. Read More »

CNN »

Parashat Vayaqhel – Pequdei

March 12, 2010, 6:07 pm

Torah Tidbits Audio And Moses assembled all the congregation of the children of Israel, and said unto them: ‘These are the words which the LORD hath commanded, that ye should do them. Read More »

Arutz Sheva »

Wanted: CreativeMornings Co-Sponsor

March 12, 2010, 6:07 pm

Next week’s CreativeMornings is going to be a big one! Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan of Apartment Therapy is our speaker and we have already over 180 rsvp’s for Friday the 19th at the fabulous Galapagos Art space . Read More »

SwissMiss »

Another Year, Another List of Rich People

March 12, 2010, 6:04 pm
Another Year, Another List of Rich People

The big news from Forbes ’s annual list of the world’s billionaires is that Planet Earth has a new richest man: Carlos Slim Helú , the Mexican telecommunications magnate who now owns a substantial minority share of The New York Times . He weighs in at $53.5 billion. Read More »

Tablet Magazine »

Sabbath music video

March 12, 2010, 6:02 pm

Here’s Hanan Yovel singing Psalm 126, which we sing before the Grace After Meals at every Sabbath meal.Let’s go to the videotape.Shabbat Shalom everyone. Read More »

Israel Matzav »

Video: ‘Jerusalem Blues’ guitarist: Just Riff It

March 12, 2010, 6:00 pm
Video: ‘Jerusalem Blues’ guitarist: Just Riff It

Natan Zohar is about the best electric street busker, riffing over hip backup, through Hendrixy blues changes and freeform jazz on a blonde Strat, on a windy, freezing afternoon in Jerusalem, well, that I’ve ever come across… And the tiny dancer at 2: 24 – pure delight. Read More »

Israel At Level Ground »