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