A week ago, Rachel and I were in LA and bought a bunch of mezuzot for the house we are renting for at least a year in Long Beach (since there are a lot more doorways in a 3-bedroom house in California than there are in a two-bedroom apartment in New York City) and put them up that evening. Read More »
Dutch police said they have evacuated hundreds of passengers from a train and cleared the station where it was stopped after witnesses reported a man threatened to blow it up. Spokeswoman Marika Stewart sayid the man has been taken into custody from the station in Den Bosch, and investigators with dogs are searching the train. Read More »
Motti Zisser, the controlling company of Elbit Imaging, plunging U.S. real estate market. Elbit Imaging announced today (Tuesday) that will invest $ 200 million with an American partner (equal shares) to make real estate investments in the U.S. Read More »
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Lieberman again causes uproar by pointing out land concessions are interpreted as weakness, insisting the Arabs trade peace for peace Read More »
In latest example of hateful indoctrination, Arab child sings on TV about violently confronting and defeating Israel and the US Read More »
Phnom Penh, Cambodia (CNN) — Aaron Cohen first met Jonty Thern and her older sister, Channy, in 2005 while singing in a karaoke bar in Battambang, Cambodia. He has come back to see them every year since. Read More »
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35-year-old Jerusalem teacher was arrested today (Tuesday) on suspicion of stealing its members teachers. She stated that the police actions during interrogation admitted. The teacher, who teaches elementary school in one of Jerusalem, was arrested following a complaint received from teachers at school. Read More »
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Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have filed a lawsuit against the tabloid "News of the World" published a story which claimed that they "meet with an attorney specializing in divorce to make a strong agreement on the property due Ilihm Frida forming. Read More »
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The 16th International Mediterranean Tourism Market is the largest annual professional tourism fair of its kind in the Eastern Mediterranean and like other international tourism fairs, it serves to promote incoming tourism, domestic tourism and Read More »
THE LAST PALAEOGRAPHY (PALEOGRAPHY) CHAIR IN THE UK is being eliminated by Kings College London, and all hell is starting to break loose. As it should. Read More »
With the 3,000-year-old Yemenite Jewish community nearing extinction, here is a useful timeline of events in the last 100 years. At the turn of the 20th century North Yemen was under the Ottomans/ Zaydi Shi’a Muslims where a strict form of sharia law was rigorously enforced. In the south, Aden became a British protectorate. Read More »
Sharp rise in victims of sexual assault: Center for victims of sexual assault at Wolfson Hospital in Holon in 2009, that publishes treatment center reached 360 women, an increase of 600% compared with 2000. Read More »
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A top Fatah official says that Hamas has agreed to release its political prisoners and reopen the faction’s headquarters in Gaza. A top Fatah official says the Hamas terrorist group has agreed to release its political prisoners and reopen the faction’s headquarters in Gaza in what appears to be a move towards reconciliation. Read More »
While fragment Rafaeli Leonardo DiCaprio grove with the Italian boot, model Brooklyn Decker is the gate to capture from her Sports Illustrated tax year 2010. Stabbed 22-year-old married tennis player Andy Roddick. Read More »
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Below is a letter that I was forwarded. It highlights to me that within Chabad there are those who are very much aware of what is going on and are prepared to take action to rectify the situation. Read More »
Attila Somfalvi Published: 02.08.10, 15: 23 / Israel News Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to submit a bill allowing all Israeli citizens to vote abroad. “It will contribute to the connection and to Israel’s strength,” Netanyahu said during a Likud faction meeting on Monday. Read More »
Hagit Klaiman Published: 02.09.10, 08: 28 / Israel Culture LONDON Political or not political, when you stand up on that stage in Tel Aviv, you line yourself up with a racist state,” wrote a group of British academics in an open letter to Elton John on Monday. Read More »
The company says that the expansion will turn it into Israel’s largest cafe chain. Read More »
Survey conducted by Smith Institute and Ynet shows leading party would win 32 seats if general elections were held today. Meanwhile, Kadima, Labor lose support, while Meretz would receive two more seats. Read More »
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Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander, founder and president of Touro College and Lander College, passed away Monday in his home in New York at the age of 94. Rabbi Dr. Bernard Lander, founder and president of Touro College and Lander College, passed away on Monday in his home in Queens, N.Y. at the age of 94. Read More »
IDF Lt. Col. and Israeli ambassador Michael Oren unnerved by heckling at UC Irvine (Orange Country Register) Israeli ambassador Michael Oren drew a standing-room only crowd at a talk he delivered at U.C. Irvine earlier today. Read More »
B "H What I have in Israel never quite understood, is the school fees. Okay, universities in this country cost a chunk of money around (10.000 shekels / approx 2000 euros) per year studying. Costs and often are the chances of wealthier Israelis much better. Read More »
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We’re proud to announce that Grammy-nominated, Gold Record recording artist, MATISYAHU will participate in Jewlicious festival. Those that were around last year Fest will remember his suprise unannounced acoustic set as one of the highlights of the weekend. Matisyahu joins his wife Tahlia, who will also be presenting at the year’s Festival. Read More »
Yitzhak Benhorin Published: 02.09.10, 08: 25 / Israel News WASHINGTON – Some 100 Arab students tried to disrupt a speech by Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren during a speech at the University of California in Irvine Monday. Read More »
The Arabs of Palestine did not undergo the pogroms of eastern Europe or the Nazi Holocaust , but their calamity is no less real; and their ghosts — uninvited … Read More »
Iran plans to quintuple its uranium enrichment level for atomic weapons, and Ayatollah Khamenei says Iran plans to “stun” the West this week. Iran has announced it will more than quintuple its enrichment level of uranium for atomic weapons – and Ayatollah Khamenei says Iran will deliver a “stunning blow” to the West this week. Read More »
LONDON (EJP)—A body which monitors anti-Semitism in Britain says a record of more than 924 reports of violence and abuse were received in 2009, an increase of 55 per cent from the previous worst year on record, 2006. Read More »
TORONTO Rights and Democracy, a Canadian government agency whose mandate is to promote democratic development and defend human rights around the world, has been plunged into turmoil after its new chair challenged funding to three Middle Eastern organizations that are highly critical of Israel. Read More »
California campus police arrested 12 students for disorderly conduct after they called Ambassador Oren a murderer and disrupted his speech. Read More »
VANCOUVER Its not every day that you get invited to serve on the multifaith committee of the Olympics. When Rabbi Shmuel Birnham was asked to be the Jewish clergyman on that body last year, he jumped at the opportunity. Rabbi Shmuel Birnham I thought, How cool. What an adventure, he said. Read More »
All are invited to a job fair at YJ’s/Merkaz Hamagshimim Hadassah campus, in conjunction with AACI, Israemploy, Nefesh B’Nefesh, The Ministry of Immigrant Absorption, and The Israeli Employment Service. All job seekers (olim, sabras, tourists and students are welcome to attend. Read More »
A group of British academics have called on singer Elton John to cancel his scheduled performance in Israel this June. “Political or not political, when you stand up on that stage in Tel Aviv, you line yourself up with a racist state,” the British Committee for Universities of Palestine wrote in an open letter to John on Monday. Read More »
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“Today Palestine is the symbol of life, determination, faithfulness, diligence, and dignity,” Iran’s Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei told Ramadan Abdullah, the secretary general of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement . “Israel is going downhill toward decline and fall and God willing its obliteration is certain. Read More »
So what are we going to do today? This was a question I was asked just about every day. The usual answer was: Wait a minute, Ill call you back. I just want to check with Jerry. Read More »
Gilad activists, last weekend. Finish a painful affair: Tess Terrier active group demonstrated for the release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit, blocked this morning (Tuesday) the entry of mothers and family members of Palestinian prisoners who came to visit relatives in prison orange. Read More »
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Academic attack on the Israeli ambassador: about 50 students Peru Palestinians disturbed night (c) speech of Israel's ambassador to the United States Michael Oren University of California. The students shouted at the Israeli Ambassador: "Israel is a murderer" and – "How many Palestinians murdered?". Read More »
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Ever been asked to hold someone’s spot at the supermarket only to have your life threatened by the next guy in line? Ever tried converting your drivers license in under … Read More »
Rav Chaim Brisker said about Rav Yisroel Salanter that even had he lived in the generation of the Rema he would have been considered one of the Geonim of torah in the generation. Rav Yisroel Salanter was on path to become from the great Roshei Yeshiva of his generation but he had another agenda. Read More »
B "H Arutz 7 reports that the NPD distribute their party propaganda in CD – the format to schoolchildren. The state allows this, because this is" freedom of speech. "Which of the children chose for such a belief / interest, which is only piles of material on the Internet. Read More »
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I suspected this all along – many of you probably did too.We keep hearing about the ‘economic miracle’ created by ‘Palestinian’ Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (pictured throwing Israeli products into a fire) in the ‘West Bank’ and how the gross domestic product (GDP) for that area is one of the fastest growing in the world. Read More »
Matisyahu on Beatboxing – In this video, Watch Mojo speaks with Matisyahu to learn more about his improvisational style and its origins, his use of beatboxing, and what the band Phish means to him and his lifestyle.. Read More »
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Gates. Time is pressing Published: – According to U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, wants that the UN impose sanctions on Iran as soon as possible. Read More »
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Staff for Gilad Shalit continues to protest steps this morning (Tuesday) gathered some 70 members of the kibbutz movement demonstration in front of the jail gates Citrus Sharon demanded to release the kidnapped soldier. Read More »
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I have six thousand sisters and a bunch of brother-in-laws but not one single brother. My father says that when they told me about the births of my youngest sisters I began to cry and complained that he and my mother had ruined my life.The majority of my memories of growing up with just sisters are positive. Read More »
I prefer my talks with my Jewish Liberal friends so much more than my talks with my Jewish Leftist friends. I find so much more common ground. Most Jewish Liberals in the Diaspora like and even love Israel. They like to visit the country. They are still proud of the IDF and like to take pictures with soldiers. Read More »
The Idan Raichel Project Israel Music Story HD – Combining African, Latin American, Caribbean, and Middle Eastern sounds, the Israeli band Idan Raichel is one of the most successful musical projects in Israel. See the story of this remarkable world beat success.. Read More »
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Night Launch of the Space Shuttle Endeavor Credit: NASA Explanation: Sometimes, the space shuttle launches at night. Pictured above, the space shuttle Endeavor lifted off in yesterday's early morning hours from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA, bound for the International Space Station (ISS). Read More »
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An optimistic, trusting disposition is learned at infancy. What parents need to know to rear emotionally healthy kids Read More »
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Jerusalem is colorful and we can see all kinds of people! Photo: Tapuz Read More »
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It’s easy to see biblical texts as being a glorification of war. There are dozens of instances of God telling various leaders to bring the sword to one enemy or another. There are many layers to this theme, but it should be noted that Judaism now and in its most ancient form has never called war a good thing. Read More »
Idan Raichel Cabra Casay HaBayta Beauty Music Video. Habayta is the theme song from “Black on White”, a movie directed by Tomer Heiman about the Idan Raichel Project.. Read More »
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I can’t do fashion in this freezing weather. My thick unflattering jumpers are back on over layers of vests and my furry boots are firmly back on my feet. So when I popped into one of my favourite boutiques in George Street,Albertta Ferretti I was very surprised when the lovely shop assistant commented, “You do fur [… Read More »
Reporting on the one-woman play “Palestine” by Edward Said’s daughter, Najla, the NYTimes recalls an incident: – Ms. Said’s play revisits a 2000 international incident over a widely published photograph of her father at the Lebanese border, about to throw a stone at an abandoned Israeli guardhouse.Ms. Read More »
Because the site was taking too long to load, I have reduced the number of days’ worth of posts that are shown from three to two. This means it will load especially fast on Saturdays.I have also noticed that the search function within the site only works on very recent posts – for anything else you have to use Google. Read More »
For the first time since the expulsion of Spain’s Jews in 1492, a descendant of Marrano Jewry who immigrated to Israel and received rabbinic ordination will return to Spain to serve as a rabbi. Read More »
Mordechai Zisser’s company hopes to sell the properties within 5-7 years. Read More »
