Hamas blamed Israel for the assassination of a top Hamas commander in a Dubai hotel room. The body of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was discovered Jan. 20 in a luxury hotel. Though it looked like he had died of a heart attack, blood samples reportedly showed poison in his body. Hamas announced last Friday that it blamed Israel for his death. Read More »
Archive for January, 2010
Al-Qaeda: Breasts with bombs
One of the very strange Leftist anti-Israel protest groups in the San Francisco area is called Breasts not Bombs. There’s a pictorial of one of their demonstrations here – I don’t suggest opening it at work or in front of children. Al-Qaeda is developing its own version of Breasts not Bombs. Read More »
Egypt foils attack on Abuhatzeira’s grave
Egyptian prosecutors arrested 25 Muslim extremists suspected of forming a new group that planned to carry out terrorist attacks in the country, including at the burial place of a Jewish mystic, according to Egypt’s independent Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper. Read More »
Roeder testifies to shooting abortion doctor
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Hgr"a furious: "Why did not report Hgr"s appointment Harbtz"r"
Now it turns out that the two Chief Rabbis of Israel, did not put a picture of appointment of new Chief Rabbi of the IDF, the Hgr"a Joseph. L"c Square Saturday learned that Hgr"a Shas leaders said: "This is a quick appointment and consider". Anger is directed mostly Sephardi Chief Rabbi Amar Hgr"s. Read More »
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Iran’s Jews ‘did not face persecution’: Thatcher
BataweenPoint of No Return 31 January ‘10Margaret Thatcher, elected British Prime Minister in 1979, the year of the Islamic revolution in Iran, has a reputation as one of the most pro-Jewish of politicians; Jimmy Carter has acquired a reputation as one of the least pro-Israel of US presidents. Read More »
Our Legacy Project
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Horror: 3-year-old was injured by stones thrown by Arabs
3-year-old Jewish boy injured in stone throwing and a half. Settlement of Dolev say phenomenon injections totaling stones today had never been. Read More »
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Police, Shin Bet irked over mosque-arson suspects release
Two men arrested in January in connection with a December 11 arson attack on a West Bank mosque were released to 60 days house arrest by the Petah Tikva Magistrate’s Court on Sunday. Zvi Succot and Shlomo Gilbert, both aged 20, have been forbidden by the court from contacting others, and a no-exit travel ban has been imposed on them. Read More »
Burgers, Mickey, and Videotape
Since I was a kid I have been video taping my life and its events. Maybe it’s because I don’t want to forget my experiences, or maybe it’s because I like looking at my life with two eyes. One eye to observe the entertaining moments, and the other to scrutinize it’s significance. Read more . Read More »
Israel to let Haredim run, but not enforce, gender-separate buses
Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) said on Sunday that Israel would allow the ultra-Orthodox community continue to run their private bus lines segregated by gender, but could not officially recognize the practice on public bus lines. Read More »
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Apology and Musings
I know, I haven’t posted in 2 weeks, maybe more. I’ve been busy! Classes, getting ready for the wedding, studying, and tons of pressure. It’s a wonder anyone stays sane when getting married. I have noticed one thing though, it seems to be the case that most guys would rather elope than deal with all the nonsense entailed in a big marriage party. Read More »
I’m really sick of Jewish socializing.
I’m sick of all the questions. I’m sick of the glares down people’s noses. I’m sick of the comments about how I have to get married when I’m not what the good little Jewish boys want. Furthermore, I’m not what parents want their kids to be marrying. I stayed for Shabbos with another gyoress friend of mine. Read More »
Live at Sundance: A Palestinian Woody Allen
The tagline for “Fix ME,” a film from Palestine by Raed Andoni, is “Life in Ramallah… sure keeps us occupied!” An unusual departure for Palestinian cinema, “Fix ME” is a humor-filled documentary that focuses on the filmmaker, his anxieties, his life as an artist, and his 20 visits to a local psychotherapist. Read more . Read More »
Minister: Charedim Could Operate, but Not Enforce, Segregated Bus Lines
Israel – Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz (Likud) said today that Israel would allow the ultra-Orthodox community continue to run their private bus lines segregated by gender, but could not officially recognize the practice on public bus lines. Read More »
Rightists Target New Israel Fund Over Grantees’ Goldstone Testimony
A right-wing Israeli activist group is waging a multi-pronged public campaign to discredit the New Israel Fund (NIF), which supports human-rights groups in Israel. Read More »
Swedish Editor Accuses “Liberals” of Covering-Up “Israeli Organ Thefts”
Judeosphere 31 January ‘10Jesús Alcalá—a lawyer, writer and former chairman of the Swedish branch of Amnesty International—recently wrote an article in the Swedish daily newspaper, Svenska Dagbladet, titled “The Dangers of Careless Journalism. Read More »
the peretznicks
after world war two alot of jews went back to poland and resettled there between 1946 and 1968. many settled in lodz and attended the peretznick school. i saw a documentary at the jewish film festival about this school. the film was called the peretznicks . Read More »
Bnei – Barak: 3 books – the Torah and dozens of books went up in flames
Fire broke out tonight in a warehouse located under Ndborena meeting Bnei – Barak. Damage: 3 books – and dozens of books of Torah – the holy flames rose. Fire forces could take over the event just minutes later. Thank God, no casualties casualties. Photographer Square Saturday "recorded. View pictures from the field. Read More »
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Court Rejects Appeals to Halt Ramat Beit Shemesh Building
The High Court of Justice eliminated the last hurdle, the petition filed by opposition members seeking to prevent publicizing the building tenders in Ramat Beit Shemesh. The court’s rejection of the petition accompanied the removal of the temporary injunction issued earlier. Read More »
Prominent Dutch socialite proves her seething Jew-hatred
Islam Online had an interview with Gretta Duisenberg, the wife of the former first president of the European Central Bank. Read More »
Help with an Article
I’ve about exhausted my resources here at Oxford and cannot seem to locate a book entitled L’Ecrit et l’Esprit. Etudes d’histoire du texte et de théologie biblique offertes en hommage à Adrian Schenker . It’s edited by D. Böhler, I. Himbaza, and P. Hugo and it’s part of the Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis series. Read More »
Maimonidian Qabbalah – Recap
Talking it over with some friends, it became clear that my posts on this topic required an overview. The explanation got buried among the proofs, and it’s therefore hard to follow the flow of the essential points. It all started with my considering the Leshem. Read More »
China endangered?
The People’s Republic of China reacted to Washington’s announcement on Friday that it will sell defensive weapons to Taiwan worth $6.4 billion with customary bluster. Read More »
Sunday Afternoon News Briefs from Eretz Yisrael
10: 50am: Red Alert sirens sounded in Sderot, W. Negev and Ashdod. Baruch Hashem, false alarm.
**A Ramat HaSharon building inspector was attacked during an inspection. The attacked was arrested in Petach Tikvah, allegedly for smashing the inspector over his head with a glass. Read More »
Israeli Keffiyah Spreads Beyond the Zionist Freedom Alliance
The Shemspeed Jewish music label has redesigned the blue and white Israeli keffiyah worn by acivists from the Zionist Freedom Alliance. For nearly half a decade, the blue and white Israeli keffiyah has been the unofficial trademark of the Zionist Freedom Alliance. Read More »
Zaka returns to Haiti to look for the body of a Jew
Zaka team out to locate the body of Samuel Alexander Biton located under the ruins of a house – Hotel in Haiti. Read More »
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After 5 Daughters Shliach is Blessed with a Son
St. Petersburg Times Rabbi Levi Hodakov quietly admitted he was nervous as the crowd streamed into Young Israel-Chabad of Pinellas County last week. Read More »
Iranian official threatens to destroy Tel Aviv
Palestine Press Agency quotes Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, advisor to Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as saying that Tel Aviv would be “erased from existence ” in case Iran is attacked. Read More »
Parshat Yitro 5770 – Reliving Revelation
Parshat Yitro 5770 Rabbi Ari Kahn Reliving Revelation The goal of the Exodus never was merely geographical relocation, the physical removal of the Jewish slaves from the boundaries of Egypt. Read More »
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef – Lesson Week – Parashat Beshalach
Third week, the honor "Square Saturday" to submit his lesson weekly Rabbi Ovadia Shlita. SUBJECT: Laws of Shabbos – continued. Read More »
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Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo’s phonathon to support the United Jewish Fund in Buffalo, N.Y.
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Jewish Federation of Greater Buffalo held its 30th annual Super Sunday phonathon today to raise money for the United Jewish Fund Campaign. Read More »
Former Netanyahu Aide to Head Yesha
Leaders of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria have a appointed former chief of staff of then-Opposition leader Netanyahu to head Yesha. Leaders of the Council of Jewish Communities in Judea, Samaria and Gaza (Yesha) announced on Sunday evening that former aide to then-Opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu will be its new full-time director. Read More »
Dershowitz: Goldstone is a Traitor
Jpost Two days after Israel submitted its response to the Goldstone report that accused the IDF of possible crimes against humanity during last year’s Operation Cast Lead, prominent lawyer and political commentator Professor Alan Dershowitz said that the jurist, someone he once considered a friend, was “a traitor to the Jewish people. Read More »
Israel: Hamas commander killed in Dubai was key arms smuggler
Israel declined official comment on Sunday following news of the assassination in Dubai of a key Hamas operative. But analysts and defense officials here say that Mahmoud Mabhouh, who was found dead in his room in a luxury hotel on Jan. Read More »
Revenge of the Hamentashen
Hamentashen vs. Latkes: It’s On … Again! On Chanukah, latkes threw down the gauntlet . Now, with Purim 2010 almost here (this year Purim starts on Saturday night, February 27th), it’s payback time. And this time, it’s pastry. Read More »
Why the vicious attack on the New Israel Fund was inevitable
A couple of readers asked what I think about a story that some called: A. “The attacks of lunatics on the New Israel Fund” – that’s one narative. Or about: B. “New Israel Fund’s collaboration with the Goldstone report” – that another way or describing the same story. Read More »
Response to a reckless attack
coA Seattle blogger named Richard Silverstein who publishes a blog he calls “Tikun Olam” ( rough translation: ‘repair the world’ ) has published a reckless attack on me, one filled with name-calling, and baseless charges of bigotry and McCarthyism. Read More »
Best of the Jewish Blogosphere
Fay Wray and Joel McCrea search for The Jewish Blogosphere. Haveil Havalim #254, The Tu B’shvat Edition is up and live, this week presented by The Israel Situation. Read More »
Haveil Havalim is LIVE!
This week’s Haveil Havalim is UP and at ‘em on the Israel Situation.It’s the Tu B’Shevat Edition ! Read More »
Israel, Haiti, and My Thoughts Revisited
I’m often very critical of Israel, despite the fact that I truly love the country and hope to sometime live there again. It’s sometimes hard to have my brain. I like to give praise where praise is due and criticism where criticism is due. Read More »
Quick & Kosher Football Feast
Quick & Kosher If you haven’t figured it out yet, I love, love, love to entertain—as long as it’s easy entertaining my way—and the Super Bowl fits the bill like no other. The Game has become a quasi-national holiday; even people uninterested in football tune in with friends. Read More »
Kof"h "Maccabi" take custody "contact us" of Viznitz
Huge sign hung in front of – Seminary housing Viznitz, prior to the national convention "contact us" to be held Ai"h Rosh Chodesh Nisan, the nation's buildings in Jerusalem. Read More »
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Chabad teens make Kosher Hero Sandwiches and learn the traits of a True Hero
GOSHEN, NY — Chabads Teen Club, which meets with Rabbi Pesach Burston every Monday, recently enjoyed a unique program: The teens made kosher hero sandwiches and had an interactive discussion about what really makes a hero? Read More »
IDF arrests Lebanese shepherd carrying army knife near border
Israeli security forces on Sunday arrested a Lebanese shepherd carrying a commando knife in a village straddling Israel’s northern border with Lebanon. Shiite Lebanese MP Qassem Hashem earlier said that Israelis had seized Rabih Zahra, 17, near the Bistra farm in southern Lebanon’s Kfar Shouba region. Read More »
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The minister expressed support for strictly secular and made the furious
Surprise perfectly Committee officials: Minister of Transport announced that the Ministry of Transportation will strictly Hhhfrda lines. Secularists are outraged. Read More »
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Toys R Us Holds Trade-In Event For Unsafe Kids’ Items
NEW YORK — The toy retailer Toys R Us is urging customers to turn in potentially unsafe children’s products, as it launches its second “Great Trade-In” event. From now through February 20, customers can bring in used cribs, strollers, high chairs and play pens among other baby items. Read More »
North American Stainless
Regarding this , attorney Robert E. Wilens emails: Luke- I am an attorney for North American Stainless. You have re-produced on your web site an article by CIS/David Seminara that discusses certain immigration issues, and focusses one paragraph on NAS where they allege fraud on the part of NAS. Read More »
Blog business
Haveil Havalim is up and running at Israel Situation .The 50th Kosher Cooking Carnival is up at Batya’s place . Batya is the organizer of this carnival and Kol HaKavod to her for doing such a great job with it.Finally, I’d like to remind everyone about the Blogger’s Event taking place next week (February 7th) at my place. Read More »
Saturday Closed
. This is a photo of my grandfather David taken in front of his store in Brooklyn in 1938.There are many reasons that I love this picture and have it hanging on my wall. First of all, I have very fond memories of my Zaydee Dovid who I remember well. Read More »
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Please say Tehilim for…
Please take a moment and say a Kapitel Tehillim for a Refuah Shlaima. Sarah Edna Ettel Bas Chaya Gitta . Read More »
Tropper’s Lakewood meeting with Kol Yaakov alumni
Yehoshua wrote: I just received this letter from Kol Yaakov yeshiva. It is postmarked January 28, 2010 and the letter itself is dated January 25, 2010 on KolYaakov letterhead. I typed it out because I don’t have a scanner. Read More »
Fisher: With peace, the economy will grow at 7% per year
Peace is an economic property, and now the court receives stamp of Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer. In his speech tonight (A) The Governor said at the Herzliya Conference that peace agreements between Israel and its neighbors will lead to Israel's seven percent growth. Read More »
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Answering Readers’ Questions and Updates: Fatah and Turkey
Please subscribe to the blog that raises the questions–and answers them–that the media misses or mistakes 1. Fatah, the Palestinian Authority and JordanQuestion: You describe Fatah hardliners as seeking a Palestine from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean. Read More »
HOPE all you’d like, but you cannot CHANGE the facts (You Lie!)
PRESIDENT OBAMA: By the time I took office, we had a one year deficit of over $1 trillion and projected deficits of $8 trillion over the next decade. Most of this was the result of not paying for two wars, two tax cuts, and an expensive prescription drug program. On top of that, the effects of the recession put a $3 trillion hole in our budget. Read More »
Moshe Idel — Kabbalistic Manuscripts in the Vatican Library
Professor Moshe Idel is Max Cooper Professor in Jewish Thought, Department of Jewish Thought at Hebrew University, Jerusalem, and Senior Researcher at the Shalom Hartman Institute. This post at the Seforim blog by Prof. Read More »
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