Archive for February 2nd, 2010

OBAMA BANK PLAN TAKES PAGE OUT OF ISRAEL’S BOOK Separation of banking from stock markets meant to save US from future crash Read More »

Mishpacha »

David Saranga from the Asper Institute interviews Prof. Amb. Daniel C. Kurtzer, Woodrow Wilson School, Princton University on: US-Israel relationship, Public Diplomacy and new media more »

Herzliya Conference »

(Bloomberg,Ynet) — Israeli President Shimon Peres called for establishing the “widest possible” international coalition to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.“Iran is a source of evil,” Peres said today at a conference in Herzliya, Israel. Read More »

Bibi Report »

Came across this post from TechCrunch and thought it was only fair to share, considering my thoughts on Israeli education a few days ago: Israel’s Time To Know Aims To Revolutionize The Classroom This is the story of Time To Know , an enigmatic Read More »

lizrael update »

Question: I am searching for a Hebrew language rhyming dictionary. Can you be of assistance? Answer: You might try ha-Milon ha-Shalem la-Haruze Lashon by Aryeh Uri’el (Giv’atayim : Oranit, 1997) or Haruzim le-khol et : ha-milon ha-Ivri la-harizah Read More »

thetakeaway@jtslibrary »

From an interview a blog friend – Rebecca Honig Friedman – with Fordham anthropology professor Ayala Fader, author of “Mitzvah Girls : Bringing Up the Next Generation of Hasidic Jews in Brooklyn” (Princeton University Press, 2009) published here : … Read More »

My Right Word »

Psalm 55 is a prayer for deliverance from incorrigible evildoers. The evildoer and abuser of greatest concern: a trusted friend of the victim. It reminds me of the situation of a daughter of a friend of mine. Read More »

Ancient Hebrew Poetry »

Dr. Michael Zelefsky, professor of Radiation Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering, knows that his medical diagnosis can never be absolute, and has witnessed how Hashem can turn around a catastrophic prognosis in a split second. Read More »

Mishpacha »

So you may have noticed that if you do a goggle search, as you type in words, Google will suggest popular search topics with the first letters or words. Let’s try it with Jews and see what Google assumes we’re looking for based on millions of user searches. Read More »

JSpot.org »

Dr. Arthur C.Brooks, President, American Enterprise Institute (AEI) speaking about Realigning Government Business and Civil society. more »

Herzliya Conference »

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Following President Obama’s State of the Union address and the start of the new congressional year, JTA asked Jewish organizations operating in Washington the following questions: “What do you hope the administration and Congress Read More »

JTA »

Jewish groups praised Rush Limbaugh for his “outspoken support for Israel” after his controversial remarks on Jews and the banking industry. Read More »

Jewish Daily Forward »

Dr. Ronald D.Asmus, Gen. Klaus Naumann, Ran Curiel and Dr. Constanze Stelzenmuller speaking on US-Europe-Israel: Trilateral relationship, the Strategic dimension more »

Herzliya Conference »

Were the Nazis antisemites? Were the Germans of that time? Silly question, you might think: if the Nazis weren’t antisemites, who ever was? If a sizable chunk of their society didn’t hate Jews, who got rid of them all over Europe and sent them to the East to be killed? Who set up and ran the killing machine?That’s common sense, of course. Read More »

Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations »

As long as the fundamentalist Islamic Republic rules Iran, expatriate Iranian Jews remain cut off from their rich history and heritage. Now some dedicated activists are working hard to preserve that history, before it’s too late. Read More »

Mishpacha »

Howard Zinn, the modern historian most responsible for helping regular people understand U.S. history… differently, died last week. Read More »

JSpot.org »

It has been three days since blogger Richard Silverstein groundlessly charged me with being a “Muslim hater” and a part of a vast, right-wing conspiracy originating in the Israeli Foreign Ministry. (Read here .) It has been two days since I asked him to back up those charges with evidence or retract them and apologize. (Read here . Read More »

Adam Holland »

From 1912 to 1914, S. An-sky and the photographer Solomon Iudovin gathered materials and took photographs of Jewish daily life in pre-Revolutionary Russia’s Pale of Settlement. Photographing the Jewish Nation offers English-language readers their first look at over 170 extraordinary, recently rediscovered photographs from their expeditions. Read More »

Panim »

Two wealthy Anusim fleeing the Spanish Inquisition — Dona Gracia and her nephew Don Yosef Nasi — were given permission to create an independent Jewish city-state in Tiveria. Read More »

Mishpacha »

I’m not a nice person.I’m not. I wish I were, but I’m not.I really want to be a nice person. To this effect, I try doing lots of nice things. For example, I volunteer for Friendship Circle, and MyShliach, and Jnet. I donate blood when I can. I hold the door open for people, and I try not to be lazy and ask to be passed something. Read More »

A Bochur In Lubavitch »

I will be in Israel during the final week of February. I plan to divide my time between Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and Efrat. I might be visiting Sderot, also. Read More »

Oy Va Goy! »

Passover Easter Survey 2010 Read More »

InterfaithFamily.com »

Iran makes a U-turn on nuclear stance? President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that Tehran is ready to accept the West's demand to enrich uranium in its possession outside the country. "We have no problem sending our enriched uranium outside of Iran," he said tonight (Tuesday) Ahmadinejad on Iranian television. Read More »

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nrg - חדשות »

For those who insist the Goldstone Report on Operation Cast Lead is an objective report card of Israel’s actions, it has been learned the honorable judge, Richard Goldstone, has ties with a number of organizations known for their anti-Israeli publications. Read More »

Yeshiva World News »

Hamas’ deputy political bureau chief told Syrian television on Tuesday that Israeli media reports are exaggerating details of the recent Dubai killing of one of the Islamist group’s most active operatives. Read More »

Haaretz »

U.S. President promised in his speech about the state of the nation, deal with discrimination against gay military policy known as "do not ask, do not tell." Policy requires the military to hide their sexual identity. Read More »

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Haaretz »

Haifa District Court ordered ahead of the testimony of 96 year-old trial of three youths accused that tried to rob him and assaulted him severely, due to advanced age precarious medical condition of the elderly. Read More »

Automatically translated from Hebrew »

nrg - חדשות »

Four passengers on a public bus in Beersheva were lightly injured when the bus made a short stop. The four were transported by MDA ambulance to Soroka Medical Center. **Speaking in an Ashkelon school on Tuesday, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-General Gabi Ashkenazi stated that one who does not enlist in the IDF must do sheirut leumi. Read More »

Yeshiva World News »

The population growth rate for Judea and Samaria was more than double that of the rest of the country according to statistics released on Tuesday by the Civil Administration. The number of Jews in Judea and Samaria has grown to 313,000 – double the growth rate of the rest of Israel – according to the latest Civil Administration report. Read More »

Israel Matzav »

It’s been seventy years since Alexander chassidim celebrated Shabbos in Lodz. But to mark the 100th yahrtzeit of Rav Yerachmiel Yisrael Yitzchak Danziger, the Yismach Yisrael (1853–1910), the present Alexander Rebbe, shlita, traveled to Poland with hundreds of chassidim. Read More »

Mishpacha »