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A barrel packed with explosives was found at Palmachim beach, two days after two other barrels washed up near Ashdod and Ashkelon. A barrel packed with explosives was found near the beach at Palmachim, some 15 km south of Tel Aviv. Read More »
Archive for February 3rd, 2010
Colonies and Conversion
Some years ago, on a lovely fall morning, I was walking across the Columbia University campus when I saw a group of students unfurl a huge banner that announced “Columbus=Hitler. Read More »
It’s always about us
Are the ZOA an Marty Perertz paranoid about Obama? Apparently. Read More »
JustASC »
Questions Need To Be Welcomed, Not Disparaged
I was apprised of the fact that a renowned rav and posek in Flatbush dedicated his Shabbos morning drasha to the plight of a young lady who was recently dismissed from her Brooklyn Bais Yaakov. It seems she vexed the administration because she asked her teacher incisive questions about the nature of Gan Eden . Read More »
NYPD Commissioner In Israel Visits Western Wall
Jerusalem – New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly visited the Kotel this afternoon (Wednesday) accompanied by Knesset Member Shaul Mofaz and Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Read More »
Scientist convicted of trying to kill Americans blames Israel
MIT-trained Pakistani scientist found guilty of assaulting American personnel in Afghanistan. Upon hearing verdict, she yells, ‘This verdict coming from Israel, not America. Read More »
ynetnews »
Are Americans starting to miss George Bush?
Janet Napolitano. Score fails Published: – According to whether the Americans are beginning to miss George Bush? Regarding flight safety seems the answer is yes. Survey conducted by the Institute Zogbishtfrsm today (Wednesday) in the U.S., shows that most of the American public says he feels safer under the Bush administration than today. Read More »
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Haaretz »
The Cartoons That Disappeared
‘What are you reading?” my 8-year-old daughter asked me as I sat with Jytte Klausen’s “The Cartoons That Shook the World,” on my lap. “A book about cartoons,” I said. She looked at me, puzzled, and asked: “Where are the cartoons? What a strange book. Read More »
Mike Huckabee Praises Israel, Urges US to Refocus on Iran
Governor Mike Huckabee was honored in the Knesset and told the audience “the world should say ‘thank you, Israel’!” On February 2, ex-Governor of Arkansas and former presidential contender Mike Huckabee was honored at a special Knesset event hosted Read More »
Pakistani Scientist Convicted of Attempted Murder
A Pakistani neuroscientist was convicted on Wednesday of attempted murder for trying to kill American soldiers and F.B.I. agents in Afghanistan. Read More »
The Big Game (Of Life)
As Super Bowl weekend approaches the signs at the local takeout stores in Modern Orthodox neighborhoods (and even some haredi ones as well, but I limit my discussion here to the former as that is my community) abound with Read More »
A compromise in Jerusalem: The body of abducted girl by Orthodox …
Orthodox demonstrations in Jerusalem. Dozens of police were called to a photo: Emil Salman embarrassment Jerusalem police hard: during treatment in case of death of about 25 young Geula neighborhood in the city, grab tonight (Wednesday) dozens of Read More »
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Haaretz »
MJ Rosenberg: Mark Kirk Is AIPAC’s Million Dollar Baby
Check out my piece from Media Matters Action Network. Mark Kirk, the House member from Chicago who is now the GOP Senate nominee, is the #1 recipient of pro-Israel PAC money in the entire House. In fact, of the top 10 recipients from both Houses, he is the only House member. Why do the PACS love him? It is because Kirk is a pure Israel-firster. Read More »
Obama Mentor Edley Slams Rahm Emanuel
Prof. Chris Edley tells the Times that White House Chief of Staff seems to care more about his friends on Capitol Hill than about Obama’s values. Read More »
A Toast to ‘Coasties’: Regarding an Ethnic Slur in Wisconsin
Marjorie Gottlieb Wolfe, a writer and blogger on Yiddish and Yiddish-related subjects and the author of “Yiddish for Dog & Cat Lovers,” has sent out a group e-mail of which I am a recipient. Read More »
The view from abroad
Two quite unrelated items came to my attention this week, but they illustrate a couple of things about how America is perceived abroad. Our health care is popular, apparently. Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams is coming down from Canada to the U.S. to have heart surgery . Over at the Hot Air blog, Ed Morrissey noted that Mr. Read More »
I’m Watching You Dad
Congregant blogger Bruce Sallan, of “A Dad’s Point of View ,” passed on this fabulous, thought-provoking video about what children learn from their fathers. Beautiful, the video leads us all to pause and take stock of the example we are providing for our children (particularly our sons). Take a look and let me know what you think. Read More »
Or Am I? »
Gyasi âFancy Skinâ Ross: God Complex: Indian Victimhood and the Liberals Who Love It
” Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore.” The Statue Of Liberty. And Native Americans. My dude, Nish Chad, brought up an interesting theory to me. Bringing up interesting thoughts to me is not unusual, mind you, since Chad’s somewhat of a conspiracy theorist. Read More »
Berlusconi visits Israel
February 3, 2010 during his visit to the Knesset, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi pledged Italy’s firm support for Israel . … Read More »
UPI »
NYPD Commissioner Kelly Visits the Kosel
NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly visited the Kosel on Wednesday afternoon, escorted by MK (Kadima) Shaul Mofaz and Malcolm Hoenlein, who serves as executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. On hand to meet the VIP was Rav of the Kosel, Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz Shlita. Read More »
The Last Nazi Hunter
Known as “the last Nazi hunter,” Efraim Zuroff is more properly described as the director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center office in Jerusalem and coordinator of Nazi war crimes research worldwide for the Wiesenthal Center. Read More »
J’lem Haredim abduct woman’s corpse to prevent autopsy
The corpse of a young woman who apparently died of a drug overdose was found Wednesday evening on Jerusalem’s Bar-Ilan Street and abducted shortly after by a group of dozens of Haredi men who sought to insure that it would not be autopsied. Read More »
Haaretz »
Kiryat Melech Rav: An Offering
The 21st of Shevat is the Yahrtzeit of Rabbi Yehudah Navon, author of Kiryat Melech Rav. He died on January 26, 1761. Read More »
Hamas, Children & Jon Stewart
It’s that time again. Welcome to the monthly edition of “Jon Stewart Has A Jewish Segment!” Of course, if you watched the Daily Show on a regular basis, you’d know that basically every single night there is (formally or informally) a Jewish segment. But last night’s segment sure will please the Zionists. Read More »
ICE Agents Now NFL “Who Dat” Police @ Super Bowl: Your Tax $ @Work
By Debbie Schlussel Every year, during Super Bowl week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are pulled off from their duties to work for National Football League billionaires, courtesy of you–the American taxpayer. (ICE agents also do this for the NCAA, Major League Baseball, etc.–during their big events. Read More »
Profiting From Evil
Hitler’s Mercedes Photo by: Fotopath B logger Jack over at Random Thoughts – Do They Have Meaning? has this complaint to share with us: Random Thoughts- Do They Have Meaning?, Ghouls Who Profit From Blood Money There are limits to free speech. There are limits to decency and this seems to be testing all of them. Read More »
Tropper Resigns Position at Yeshiva Kol Yaakov
Monsey, NY – Late this morning Leib Tropper, the head of Yeshiva Kol Yaakov in Monsey resigned his position as Rosh Yeshiva of the institution. The new incoming Rosh Yeshiva is Rabbi Dovid Stefansky Shlita, a maggid shiur in the Yeshiva. Kol Yaakov is staffed by fine Talmidei Chachomim among whom are some quite distinguished Torah scholars. Read More »
Assad: Israel pushing region towards war
Syrian president meets with Spanish foreign minister in Damascus, tells him Jewish state ‘is not serious about achieving peace and all facts point to it being the one pushing the region towards war’ Syrian president meets with Spanish foreign Read More »
ynetnews »
R’ Menachem Porush: Agudah Can Also Join WZO
One of the prominent guests at this week’s special Knesset session marking the parliament’s 61st anniversary was Rav Menachem Porush, the elder statesman of Agudas Yisrael, who was accompanied by former National Religious Party MK Yigal Bibi. Read More »
Treasury chief: Boosting Arab and Haredi employment would make Israel rich
Israel would be among the world’s richest nations if Arabs and ultra-orthodox Jews could be brought into the economy, Israel’s top treasury official said on Wednesday. “If two groups of people were left out of GDP calculations, Israel would rank among the foremost developed countries,” Ministry of Finance Director General Haim Shani said. Read More »
Haaretz »