Archive for February 4th, 2010

All hunks in my bed

February 4, 2010, 11:58 pm

Some people rolled in newsprint and Aya Zahavi Feiglin star was born last (remember?) Is probably one of them. And naked with two men from the band in which she shared "all my hunks. Read More »

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Legal action from teacher sacked for challenging racism

February 4, 2010, 11:58 pm

A teacher who claims he was sacked for challenging his pupils’ racist and antisemitic views is due to have his case heard at an employment tribunal next week. Read More »

The Jewish Chronicle »

Fundraising “Quote”

February 4, 2010, 11:58 pm
Fundraising “Quote”

“2010 is not going to be the year of social media. 2010 is going to be the year of relationships . Yes, it will be the social media toolset that invigorates relationships. There is a subtle mindset that will separate winners and losers .” From SocialSteve Blog — Jan. Read More »

Jewish Donor Blog »

Preschool Promo

February 4, 2010, 11:56 pm

A Video by Mendy Pellin. HT: ColLive.com Read More »

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Bihcn"s Zionist Organization: "false reports Bihcn"s"

February 4, 2010, 11:56 pm
Bihcn"s Zionist Organization: "false reports Bihcn"s"

The struggle for Jerusalem Rabbinate is probably only beginning. The next development is the only part I – small, what was Lhifrs us oaths – Oaicha Damri in the coming years, all this to stop the elections Rabbinate of Jerusalem. Read More »

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French anti-Semitic incidents double in 2009

February 4, 2010, 11:54 pm

Anti-Semitic crimes in France coinciding with the Gaza war drove the number of anti-Semitic incidents in 2009 to nearly double over the previous year, according to a new report. The Jewish Community Protection Service counted 832 anti-Semitic acts committed in France last year, compared to 474 in 2008, according to a report made public Thursday. Read More »

Jewish Journal »

Review magazine raised in Austria about the star campaign

February 4, 2010, 11:54 pm

The original campaign caused a stir dogs Austrian magazine published a controversial flyer, that links Hfitbolim destruction of the Jewish people. The issue appears on his chest pit bull puppy flying yellow star, with a written word "evil", along with a free Labrador puppy from Simon. Read More »

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Cancer kids today will never forget

February 4, 2010, 11:54 pm
Cancer kids today will never forget

Wall exhibition Rambam Hospital Photo: Piotr Flitr in day international cancer opened today (Thursday) at Rambam Hospital in Haifa Children's Paintings Exhibition departments dropped – oncology world, under the title: "Today you never forget. Read More »

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Sinn Fein call for boycott of ambassador to Ireland

February 4, 2010, 11:52 pm

Dr Evrony: protesters even want to remove his visitors’ book entry Israel’s Ambassador to Ireland, Zion Evrony, thought he was dropping in to the small town of Carrickmacross for a cup of tea and a chat with the mayor. Read More »

The Jewish Chronicle »

Email Marketing Tip of the Day

February 4, 2010, 11:52 pm

” Put a date in the subject line. Having a date or specific time period in the subject line generates increases in open rates of 39 percent, Schwedelson said. “By adding a sense of urgency, such as ‘Offer ends Friday,’ ‘2 days left’ or ‘offer expires on Oct. Read More »

Jewish Donor Blog »

New albums in the works…

February 4, 2010, 11:50 pm
New albums in the works…

My sources are telling me many albums are in the works. After winning the 2008 Oorah auditions, Yisroel Werdyger’s second album is in the making. more »

Jewish Music Derech »

And …. Done!

February 4, 2010, 11:50 pm
And …. Done!

Only took me two weeks, but I’m finally done with my haul from Israel after posting the video below, a little culinary tour of Jerusalem. Maybe the beginnings of my future in production for the Jewish Food Network. more »

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Side cargo exploded near a convoy of Red Cross in Gaza

February 4, 2010, 11:50 pm

Bomb exploded today (Thursday) near the convoy of the Red Cross in northern Gaza Strip, the Hamas officials announced. Although not accepted responsibility for causing the incident. Read More »

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Haaretz »

How’s That Diplomacy Working Mr. President?

February 4, 2010, 11:48 pm

Today wasn’t a good day for the Obama administration’s plan to isolate Iran by appeasing that rogue regime’s two main protectors: Russia and China. Read More »

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iMussolini withdrawn following legal threat

February 4, 2010, 11:48 pm

The iPhone application featuring a collection of speeches by Benito Mussolini has been withdrawn following legal threats and protests by Jewish groups. iMussolini, Italy’s best-selling iPhone application, was withdrawn Thursday. Read More »

Jewish Journal »

Flashback!: 22nd of Shevat 1988

February 4, 2010, 11:46 pm
Flashback!: 22nd of Shevat 1988

February 11, 1988, Rebbetzin Chaya Moussia Schneerson, wife for sixty years, of Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, passed away early Wednesday morning, February 10, after a brief illness. She was 86 years old.. Read More »

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Home cinema: going with "Ajami"

February 4, 2010, 11:46 pm

Academy not wrong''Ajami'', the eighth character plot: Israeli film is going to represent us Oscar ceremony finally arrives Ldi.oi.di. Cshaumr film begins, a young man of 19 from Jaffa, of family life in danger. Read More »

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Rules of war ’suspended’ by the IDF

February 4, 2010, 11:44 pm

An explosion from an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, in January last year during Operation Cast Lead The co-founder of the controversial Israeli human rights organisation Breaking the Silence (BTS) has told a London audience that the Read More »

The Jewish Chronicle »

Make sure you’re counted and heard

February 4, 2010, 11:44 pm

Chicago-area Jewish Community Survey to launch in February Read More »

JUF »

Frustration in Damascus

February 4, 2010, 11:44 pm

Israel has completed its withdrawal from the Golan Heights as stipulated in the Syria-Israel Treaty of Peace; ambassadors have been exchanged; embassies opened; direct flights established; an exhibit of ancient artifacts from Jerusalem’s Bible Lands Museum has been loaned to the National Museum in Damascus. Read More »

Jerusalem Post »

Israel’s Lieberman challenges Syria threats

February 4, 2010, 11:42 pm

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman challenged what he called “blatant threats” by Syria against his country. Lieberman, speaking of President Bashar Assad, said if Syria goes to war with Israel, “not only will you lose the war, you and your family will no longer be in power. Read More »

Jewish Journal »

Year in prison officer who beat his camera confiscated citizen

February 4, 2010, 11:42 pm

Jerusalem Magistrate's Court sentenced today (Thursday) year imprisonment on Gilad Mizrahi, Jerusalem police Special Patrol Unit, was convicted of assault demonstrating against the pride parade in June 2007. The Oriental also sentenced to six months in prison for compensation in terms of ten thousand shekels complainant. Read More »

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Haaretz »

Yitro

February 4, 2010, 11:42 pm

At last, the giving of Torah at Mt Sinai. That singular moment where divine touches human, and the Jewish purpose becomes manifest. Yet, the sidrah opens with the rather pedestrian tale of Jethro, father-in-law of Moses, coming with Moses’s wife and sons to the encampment of Israel. Read More »

The Jewish Chronicle »

Toita: Schedule at least 4,500 cars in for repair pedal

February 4, 2010, 11:42 pm

Toyota importer in Israel announced today (Thursday) that according to data received from the manufacturer they are initiated at least 4518 cars for repair acceleration pedals. That part of Toyota's global campaign to correct the acceleration pedal more than 4 million vehicles. Read More »

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Union Square Park

February 4, 2010, 11:42 pm

“He’s not coming,” I said, and threw my finished cigarette on the ground. I moved my shoe over the remnants of the butt, about to be extinguished by my ballet flat. I took a deep breath and exhaled as the early autumn evening air. “When was the last email he sent you,” a friend of mine asked. “About thirty minutes ago,” I replied. Read More »

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Guest Post: Final Thoughts from Panama

February 4, 2010, 11:40 pm
Guest Post: Final Thoughts from Panama

Rabbi Joshua Kullock with some final observation about the UJCL convention, held last week in Panama. The UJCL convention is now over, but the images and sensations of these last days keep ringing in our heads. For the first time in history, the host congregation in Panama received seven different rabbis from abroad. Read More »

JTA blogs »

Rosa Berlusconi’s WW2 Heroism Remembered

February 4, 2010, 11:40 pm
Rosa Berlusconi’s WW2 Heroism Remembered

Israeli President Benyamin Netanyahu introduced Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to the Knesset with far more than perfunctory kind words. He told a moving story about Prime Minister Berlusconi’s mother that left Berlusconi in tears as Prime Minister Netanyahu’s words were translated into Italian. Read More »

Rudi Stettner »

Snake Pit, the Sequel: Harvard Identifies Christian “Spoilers”

February 4, 2010, 11:38 pm
Snake Pit, the Sequel: Harvard Identifies Christian “Spoilers”

                       The Kennedy School’s Michal Ben-Josef Hirsch   Harvard’s Dar al Bias In its apparent never-ending cavalcade of visiting, hard- left Israeli scholars, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government rolled out its Read More »

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Gaál Franciska

February 4, 2010, 11:38 pm
Gaál Franciska

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Amazing headlines recently: Starbucks is on the rebound. I guess we can all start breathing again,

February 4, 2010, 11:38 pm
Amazing headlines recently: Starbucks is on the rebound. I guess we can all start breathing again,

Relevance Is In The Eye Of The Beholder Amazing headlines recently: Starbucks is on the rebound. I guess we can all start breathing again, since the worry of Starbucks not doing well has been keeping us all awake at night. This front-page news story in the business section of the New York Times actually caused me more concern than relief. Read More »

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Urban Immersion Program builds commitment to social justice

February 4, 2010, 11:38 pm

Participants experienced a life-changing three-day encounter with urban poverty. Read More »

JUF »

Israeli group sets up school in Haiti

February 4, 2010, 11:36 pm

An Israeli organization has set up a provisional school in Haiti. An Israeli delegation in Port-au-Prince from the Natan Israeli Coalition for International Humanitarian Aid set up the school in a large tent in coordination with the Haitian government and the Dominican Republic, Ynet reported Thursday. Read More »

Jewish Journal »

Yigal Amir discussion please keep in isolation: state avenging myself me

February 4, 2010, 11:36 pm

Yigal Amir. Continues to spread the teachings of the violent Photo: Getty Image's "state's request to leave me in separation of the state is revenge," he said today (Thursday) Yigal Amir journalists discussing the Nazareth District Read More »

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Happiness: Do the run flights to Eilat

February 4, 2010, 11:34 pm
Happiness: Do the run flights to Eilat

Plane to the Photo Archive: Reuben Castro revolution in Israel's domestic airport. Minister of Transport and Road Safety, Israel Katz, decided today to verify the recommendations of the Civil Aviation Authority, and approve the company to perform first regular flights between Ben Gurion Airport to Eilat, Israir Arkia alongside companies. Read More »

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Hogen

February 4, 2010, 11:34 pm

While many Israelis will grumble against an injustice with the words, “lo fair” (“It’s not fair”), there is an authentic Hebrew word for fair or appropriate: hogen. Maimondies writes in his “Laws of Torah Study” (4: 1): “We teach Torah only to a student who is hagun and pleasant in his deeds. Read More »

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The Humiliations and Triumphs of Imre Kertész

February 4, 2010, 11:34 pm
The Humiliations and Triumphs of Imre Kertész

At 80, the Hungarian Jewish Nobel Prize winner Imre Kertész is battling Parkinson’s disease while laboring on two new autobiographical works. more »

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Székely Éva

February 4, 2010, 11:32 pm
Székely Éva

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Dubai: We’ll go after Netanyahu if Mossad killed Hamas man

February 4, 2010, 11:32 pm

We will issue a warrant for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrest if it turns out Israeli intelligence was behind last month’s killing of a Hamas strongman, Army Radio quoted Dubai’s police commissioner on Thursday. Read More »

Jewish Journal »

Remembering Estelle Zitch

February 4, 2010, 11:30 pm

The ARK and countless clients, volunteers, and staff members lost a dear friend. Read More »

JUF »

Competition expands: Israir Arkia side, also to the company – on the fly …

February 4, 2010, 11:30 pm

Do not – by the line will bring tourists to the city carries the advantage residents Published: – According to Transportation Minister Yisrael Katz, decided today (Thursday) to approve the company – on, to the first regular flights between Ben Gurion Airport to Eilat, with Israir Arkia airlines . Read More »

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Agree red one people; Makhteshim Agan decreases by about -1.8%

February 4, 2010, 11:30 pm

Continued to decrease gates last trading day of the week in Tel Aviv. Index Derivatives Descending on -0.26% to 1136.92 points, the Tel Aviv 100 index shed 0.36% to 1072.91 points, real estate and financial indices losing 0.49% and -0.31% respectively. On the other hand does tell tech at -0.22%. Strengthening of the dollar trading at -0. Read More »

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Richard Goodman’s cross country glory on Parliament Hill

February 4, 2010, 11:30 pm

Richard Goodman dominated the Under 17 South of England Cross Country Championship at Parliament Hill, winning the 6,000m race by 41 seconds. Taking an immediate lead in muddy conditions, he spent much of the race in isolation. Read More »

The Jewish Chronicle »

What happens in Shushan, stays in Shushan

February 4, 2010, 11:28 pm
What happens in Shushan, stays in Shushan

It just keeps on getting better! Celebrate Purim at The New Shul’s annual “Folies Esthere ,” an extravaganza unlike any other: Food! Wine & Beer! dancing Girls! Please come in costume. New Shul Members: FreeNon-Members: $10Where: 272 W. more »

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Kozma Orsi

February 4, 2010, 11:28 pm
Kozma Orsi

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Marry Him? Author Lori Gottlieb tells women to ‘settle!’

February 4, 2010, 11:28 pm

© Copyright 2010 The Jewish Journal and JewishJournal.com All rights reserved. JewishJournal.com is hosted by Nexcess.net . Homepage design by Koret Communications. Widgets by Mijits . Site construction by Hop Studios . Read More »

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Keeping pastrami on rye on the table

February 4, 2010, 11:26 pm

David Sax is on a quest. His mission? Save the deli. Read More »

JUF »

Migrants infiltrating Israel killed by Egyptian police

February 4, 2010, 11:26 pm

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Two African migrants were killed by Egyptian border police as they tried to infiltrate into Israel. An Eritrean man, 26, was killed Thursday morning. On late Wednesday night, a 27-year-old migrant was killed, and a 20-year-old Eritrean was injured. Read More »

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Not God or Big Brother

February 4, 2010, 11:26 pm

Volume one week trial of Aryeh Deri the historical revolution of the Enlightenment with the shallowness of "Big Brother". "Two hundred years ago," he said at the Herzliya Conference, "decided to establish a new Jewish secular. Unfortunately, she did not bring another Jewish culture. Read More »

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Haaretz »

Why Orthodox rabbis must stop conversions

February 4, 2010, 11:24 pm

Entering the fold: a prospective convert appears before a rabbinical court in Israel Tradition tells us that when the Israelites stood at Sinai and embraced the Torah, they were as converts. From that day till the present, the process of conversion entails a “Sinai moment”. Read More »

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Healy Yalon Barbie Girl

February 4, 2010, 11:24 pm

Healy's debut show Yalon Barbie Tel Aviv proved that to sing do not need teeth. Sufficient Healy Yalon one and some good friends in the audience Read More »

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Near and far at your local JCCs!

February 4, 2010, 11:22 pm
Near and far at your local JCCs!

Image courtesy of Wikipedia I was heading home last night (to watch a Netflix-arrived Bollywood film no less,) when I got wind of this by DCJCC! Starting Thursday, March 4, the J will include in their dance lessons a four-week Bollywood style class as taught by Palak Sheth from Dhoonya Dance. Read More »

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Craggy Island or Carrickmacross?

February 4, 2010, 11:22 pm

Zion Evrony’s chaotic visit to Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, had all the component parts of an episode of Father Ted. For the Israeli Ambassador to Ireland to be heckled or ‘welcomed’ with a protest should perhaps (unfortunately) come as no great surprise. Read More »

The Jewish Chronicle »

Jewish Teen Praying In Tefillin Prompts Bomb Scare

February 4, 2010, 11:22 pm
Jewish Teen Praying In Tefillin Prompts Bomb Scare

Sometimes getting wrapped up can set you free…or at least land an airplane. Try something “dangerous” with Rabbi Dan at our next Tefillin Unbound on Tuesday, February 9th at 7: 45am at 14 Horation Street (between Greenwich Avenue & 8th Avenue). more »

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Nostalgia

February 4, 2010, 11:20 pm

When I was a kid, my across-the-street friend had a Barbie Dream House. It was amazing. It had three floors and a working elevator…and you know the best part? For a good portion of its life it lived at my house. I don’t remember why or how it got there, but it made me so happy. Read More »

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The Semite of ‘Shear Madness’

February 4, 2010, 11:20 pm

Season 3 of Bravo’s hairstyling competition Shear Madness premiered last night, and already we know which contestant we’re rooting for: Jon Steineck, 38, who in one shot could be seen wearing a “Hebrew Hammer” t-shirt. Read More »

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Győri Noémi

February 4, 2010, 11:20 pm
Győri Noémi

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Rothschild boat to raise recycling awareness

February 4, 2010, 11:20 pm

SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — David de Rothschild is getting ready to sail the Pacific in his homemade boat to encourage people to recycle. The 31-year-old scion of the British banking family constructed the twin hulls of his 60-ft. catamaran, “Plastiki,” from 12,500 plastic bottles filled with dry ice, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Read More »

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‘The Cello Suites’ brings music to life

February 4, 2010, 11:20 pm

If you do not already own a recording of Bach’s suites for the solo cello, you will certainly buy one before you finish reading Eric Siblin’s superb new book, “The Cello Suites: J. S. Bach, Pablo Casals, and the Search for a Baroque Masterpiece” (Atlantic Monthly Press: $24.00). Read More »

Jewish Journal »

Debunking the Im Tirzu report part II: Ha’ir media critic on journalism as propaganda

February 4, 2010, 11:18 pm
Debunking the Im Tirzu report part II: Ha’ir media critic on journalism as propaganda

Other recent posts on the latest wave of suppression of dissent in Israel | Essays Hadas Ziv ; Hagai El-Ad ; Yariv Mohar ; Aeyal Gross ; Dorit Abramovitch |  News and analysis IDF joins assault on Israeli human rights community ; Israeli media goes Read More »

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Build the future, become a LOJE

February 4, 2010, 11:18 pm

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