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Archive for February 5th, 2010
Video – New York Braces For Winter Snow Storm
NEW YORK — The east coast is gearing up for the worst as a parts of our area prepare for the coming winter blast. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch from 6 p.m. Friday through Saturday afternoon for areas in New York, with parts of the Garden State under a Blizzard Warning until 7 p.m. tomorrow. “It’s a big storm. Read More »
Were Should I Get A Hebrew Tattoo?
I am wanting to get A hebrew tattoo but I canno deside were to put it , i have thought about one the shoulder like angelina jolie’s hebrew writing on her shoulder. And I would like it going down my spine. Read More »
Srugim: Imagine a Jewish Sex and the City
Srugim was a really popular show in Israel that was about the modern orthodox singles scene of Jerusalem, and now you can watch it on the Jewish Channel – it looks super interesting and very funny, albeit a bit complicated. Finally someone is starting to realize that hava nagila and manishevetz just won’t cut it anymore. Read More »
Why Does My Old Neighbor Have A Tattoo Of Numbers On Her Arm? Is That A Jewish Tradition?
Perhaps it is her Social Security number… getting forgetful and needs it handy for the doctors office…… If i were you, I would tactfully ask her about it. If it looks neatly done, chances are it is something else. If it appears to have been done poorly, yes, she may be a survivor of a concentration camp. Is it a Jewish tradition..uhhhhh . Read More »
8-year-old was injured in a shooting incident medium Lod
8 year-old girl shot tonight (and) back during the exchange of fire following an ongoing dispute between clans. She was taken in fair condition Assaf Harofeh Hospital, and police opened an investigation. Read More »
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Opening Session of the International Kinus Hashluchos
The opening session of the 22nd International Conference of Shluchos took place Thursday night in the main ballroom of Oholei Torah. Read More »
NYC Yeshiva Students To Get Free Computers
At a TEACH NYS sponsored forum this week in Boro Park, yeshiva representatives throughout New York City received good news from the New York City Department of Education (NYC-DOE) that thousands of yeshiva students will be receiving brand new computers through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Read More »
Video – Yeshiva Student Save Women From Fire
By Kemberly Richardson for ABC7 Eyewitness News BROOKLYN — A second-alarm fire ripped through a home in the Midwood section of Brooklyn Thursday morning, and some students at a nearby school are being hailed as heroes. The fire broke out on East 35th Street just after 10: 30 a.m., and heavy smoke spewed through the area. Read More »
Rabbi Tropper resigns!
Rumors are abound that Rabbi Leib Tropper, the Threesome Rabbi, has resigned from Kol Yaakov, his yeshiva! Eternal Jewish Fraud writes that because Tropper fears, a full scale rebuke by Monsey Rabbi’s and a possible jail sentence as well as Read More »
Samaritans mourn their high priest
Samaritan High Priest was eulogized by both Israeli and Palestinian authorities. Interesting that his office is the oldest in the world. Quote: Snow flurries drifted to the ground on Mount Gerizim overlooking Nablus on Thursday, as mourners gathered to bury the spiritual leader of the Samaritans, who passed away the previous day. Read More »
Deputy Education Minister Visits Belz Building Complex in Yerushalayim
Deputy Minister of Education R’ Meir Porush visited a building site in Kiryat Belz in Yerushalayim on Thursday, the home of the new Belz talmid torah. His tour of the area was reported as “comprehensive”, the daily HaMevaser reports. From there R’ Porush visited the current Belz talmid torah, in Zichron Moshe, built some 40 years ago. Read More »
Moment of Silence at Crown Heights Public School
By Debra Nussbaum Cohen for the Forward For the Good of the Children: Avraham Frank says the students of P.S. 191 benefit from a moment of silence. CROWN HEIGHTS — At the border of Crown Heights and Brownsville, in an impoverished corner of Brooklyn, stands the hulking, tan brick building that houses P.S. 191, the Paul Robeson School. Read More »
What do my mother and todd palin have in common?
Their spouses have both gone rogue. My father’s new Nissan Rogue…. Read More »
Say Something Different
Prepare a dvar Torah (words of Torah) relating to the Haftarah to share with your family at the Shabbat Table. Read More »
Qitzur Shulchan Arukh – 184: 5
ה: יֵשׁ עוֹד הַרְבֵּה דְבָרִים בְּעִנְיַן נִזְקֵי שְׁכֵנִים אוֹ לִבְנֵי רְשׁוּת-הָרַבִּים. Read More »
Goldstone Chosen Because He is a Court Jew
IDF Central District Commander Major-General Avi Mizrachi announced that Justice Richard Goldstone was selected to head the fact-finding mission to Gaza simply because he is a Jew, adding “I would not wish to be with this man in my country nor would I wish to include him in a minyan”. Read More »
Have A Great Shabbos
It’s been a shock to the system, this post vacation week of school. A poem I wrote a few years ago returns to mind. Read More »
Israel and Syria In Crisis
You might want to head into this weekend hoping for peace in the Middle East. Not just peace in some not-too-distant future, but peace, like, this weekend . Possible enemy: Syria. Read More »
News Roundup – Fri. 2/5
The high priest is dead , and the nation mourns as the search for a new kohen gadol begins. The doors to the arei miklat , the cities of refuge, can now be opened. The deceased was High Priest Elazar ben Tsedaka ben Yitzhaq. He died on Thursday, and was buried on… hold it… Mount Gerizim? Sorry, wrong high priest. The Samaritan one. Read More »
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Tomorrow Belongs To Who?
A few years ago, the great screenwriter Robert Avrech wrote a column, “Help, I’m a Hollywood Republican,” about his predicament as an Orthodox Jewish conservative trying to write certain kinds of scripts. Everything he said is as true today is as when he wrote it. Read More »
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Red on Wall Street agree
Last trading day of the week is currently being falls goals. Dow Jones lost 0.56% to 9945.88 points, the Nasdaq down easy at the rate of 0.16% to 2121.96 points and the S & P 500 down -0.68% at a level of 1055.85 points yesterday locked gates sharp falls in trading: Dow Jones dropped by -2.61% to 10,002 points, the Nasdaq shed 2. Read More »
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Australia Stops Shipment Intended for Iran’s Nuclear Program
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd released a statement that his country intercepted several shipments intended for Iran’s nuclear program, HaMevaser reports. Australian Defense Minister John Faulkner took “appropriate actions” when learning of several suspicious containers. Read More »
Time keeps on tickin’
Judaism is a clock. Look at your watch, you may think of where you were yesterday at 3. Open your calendar (or your iPhone, Palm or Blackberry), you can recall what you were doing last Monday, or back in November, or over summer vacation. Read More »
Israeli Slang for V-Day
Tu B’Av is the Jewish version of Valentines Day. Although it’s still months away, we wanted to give you the in with our resident Israeli (i.e. smooth, suave), Yishai. Take notes as he shares some tips on how to woo your mate. Israeli Slang 101 – “Shalom, Mahmi” from Birthright Israel NEXT on Vimeo . Read More »
Group says anti-Semitic acts soar in France in ‘09 The Associated Press Wednesday,
Group says anti-Semitic acts soar in France in ‘09 The Associated Press Wednesday, February 3, 2010; 3: 35 PM PARIS — A group founded to protect France’s Jewish community says anti-Semitic acts in France soared 75 percent last year – many coming as Israel pressed an offensive against Hamas in the Middle East in January. Read More »
Time to Worry
Mere Rhetoric: Obama is blocking sales of Apache helicopters to Israel because Israel used them against Hamas-in-Gaza last winter. Caroline Glick: “The latest developments are menacing.” …. Iran’s unelected president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad threatened to open up a new round of hostilities on February 11. Read More »
Will Dubai Issue a Warrant for PM Netanyahu’s Arrest?
Regarding the murder of terrorist Mahmoud a-Mabhouh in a luxury Dubai hotel, Hamas continues to point the finger of blame at Israel and the Mossad, yet silence remains golden in Yerushalayim. Read More »
Israel: Sharp Increase in Terror Last Month
According to the ISA (Israel Security Agency – Shin Bet), there was a sharp increase in terrorist incidents last month, January 2010, reporting 80 attacks as compared to 51 in December 2009, representing a 57% increase. This was the case in Yehuda, Shomron, Gaza and Yerushalayim, the agency reported. Read More »
The world is changing
And here is some serious proof. Ketchup will never be the same. . Read More »
Just Like High School
SpEd sitting watching TV with EliannaElianna: “Can you leave me alone please? I like you but leave me alone. Read More »
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Shloime Gertner’s New CD Chabad Pictures – Cover Work
In the cover work for Shloimie Gertner’s newly released CD there is a collage of pictures of the singer. In the center you will find two pictures. One picture of Shloimie with a picture of the Rebbe.The other is a picture of him by the Rebbe’s Ohel. Read More »
‘Mabhouh’s killers had Irish passports’
Members of a hit squad who killed senior Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh used Irish passports to enter and leave Dubai, according to local police authorities quoted by the Evening Herald on Friday. Read More »
One year on, most Israelis disapprove of Netanyahu
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is losing altitude, according to the Haaretz-Dialog poll published here. The results show that, for the first time in a year, a majority of the public is dissatisfied with his performance and questions his suitability as prime minister. This is purely personal, not party-related. Read More »
During Women’s Conference, Programs Continue Sans Feminine Touch
For the thousands of Jewish community leaders attending the 22nd annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Women Emissaries, the time in New York is something of a spiritual recharging, a chance to reconnect with friends from around the world and derive energy and inspiration for the multitude of responsibilities they shoulder back home. Read More »
Twelve Years Later, the Truth about Vaccines and Autism
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is losing altitude, according to the Haaretz-Dialog poll published here. The results show that, for the first time in a year, a majority of the public is dissatisfied with his performance and questions his suitability as prime minister. This is purely personal, not party-related. Read More »
“State Police beef up presence at KJ; upset villagers may hire an attorney”
State Police say they have daily patrols in the Village of Kiryas Joel in recent days because they want the community to know they are being protected. The trooper brass also said they won’t tolerate anymore of the large crowds of warring factions in the Hassidic village to congregate, vandalize and overturn vehicles. Read More »
Nicholas Bourriaud responds to Jacques Ranciere’s Emancipated Spectator
Critic and curator Nicholas Bourriaud has responded to the criticisms levelled at him by Jacques Rancière in his book The Emancipated Spectator : In a recent book, Jacques Rancière questioned ‘the pedagogical model for the effectiveness of Read More »
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‘Forward’ editor Eisner seems to want to silence ‘Breaking the Silence’
One of my goals these days is to support the New Israel Fund in its fight to promote democracy and human rights in Israel. Read More »
Finally, some good news
There’s an old joke that says it’s better to read Anti-Semitic newspapers. There, Jews run the banks, run the world and all get along in some secret cabal. The truth is so much more depressing. That’s why any good news is something to celebrate. Read More »
James O’Keefe and the Fourth Estate’s Double Standards By David Paulin Lying, cheating, stealing –
James O’Keefe and the Fourth Estate’s Double Standards By David Paulin Lying, cheating, stealing — all have been employed by gung-ho members of the Fourth Estate for the sake of the public’s right to know. Read More »
Screening of Queimada and discussion with Alberto Toscano, Peter Hallward and Benjamin Noys at …
INC research group In Continental Philosophy at Goldsmiths University of London has organized a Screening Series based around a common theme: Revolution. Join the Screening Series at the Goldsmith University on Friday 12th of February, 5.00-8. Read More »
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Upcoming Events to be posted on Community Calendar for Eretz Yisroel in New York Area. Please post.
bs”d Thursday, Feb 11 – 7: 30 pm Member of Knesset, Dr. Arieh Eldad – will be speaking on Israel’s Survival Strategies at the West Side Institutional Synagogue, 120 W. 76th Street, between Columbus & Amsterdam Avenues. Free admission. Reservations are required. Call 212-828-2424 or email: afsi@rcn. Read More »
UCSB professor wins Harvey Prize
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is losing altitude, according to the Haaretz-Dialog poll published here. The results show that, for the first time in a year, a majority of the public is dissatisfied with his performance and questions his suitability as prime minister. This is purely personal, not party-related. Read More »
A cappella in Glen Rock
Shir Appeal Shir Appeal, a Tufts University Jewish co-ed a cappella group, will perform twice at the Glen Rock Jewish Center on Saturday, Feb. 20. The first show at 3 p.m., for 3- to 6-year-olds, includes snacks after the show. Admission is free for all children and for GRJC nursery and religious school families. Read More »
UJA NNJ announces annual film festival
From “A Matter of Size.” UJA Federation of Northern New Jersey’s Israel Programs Center will hold its “Israel Culture and Film Festival,” themed “Celebrating 100 years of Kibbutz,” from Saturday, Feb. 20, through Saturday, March 20. A host of co-sponsors will join UJA-NNJ in screening seven films and hosting one special event. Read More »
beloved
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is losing altitude, according to the Haaretz-Dialog poll published here. The results show that, for the first time in a year, a majority of the public is dissatisfied with his performance and questions his suitability as prime minister. This is purely personal, not party-related. Read More »
Sen. Grassley: Trials of terrorists do not belong in civilian courts or on U.S. soil
In his weekly address of February 5, 2010, Senator Grassley talks about holding the trials of terrorists on U.S. soil in civilian courts. Read More »
Best of the Week
Last week, I mentioned that I was bothered by the amount of hits Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA” had on YouTube. So this is a bit of a follow up. Earlier this week, I was sitting on the subway, reading The New Yorker so women would think I’m smart, and I notice a lot [… Read More »
Alan Millard memorializes Donald Wiseman (1918-2010)
Cristian Rata has a fine post in memory of Donald Wiseman. Cristian includes gleanings from Wiseman’s little known autobiography, Life Above and Below: Memoirs (2003). There is a wholeness and symmetry about Wiseman’s life that is evident only if one sees it from more than one angle. Read More »
Super Bowl XLIV: “I’ll Do It for the Saints”
The countdown to Super Bowl XLIV (that’s 44, people) is exactly 2 days: 2 hours: 42 mins: 2 secs , but since the Giants aren’t involved, I honestly couldn’t care less. What I can’t help but wonder, however, is what Chabad is doing about the game this year. Read More »
Purim celebrated at Schechter
The Gerrard Berman Day School Solomon Schechter of North Jersey in Oakland will hold a Purim celebration for families with children 2 to 6 years-old, on Sunday, from 10 to 11: 30 a.m., at the school. There will be a live musical performance by Bobby Doowah, face painting, and crafts. For information, call Sylvia Berger at (201) 337-1111, ext. Read More »
Marry him? Settle? Good Enough? I don’t think so Lori Gottlieb
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is losing altitude, according to the Haaretz-Dialog poll published here. The results show that, for the first time in a year, a majority of the public is dissatisfied with his performance and questions his suitability as prime minister. This is purely personal, not party-related. Read More »
Julia Lira, Preteen Carnival Drum Corps Queen, Stirs Controversy
RIO DE JANEIRO — She is the Shirley Temple of samba, a 7-year-old named to a coveted Carnival role normally reserved for barely clad models who have undergone more plastic surgeries than little Julia Lira has seen birthdays. Read More »
We are with the Jews says German president
In a significant goodwill gesture, German President, Horst Köhler, lit a lamp before the Torah at the alter of the Jewish Keneseth Eliyahoo Synagogue at Kala Ghoda on Friday morning. Read More »
Political Theatre with Bad Actors
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is losing altitude, according to the Haaretz-Dialog poll published here. The results show that, for the first time in a year, a majority of the public is dissatisfied with his performance and questions his suitability as prime minister. This is purely personal, not party-related. Read More »
Purimpalooza Vii
A Party Of Olympic Proportions Read More »
A grand slam decade for Jewish major leaguers
Martin Abramowitz is founding president of Jewish Major Leaguers, Inc. a Boston-based not-for-profit organization that documents “American Jews in America’s game. Read More »
Good Advice?
In this week’s Parsha, Moshe’s father-in-law, Yitro, notices that Moshe is overworked dealing with all the requests and disputes coming to him from the Jewish people. He suggests that Moshe delegate some of the work to other highly-qualified people. Read More »
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Shabbabos Fabood (= Shabbos Food)
Dinner (guests from down the street): New Improved Challah (got home late – hope hope hope it rises in time!) Chicken Soup w/ kneidlach & kreplace (Mommy’s kreplach) Shepherd’s Pie w/sweepo and mango Something green on the side (provided by Read More »
