Leading indices traded on overseas stock exchanges this evening a negative trend: Dow Jones down 0.5% level of 10,008.00 points, the Nasdaq shed 0.62% to 2137.56 points and measured the s & P 500 lost 0.46% of its value to the level of 1065.56 points. Investors are waiting For details about the rescue of the financial crisis Greece. Read More »
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“Do Not Be Scornful of Any Person And Do Not Be Disdainful of Anything, For You Have No Person Without His Hour And No Thing Without Its Place.” Avot 4: 3 Dan was working as an intern at a prestigious Manhattan hospital and often spent Shabbos with my family. Read More »
And the Winner is… Reb Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz. That’s who I believe had the greatest impact on Orthodox Jewry in the 20th century. Back to that later.The poll closed yesterday and the results indicated otherwise. Read More »
Why do we love Scott Schoeneweis? Because he eats up innings in MVP 2005. Also, because he never stops playing. Mr. Schoeneweis inked a minor league deal with the Brew Crew on Tuesday. If he makes the roster, the reliever and occasional starter will earn up to $800,000. For more info click HERE. TGR wishes Schoeneweis the best of luck. Read More »
Moshe ArensHaaretz09 February ‘10(It strikes me as a good summation of what’s been said in recent weeks and conclusions to be drawn. Y.) One might be inclined to brush off the recent verbal exchanges between Ehud Barak, Walid Moallem and Avigdor Lieberman as no more than Hamlet’s “words, words, words” that have little meaningful content. Read More »
I found here , this observation: The Palestinian submission to US pressure that Israel’s large West Bank settlement blocs be annexed to Israel against a fictitious land swap is another vindication of the Israeli belief that facts created are facts accepted. Read More »
I was reading an article about the shidduch situation in Washington Heights the other day and one of the girls mentioned has the last name of “Nutkis” which in my mind beats out Shmukler and Lipshitz – the two worst Jewish last names I can think of. Read More »
- This is talkback # 14 on “Soldier killed in West Bank knife attack” Read More »
Are you crazy? Why would you ever move here? What’s better Israel or the USA? These are the usual questions I encounter on a daily basis. Read More »
This is a great d’var Torah…Baltimore Blizzard 2010 – A Torah Perspective on the Snowman Read More »
WEDNESDAY — If you think this is bad, just wait a few hours. We could get as much as 18 inches of snow by nightfall, forecasters have warned. The snow is forecasted to fall at a rate of about two inches per hour and wind gusting up to 40 mph. Read More »
Dear Dr. Yael: I would love your advice regarding an issue that came up recently. My friend has been married for six years and her husband feels that he no longer has an interest in staying in kollel . He thinks it is time to move on, get a degree, and get a job. Read More »
"The law clearly state that the CEO can not switch to serve as a director proposed by the committees until after a two-year cooling-off period." Makes it clear that today (Wednesday) the attorney general, Yehuda Weinstein. Read More »
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First, I posted this .The there was a burkha robbery (here, too ). Ambassador calls for divorce after veil-wearing Muslim bride reveals a beard and crossed eyesThe would-be bride had hidden her face behind a Muslim niqab throughout their short courtship, meaning the diplomat had no idea what she looked like. Full Story and here, too . Read More »
If you like funny things or Israel or books or Joel Chasnoff go to the launch party for Joel’s new book , The 188th Crybaby Brigade: A Skinny Jewish Kid From Chicago Fights Hezbollah . So sayeth Joel: I will read to you. I will entertain you with a slideshow and movies if I can get my act together. Read More »
A while ago, I released an Israeli tax calculator. The 2010 version of that spreadsheet is now here . (If the link does not work, go to http: //www.mediafire.com/?glmjco5cyz2 ) This spreadsheet allows you to check your paycheck and make sure you got the money you worked so hard to earn. Read More »
Israel – Kishor, a Jerusalem based women’s professional networking group, will be holding the first one day conference for religious women on February 17th in Jerusalem. Read More »
February 1989 The following article appears exactly as it was written by Professor Beres 21 years ago. It is especially important to reconsider at this moment, when U.S. President Barack Obama, still-embracing the so-called Road Map, pushes Israel to accept a Palestinian state via the five-part Mitchell Plan. Read More »
A senior U.S. envoy accused Iranian leaders of hypocrisy Wednesday for opting to pursue ever more dangerous nuclear technology instead of accepting an international plan to make sure that medical isotopes get to needy Iranian cancer patients. The sharp criticism from Glyn Davies, the chief U.S. Read More »
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By Tamar Runyan for Chabad.org Hundreds of Scotlands Jews filled a hall in the Glasgow suburb of Giffnock for an exhibition extolling the variety of kosher foodstuffs in todays marketplace. Read More »
Suddenly a man stood up in the morning, went online to find someone had stolen his name, or more correctly, bought the domain name (domain) under the name – and made him cook. Typically, such cases happen to people, senior politicians first degree, large companies or political parties did not bother to maintain their Web presence. Read More »
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The government-aligned Jordan Times has an op-ed by Hasan Abu Nimah, who is Jordan’s former UN ambassador and as such cannot be considered a mere flake. Read More »
Pope Benedict’s forthcoming visit to the UK is bound to stimulate discussion about Christian-Jewish relations in the UK. The fact of the matter, here as almost everywhere else in the world. is that contacts on the Jewish side with Christian partners in dialogue are almost entirely handled by Reform and Liberal rabbis and lay leaders. Read More »
And the winner is… Reb Shraga Feivel Mendlowitz. That’s who I believe had the greatest impact on Orthodox Jewry in the 20th century. Back to that later.The poll I had on my other blog EvE II closed yesterday and the results indicated otherwise. Read More »
It is not for me to say what Hashem thinks or why He does what He does. I will say only that there is record snow in Washington DC, and there was an earthquake in Chicagoland this morning. It’s not the first time Illinois, which sits on the largest fault line in the country, has experienced a quake. In April 2008, a 5. Read More »
Last Yom Yerushalayim, my wife and I visited Bet HaChoshen on the way back from the Moskowitz Prize Ceremony. The ride we hitched was with Haggai and Debbie Segel and their son and family live in the building. Her post . Read More »
As many of you have noticed I haven’t posted anything in almost 6 weeks. Even before that my posting has been off and on for at least 6 months. There are many reasons for this. I have written this post and held it in draft at least 10 times. I’ve felt this for a while [… Read More »
lubavitch.com ISRAEL — Some call it fate, but the Greenbergs prefer mission. The children of Rabbi Moshe and Devorah Greenbergthere are seventeen in allwere raised in Bnei Brak, Israel. But today the family is dispersed around the globe in places as remote as Alaska, Ukraine, and Shanghai. Read More »
The standard family structure of two parents and their children is still the norm in Israel, a study published on Wednesday by the Central Bureau of Statistics four days ahead of National Family Day has revealed. There are 1.73 million families in Israel and the average one contains 3.7 people. Read More »
Newly released aerial photos of the Sept. 11, 2001, World Trade Center attack show the towers coming down from a dramatic new angle. The photos were obtained by ABC News, which filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the National Institute of Standards and Technology last year. Read More »
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Rabbi Azran was Deputy Knesset Speaker in 12th Knesset, and Deputy Finance Minister under Yitzchak Shamir. Former Shas Knesset Member Rabbi Yosef Azran, who was the Chief Rabbi of Rishon LeTzion, passed away Wednesday at age 69. Read More »
Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence participated in an Inter-faith prayer gathering at Parliament House in Sydney for the seven Baha’i leaders imprisoned in Iran. Rabbi Jeremy Lawrence reports on the prayers… Almighty God, we gather today, representatives of our many faiths to pray for the release of Mrs. Fariba Kamalabadi, Mr. Jamaloddin Khanjani, Mr. Read More »
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It sounds like a contradiction in terms. An oxymoron. If only it were. Jewish anti-Semitism is a modern disease. The world is experiencing an explosion of it. Among the most malicious and venomous of all bigots, Jewish anti-Semites are at the forefront of just about every smear campaign against Israel and other Jews. Read More »
Fate struck again Khatib family Mma Jarre: After his uncle and aunt were killed in security incidents in recent years, was killed today (Wednesday) Khatib Ayab nephew stabbing attack at Apple. Read More »
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IDF Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO), Sergeant 1st class Ihab Chattib was killed earlier today when Mahmoud Yusef Nimer Hattib, a Palestinian police officer, stabbed him through the open window of his car. Read More »
Declaring that a Jewish inmate who has languished on death row for more than a quarter of a century should not be executed next week, some 200 Jewish and non-Jewish organizations are petitioning Florida Gov. Charlie Crist to intervene and spare his life. Read More »
NEW YORK (JTA) – The first Israeli player in the NBA received boisterous support at Madison Square Garden. Omri Casspi, who is having a strong rookie season for the Sacramento Kings, heard loud cheers and chants on what was billed as Jewish Heritage Night. Read More »
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Training the Palestinian Security Forces… for What? On Thursday afternoon December 24, Rabbi Meir Chai, a 45-year-old religious school teacher, was shot and killed as he left the Shomron settlement of Shavei Shomron, in which he lived with his wife and seven children. Read More »
…A civilian security officer from the community of Rehelim hit the attacker with his vehicle , lightly injuring him. The attacker was then arrested and taken for questioning by Israeli security forces. The attacker, Mahmoud Yusef Nimer Hattib, is a Palestinian police officer. Read More »
In this video produced by Chabad of Sderot, Israel, they show how the lives of average people are effected by by terrorist attacks. Read More »
I write this column during Parshas Yisro – the portion that focuses on Matan Torah -The Giving of the Torah. Paradoxically, the parshah is not entitled Matan Torah or Aseret HaDibrot – The Ten Commandments, or even Moshe Rabbeinu , who brought the commandments down from Sinai. Read More »
The percentage of Israeli-Arab youths who support volunteering for national service has fallen over the past two years, from 77 percent to 54%, a new poll to be released on Thursday states. Read More »
Second Annual Conference of Revolutionary Zionists discussed fighting for independence in accordance with Yair Stern’s Legacy The 25th day of the Hebrew month of Shvat was marked by events throughout Israel honoring the memory of slain Jewish Read More »
88-yr-0ld Charles Zentai, facing extradition to Hungary to be questioned over the 1944 murder of Jewish youth Peter Balazs, is seeking funds to cover his legal costs.Zentai’s legal team will challenge the Attorney General’s department in the Federal Court in Perth next month over claimed withholding of information. Read More »
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PA must have found the Supreme Court's deterrent power in Israel: an unusual step, filed today (Wednesday) Senior PA two petitions seeking the intervention of the Supreme Court against the Prison Service (IPS) and the Ministry of Public Security Read More »
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Camouflage-covered prayer books? To a Jewish soldier stationed far from home, such items are scarce and valuable commodities, as welcome as discovering a like-minded soldier to share a Shabbat evening dinner. An entire weekend dedicated to their spiritual wellbeing can be even rarer. Read More »
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Israeli ambassador to Washington says his dispute with J Street is close to resolution and that the group was “much more in the mainstream. Read More »
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February 10th, 2010 IDF NCO Stabbed and Killed by Palestinian Attacker IDF Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO), Sergeant 1st class Ihab Chattib was killed earlier today by a Palestinian while in his vehicle at a traffic light in the Tapuah junction, south of Nablus. The family has been informed of the tragedy. Read More »
Play Aharonishki. Oppose any proposal aimed to provide this important right for those who chose to leave the State of Israel Photo: Tomer Appelbaum Pierre Turgeman retired senior IDF and police signed a petition opposing the law authorizing the Knesset to vote down. Read More »
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Last week, in a Manhattan courtroom, a woman dubbed “Lady Al Qaida” was convicted of shooting at Americans in Afghanistan. Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist, was arrested in Afghanistan in 2008 and found carrying poisonous chemicals, bomb-making instructions, and a list of New York landmarks. Read More »
Sheloshim for Rabbi Yechiel London, Kiruv Pioneer On Sunday, February 7, 2010, a Sheloshim service was held for Rabbi Yechiel Yehudah Leib London, zt”l (1924-2010), who passed away early Friday morning, Teves 22, January 8, 2010. The Sheloshim was held at Nefesh Academy in Brooklyn. Read More »
ISA will increase the security around the Minister of Culture and Sport Limor Livnat, after security guards guarding the house in North Tel Aviv noticed tonight (Wednesday) two figures aroused suspicion. The police and Shin Bet suspect that the Palestinians who are illegal, from a construction site next door to FM. Read More »
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Kiwis celebrate Waitangi Day in Israel Read More »
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Hundreds of Scotland’s Jews filled a hall in the Glasgow suburb of Giffnock for an exhibition extolling the variety of kosher foodstuffs in today’s marketplace. Read More »
Jewlicious has some details about the eleven students (eight from UC Irvine and three from UC Riverside) who were arrested for disrupting Michael Oren’s speech at UC Irvine earlier this week. Read More »
The audio post above shares some thoughts about a presentation that I have to give tomorrow. Read More »
Goings on by our members: * TOBI KAHN: “ImagiNation: Young Photographers Engage the World”, Curated by Tobi Kahn. What unites Jewish communities from Marrakech to Mumbai has been the unique interplay between cultures, religions and histories that has been at the heart of the Jewish diaspora experience for thousands of years. Read More »
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With cyclical regularity, the issue of Israeli suffrage abroad reemerges to stir a temporary tempest in our national teacup. This week it happened again when Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman announced they would promote legislation to broaden voting rights to yet-unspecified categories of Israelis overseas. Read More »
Guest post by JewishByte Contributor, Rabbi Yosef Tropper of CloseToTorah.com Many people recall all of the great childhood memories related to snow. The fun, the feeling, the magic…. Was it just the school cancellation, or was it perhaps something more….. The Hebrew word for snow is Sheleg (שלג). Read More »
Lubavitch.com COSTA RICA — Along with their countrys first female President elect, Costa Ricans will now have a Jewish VP as well. Read More »
