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Archive for January, 2011
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When we see reporters downtown, we always hope they are here to visit the Museum of Jewish Heritage and write fabulous things about our exhibits and educational initiatives. While that is sometimes true, now they have another really good reason to be downtown, according to the New York Times . Read More »
Egypt’s armed forces: ‘No violence’ against the people – CNN.com
Egypt’s armed forces: ‘No violence’ against the people – CNN.com . Cairo, Egypt (CNN) — As anti-government demonstrations persist across Egypt and the country’s military firmly puts its boots on the ground to establish order, the army said it won’t deploy “violence” against the people. Read More »
THE Naye, not just a school for me, my child's integration to inclusive education
Not only was my school, but the only option for a decent life in a school environment that Kadima and LA Naye made possible by the integration program for my son Rafael and lots more children in their same circumstances. Read More »
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Electric Violin seeking Drums I am not a guitar, I do not strum, but when I play, the high notes hum, and if you rumble at just the right beat, our music could be sweet, make people stomp their feet, and dance in the street, if we keep in time, it could sound really neat, and I think with you, the measure would be complete. . Read More »
In our Public Square Stood Islamists c/w their Lovers – James Clark + Ali Mallah + Jenny Peto + …
Egypt “Support” Rally Hijacked By The Usual Islamist Suspects & Their Enablers “Among the attendees today, James Clark of the laughably named Canadian Peace Alliance, Ali Mallah , Jenny Peto, Khaled Mouammar , David McNally, Palestine House and Zafar Bangash. Read More »
Let My People Go: President Obama, Help the Egyptians
The land of the Pharaoh is again in turmoil, this time from an internal revolution, a rising up of the people themselves, calling for a better tomorrow, an end to a dictatorship masking as president. Read More »
Blueprints and Computer Animation of the Sanhedrin Chamber of Hewn Stone
The Temple Institute presents for the first time, complete and highly detailed blueprints of the Sanhedrin Assembly Hall, the Chamber of Hewn Stone, part of the Holy Temple complex itself. Read More »
Why Terry Ord will live like a grad student… forever
On Slate, a secular, godless, academic, liberal named Toby Ord has a post announcing his plans to live frugally, and to give away all of his extra money. As he puts it, the decision seems obvious: …I chose to do this after realising just how much more good my money could do for others than for me. Read More »
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Torres in focus on transfer deadline day
(CNN) — Fernando Torres’ highly-anticipated switch to English champions Chelsea moved a step closer on transfer deadline day after his team Liverpool agreed a fee expected to smash the British transfer record. “The player has now been given permission to speak to the London club,” Liverpool’s website reported on Monday night. Read More »
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Obama Cautions Embattled Ally Against Violence
Addressing the nation from the White House after a day of rage across Egypt, Mr. Obama said he called Mr. Mubarak and told him “to refrain from any violence against peaceful protesters” and to turn a “moment of volatility” into a “moment of promise. Read More »
Austria: Kids must learn the language before starting school
VIENNA, Jan. 31, 2011 – (EIP-News) Children should not start at primary school in Australia unless they have adequate level of German Upper Austrian provincial governor says Governor Josef. Read More »
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Israeli PM: Terrible Danger Should Extreme Islam Takeover in Egypt
Jerusalem – Israel’s prime minister said Monday his country’s primary concern in Egypt is that the current crisis could create a void in which Islamic militants step in and endanger decades of peaceful relations between the two countries. Read More »
Israel’s Arab Citizens Series: The Arab Glass Ceiling
The coffee shop in Baka al-Garbiyah, about 40 miles from Tel Aviv, is sparsely furnished with just a few tables and fluorescent lights. Unlike crowded, fashionable cafés in Israel’s Jewish cities with scurrying waitstaff and seemingly endless menus, there is no sign of food and only a handful of customers. Read More »
Mucho''that is entirely unique Moshe Laufer ●
Moshe Laufer gets any moment''award from the prestigious Eko, just before Yossi Eisenthal invited him to a special evening on Radio Kol Chai. Salute to a huge night, holding on his shoulders much of Jewish music. A long list of friends came to honor, and there was lager. Read More »
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The International Book Fair in Jerusalem
On the night of Sunday 23 January, opened the twenty-fourth edition of the International Book Fair in Jerusalem, which since 1963 has been held every two years in the Capital of Israel, and is considered one of the weeks most prominent book publishers to worldwide. Read More »
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Lightech countersues Carmanah
Sources close to the case say that there are no grounds for Carmanah’s lawsuit. Read More »
Egyptian “Moderate Democratic” Leader Negotiating Coalition Government With Islamists
By Barry Rubin As I’ve been warning, Muhammed al-Baradei, seen as the leading “moderate, pro-democratic” leader in Egypt is negotiating with the Muslim Brotherhood to form a national unity government. That doesn’t mean the negotiations will succeed but it gives a clear glimpse of what a post-Mubarak regime Egypt would mean. Read More »
Israeli police allow renewed Arab digging and generators on the Mount
It seems that the Israeli Police have allowed for the renewal of Arab destruction of the holy Temple remains on the Mount. This is nothing new and shows a lack of regard on the side of the Israeli police for the living faith of Israel. Read More »
Amazon Kindle’s Israel Story
As digital readers are becoming more popular, it’s important to give some credit to Israel’s hi-tech industry for helping launch the Amazon Kindle. While there were digital readers on the market before Amazon released its Kindle, they never really caught on. So what’s the Israeli connection to the Kindle? read more . Read More »
F2H – Grandpa laughing download
F2H – Grandpa laughs download Na Nach Nachman trained Read More »
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Parashat Terumah – The holiest object on earth – Rav Meir Kahane
“They shall make an Ark of acacia wood” (Ex. 25: 10) G-d established the whole framework of a holy Temple, holy objects and holy people (Kohanim and Levi’im) to create a miniature world, perfect and complete, holy and pure. It was meant to symbolize the larger world and to guide us in how our world is supposed to look. Read More »
Messing Around on Tour
Saul Austerlitz is the author of Another Fine Mess: A History of American Film Comedy. He will be blogging all week for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish Book Council’s Jewish Authors Blog. Being on tour for a book is simultaneously an exhilarating and a terrifying experience. Read More »
Barbara Walters On “The View”: It’s Not Israel’s Fault
I was supposed to take my wife for an operation last week on her shoulder, but at the last minute it was postponed till today.So there I was, sitting in the waiting room, trying to ignore what was on the television–and there was Barbara Walters on “The View. Read More »
Quarter century marked to R’ Landau’s passing
The Bnei Brak community gathered yesterday to mark 25 years to the passing of Rabbi Yakov Landua , whose position as the city’s chief rabbi spanned half a century. Read More »
E.U. Calls for Orderly Transition in Egypt
BRUSSELS — Despite worries that the popular uprising in Egypt might be hijacked by forces hostile to Western interests, foreign ministers from the European Union on Monday called for an orderly transition, saying they supported substantial democratic reform and free and fair elections there. Read More »
Shooting south Grad rocket fell in Netivot
Place and route vehicles damaged Magen David Adom crews treated for shock at 4. Read More »
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Egypt army rules out using force
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Egypt Unrest
Egypt unrest Live Bowen: What if Mubarak goes?Q&A: Egypt protestsIn pictures: Read More »
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Protestors in Cairo remain on main square, prepare for million-strong rally
CAIRO, Jan. 31, 2011 – (RIA Novosti) Thousands of Egyptian protestors plan to spend the night on Cairo's main Tahrir Square regardless of the state curfew in the run-up of a mass rally on Tuesday that some say could reach over one million PeopleSoft, a freelance journalist in the capital told RIA Novosti. Read More »
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Egyptian policeman: People’s demands just
After 800 of its soldiers deploy in Sinai, Egyptian army stresses once again it will not use force against civilians; police forces return to streets, but some officers join protestors. Read More »
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Charedi Women Supervising Kashrut of Clothing Stores
Jerusalem – An extreme ultra-Orthodox body has established a kashrut department supervising clothing stores in Jerusalem’s Mea Shearim and Geula neighborhoods.Haredi women have begun supervising businesses in the neighborhoods on behalf of the new department, checking whether the clothes sold in the stores meet the requirements of Jewish Law. Read More »
Msmtamne: manpower companies can not "cut …
Approved for first reading: extended experiment in nursing are eligible for the money directly into their hands. Recipients can choose nursing services: The benefit over full responsibility to pay the therapist, or a company will employ personnel and cut coupon Read more … Read More »
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Ceragon revenue rises 36%
CEO Ira Palti: All regions were strong, and we grew in all of them. Read More »
Center for Jewish History retires $30 million debt
(JTA) — The Center for Jewish History in New York has raised $30 million to retire its construction debt.
The amount was raised and donated by the chairman and founder of the center, Bruce Slovin; board members William Ackman and Joseph Steinberg; the Fairholme Foundation; and 19 other donors, the center announced last week in a news release. Read More »
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Precedent: Will participate in children's alimony
Family Court Ashdod precedent-setting ruling stated: Parents will be required to pay alimony to the three children on the grounds that it refused to take the principles of justice and equality between both parents. Read More »
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Odd-Bjørn Fure – right man for the job?
Following a number of anti-Semitic incidents and international criticism, the Holocaust Centre is being given funds to survey anti-Semitism in contemporary Norway. Read More »
Yishai Fleisher Defends Israel On Anti-Semitic CrossTalk
CrossTalk: Leaked Down on Holy Land On this edition of Peter Lavelle’s CrossTalk: recent leaks on Palestinian-Israeli relations have cast a shadow on the so-called peace process. Read More »
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The silent addiction
We've all played and we know how fun it is to explore this recreational exercise, which is won or lost. Normally, win or lose is accompanied only by feeling happy or sad for a while. Read More »
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Breaking: FL Judge Finds ObamaCare UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Hot Spit! and Baruch Hashem! Federal Judge in FL finds for 26 states: Congress exceeded its authority when it required Americans buy health insurance. The Individual mandate struck down: unconstitutional and unseverable. No articles yet… stay tuned. Read More »
Pomerol Tasting (Jan. 23, 2011)
I wouldn’t normally do this kind of thing. Not that I don’t want to. I just don’t have enough bottles. Even my more affluent fellows don’t have enough, so this evening at local bistro Coffee Bar was a one-of. Read More »
Day 140 January 31st, 2011
So many people to ask for forgiveness, so many to forgive and especially me to forgive myself a lot about………. Read More »
Senior Iranian cleric says uprisings herald creation of “Islamic Middle East”
The Egyptian Revolution is Jihadi from http: //www.jihadwatch.org/2011/01/senior-iranian-cleric-says-uprisings-herald-creation-of-islamic-middle-east. Read More »
Working group on Egypt calls for suspension of US aid
In an earlier post, I took note of a bipartisan working group on Egypt that is meeting with President Obama on Monday. That group issued a statement on Saturday (sorry – there is so much material out there that it’s difficult to keep up) that merits consideration. Among other things, it calls for suspending US aid. Read More »
Eye on Zion Winter 2011: It Begins
Yishai Basking in the Rays of the Sun at West Palm Beach International Airport Hello Kumah Friends! Between plane de-icings in New York and Boston and gorging on the juicy oranges of Florida, we haven’t provided any updates of our already-fabulous North American winter tour. Read More »
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IDF interrogates Nebi Sahleh child without presence of parents, lawyer
This just in about Nebi Sahleh, a village I visited this past August 2010 in order to meet the nonviolent Popular Resistance Committee there and where my delegation confronted settlers digging in an archeological site . Read More »
Our Guest This Week Will Be…
Last week we presented Jay Buchsbaum the Executive VP of the Royal Wine Co., as our interviewee. You can hear Jay and his encyclopedic knowledge of all things wine, here . This coming Wednesday, at 8: 00pm, our guest will be Chef Lévana Kirschenbaum , the regulars of this blog know how much we enjoy her cooking demos, how much we enjoy her recipes. Read More »
Congress Members Condemn Obama For Approving PLO Flag Flying In D.C.
New York – The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has praised Members of Congress Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), Chairwoman, House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Allen West (R-FL) for their condemnation of President Barack Obama’s approval of the flying of the PLO flag over the PLO Mission in Washington, D.C. Read More »
Underground hospital wing will be the responsibility of the Construction …
As the first one in February 2011, the management and supervision of the mega project at the hospital performed, including as a parking lot some 1,500 beds and 2,000 medical positions, as part of a protected hospital emergency transferred Read More »
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A month later: at Pine enter Lckerawilo
What happens in Caramel after the Great Fire? Good news – the residents left without homes are under the same roof. 20 Ckerawilut already established Kibbutz Beit Oren, residents are expected to spend about two years. Read More »
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APN Legislative Round-Up for the week ending January 28, 2011
1. Bills & Resolutions 2. House Letter Asks Obama to Promise UNSC Vetoes 3. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) Calls for Ending Aid to Israel 4. Odds & Ends ———————————— 1. Bills & Resolutions ( IRAN ) H. Res. 60: Introduced 1/26/11 by Rep. Read More »
Israel worried about Islamic takeover in Egypt
Germany agreed to pay millions of dollars in reparations to Holocaust survivors and aid the newborn Jewish state. Israeli and German governments plan to … Read More »
Holocaust denier in charge of handling Moscow cables
This WikiLeaks associate was better known as Israel Shamir. Shamir claims to be a renegade Russian Jew , born in Novosibirsk, but currently adhering to the … Read More »
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Zara sweater and skirt (skirt looked a lot like this post) (sweater and skirt Zara (similar skirt seen here Well, despite the French Ahgiodiz something, who follows Twitter probably know I visited Italy. Especially in Florence in Tuscany, and also of Milan (and a few hours in Switzerland ), to be exact. Read More »
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The Delectable History of Jews and Chocolate
Kugel. Brisket. Gefilte fish. These are the familiar foods that are thought to make up Jewish culinary history. But one common and much-loved food has a longstanding but little-known connection to the Jewish community. Behold—chocolate, the forgotten Jewish food. Read More »
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José María Aznar and Rafael Bardaji receive Jewish Link
In late January, as part of a visit to Mexico where he unveiled his project "Friends of Israel Initiative, José María Aznar and Rafael Bardaji, adviser to former President of Spain, contacted Jewish Link, recognizing the work of in their pro-Israel platform. Read More »
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Ukraine: Un Reported Concerned At Government Probes Of Hiv / aids Groups
NEW YORK, Jan. 31, 2011 – (UN) today: The United Nations voiced concern at reported Ukrainian government-led investigations of HIV / AIDS programs run by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) while at the same time praising a new law promoting a human rights-based approach to the disease. Read More »
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