Poll: Young Israelis moving much farther to the right politically : An interesting article, but take it with a grain of salt—some of the questions and descriptions of question are poorly worded and misleading. Read More »
Archive for March, 2011
NIS 2.75 Billion to Encourage Exports
Finance Minister Dr. Yuval Steinitz has contacted the Knesset Finance Committee for approval on the framework of guarantees for Israeli exporters.
Steinitz’s program is intended to expand Israeli export activities, which he regards as an important engine of growth for Israel’s economy. Totaling approximately 2. Read More »
Democrat Congressman Berman: US policy on Iran shows ‘weakness’
(Jpost).A top Democratic member of Congress chastised the Obama administration Thursday for deploying sanctions against Iran merely in a “symbolic” way that he warned could signal weakness to Tehran. Read More »
Is it Cruel to Force Dogs to Keep Passover?
Is it Cruel to Force Dogs to Keep Passover? Q – I’ve heard that pets are supposed to keep Passover. I’m fairly traditional regarding Passover and just got a dog. Read More »
Confronting Addiction
Purim—and the imbibing of intoxicating beverages that accompanies the celebration of the holiday—has come and gone. The next stop along similar lines is the drinking of four cups of wine that is incumbent upon us at the Passover Seder in less than three weeks. Read More »
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Israel Radio, heard in Ahger"ah Aknivsky • Images
Israel Radio, heard in Ahger"ah Aknivsky • Pictures chairman, UTJ, MK Israel Eichler, visited Ahger"ah Aknivsky, respected chair • On the agenda: current affairs, and of course – the housing shortage • Cherry Pictures Roth, in the anxious Read More »
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Mending ties with Israel key for regional peace, Turkish opposition says
Repairing ties between Turkey and Israel would constitute a crucial contribution to regional peace, officials from the former’s main opposition party have suggested. “The relations between Turkey and Israel are not only important for the two countries, but also for regional peace. Read More »
Former British Intelligence Chief Withheld Information from Israel
From YNet : Former MI6 chief Sir Richard Dearlove recounted Wednesday in a rare appearance the British spy agency’s tenuous relations with Israel, saying that it had had to keep information from the Jewish state a number of times. Read More »
Youkilis gets off on the right foot
“Boston-based New Balance announced Wednesday it has signed hometown third baseman Kevin Youkilis to a multi-year endorsement deal. Read More »
UC-Irvine Students Met With Hamas Leaders
Not only that, the meeting took place during a university-sponsored trip partially funded by the Jewish Federation of Orange County, the Jerusalem Postreports :
A 2009 letter obtained from the University of California- Irvine and addressed to the Read More »
Not to bring “another substance” into the Temple; Urine revisionism revisited.
In 2007 I posted about how it is interesting that the Birnbaum siddur (1949) timidly refused to translate מי רגלים as urine, preferring to transliterate it: Thus, “Though mei raglayim might have been good for that purpose, it was not decent to bring it into the Temple.” Or to mention in an American siddur, I might add. Read More »
Values Matter Most
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich was correct when he told people gathered at the Conservative Principles Conference , held this week in Iowa, that “If you don’t start with values, if you don’t start by saying who we are as Americans, the rest of it doesn’t matter. Read More »
J.J. Goldberg gets it on Richard Jacobs, Reform, J Street
Okay, he works for the competition and all, but I have to say it: the Forward’s J.J. Goldberg nailed it on the issue of Rabbi Richard Jacobs, recently selected as the new president of the Union for Reform Judaism. Read More »
Bronx Cobra Captured [Video]
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Residents of New York City can return to their usual fears of parking and sanitation tickets. Fox News has reported that the highly venomous 20 inch Cobra has been collared and returned to custody. Inside sources cited but not named by Fox News have reportedly informed the news network that the highly toxic Egyptian cobra is now safely locked away. Read More »
Getting ‘Close Up’ with DeMille’s Ten Commandments
James D’Arc, curator of BYU’s Motion Picture Archive, showcases some of the concept art from Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments,” including the frog plague (center) and the parting of the Red Sea (right). Read More »
Fiddling while Rome burns
There is a blog posted on this website by the inimitable Jonathan Hoffman regarding the closure of the Ahava shop in Convent Garden. Read More »
Mideast Media Sampler 03/31/2011
1) The Israeli electorate Yesterday, Bernard Avishai wrote the following : A blueprint would have enormous impact on Israeli politics, too. Read More »
Music review: Itzhak Perlman and Cantor Yitzchok Meir Helfgot in ‘The Soul Of …
It was a benefit for the Bet Tzedek Holocaust Survivors Justice Network, “The Soul of Jewish Music,” at the Saban Theatre in which the great violinist resumed his exploration of his roots. Perlman has done something like this before -– and rather … Read More »
Ever wanted to ask the Israeli Ambassador to the United States a question?
Now’s your chance! Ambassador Michael Oren is currently receiving questions via his facebook fan page that he will answer in a video on Monday. Read More »
Jewish Hoops
On March 30, the same night the Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Houston Rockets 108-97, the hometown team also hosted the second annual Jewish Heritage night, replete with Jewish food, culture and a rock star. Chasidic rock star Matisyahu… Read More »
Kassam rocket lands south of Ashkelon; none hurt
A Kassam rocket launched from the Gaza Strip landed in open fields south of Ashkelon on Thursday evening.No injuries were reported and no damage was caused. Read More »
End of season oranges? The workers March Documentation
End of season oranges? The workers in March • Jacob Nahumi camera records the workers was accompanied by vigorous, the fruit pickers March – Snsatabahah room where the Land of Israel – so you can enjoy fresh juice • The result – particularly orange Read More »
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It’s Not Fair!
And they shall take of the blood and place it on the two doorposts and on the lintel on the houses in which they will eat . . . Read More »
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Hotovely Demands Answers On Police Conduct In Ronsky Home
MK Tzipi Hotovely (Likud) demands answers from Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch about police conduct at the Ronsky family home in Itamar this morning. Read More »
Colombia does not recognize the Palestinian state
Israel won a rare victory in Latin America with the announcement of the Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos Calderon at the meeting of the World Jewish Congress in Bogotá. In the past year a group of Latin American countries including Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile and Guyana recognized the Palestinian state. Read More »
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JML update: Time begins again
As in Thomas Boswell’s collection of columns, Why Time Begins on Opening Day (The Penquin sports library) . So, believe it or not, the new baseball season is finally here. Ryan Braun walked twice and scored a run to help the Brewers take a 4-1 lead over the host Cinn. Reds in the top of the fourth. Read More »
Jewish groups raise at least 2 million dollars in Japan aid
Responding to the devastating earthquake and tsunami which struck Japan earlier this month, Jewish groups announced on Thursday that they have so far raised at least two million dollars in aid. Read More »
Argentine judge accuses Iran of funding piquetero leader
Urgente24 Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas said he was "convinced" that the Iranian Embassy in Buenos Aires funded political groups, including the Land and Housing Federation of D'Elia. Read More »
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DRS Student Wins Science Contest
On March 14, Yechiel Auman, a senior at the Davis Renov Stahler HALB Yeshiva High School for Boys in Woodmere, NY, was awarded the first place prize in the Eighth Annual Nationwide Jerusalem Science Contest at a ceremony in Skokie, IL. Read More »
Germany’s double dealings with Iran, and Viking mentality in Scandanavia
Two items of note here: First, P. David Hornik reports about Germany’s still entrenched anti-semitism, and besides the disturbing poll taken recently, there’s also the government’s willingness to allow business with Iran to continue without Read More »
6PTs Fellow Alicia Jo Rabins Blasts Through the US
Six Points Fellow Alicia Jo Rabins is planning to take the country by storm in the next month or so, starting in California. She writes: “I’m so excited to share (finally) what we have been working on all fall and winter. Our album features ten new songs and beautiful design by our artist-musician-designer friend David Pokrivnak. Read More »
Facebook Depression is a Non-Existent Condition
There has been much talk about the increased depression among teens who use Facebook. However, Larry Magid, who is the co-director of the Internet safety organization ConnectSafely.org, says otherwise. The following is Magid’s explanation in the Huffington Post: read more . Read More »
Jewish Nursing Home Association’s Jewish Values Face Test When New CEO Falls Ill
Washington – Marla Gilson is a well-known face in Jewish advocacy circles. A long time head of Hadassah’s Washington office and an alumni of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee and the federation system, Gilson was recruited last June to Read More »
Popular Science: The Conflict Between Science and Religion (Oct,…
Popular Science : The Conflict Between Science and Religion (Oct, 1927) “The printing of these statements,” the article begins, “is a public service. It ought to bring us closer to the day when the absurd phrase ‘the conflict between science and religion’ will be permanently in the discard. Read More »
No release for Nebraska man serving life
No release for Nebraska man serving life : The case of a man convincted of murder more than thirty years ago went before the Nebraska Board of Pardons recently and the decision was that the man — who was 16 at the time of the crime — should remain in prison for the rest of his life. Read More »
Hizbullah Building Army, Contrary to UN Resolution
In direct violation of the UN-mandated ceasefire resolution ending the Second Lebanon War, Hizbullah is building an army in southern Lebanon.
The IDF Spokesman announced today that the Hizbullah terrorist organization has built bases or mini-bases in as many as 270 civilian villages throughout southern Lebanon. Read More »
Fresh Bread: The Original Baker’s Dozen
One of my daughters loves the Shabbos zemer “Ki eshmerah Shabbos keil yishmereini, os hi l’olmei ad beino u’veini…” It was written by Rav Avrohom Ibn Ezra. For some reason, some bentchers leave out this particular zemer. We have a fancy set of bentchers that does not have this song. I find myself augmenting our table with alternative bentchers. Read More »
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‘Where Students Can Learn About Their Faith’
Jewish life wasn’t a top priority when Jeremy Cooper was looking for a school. Little did the 22-year-old economics major from northeastern Pennsylvania know that he would end up becoming the president of a small, but transforming, Hillel… Read More »
Palestinian-Israeli …
Events and incidents related to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Thursday, March 31, 2011. Information is updated whenever. Read More »
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"Robbery, raised their hands" • Purim miracle of Israeli diplomat
"Robbery, raised their hands" • Purim miracle of Israeli diplomat prays at home – the synagogue in Ecuador were surprised at the Israeli consul welcomes 'Hagomel' • Purim party held the night of Chabad, narrowly escaped a dangerous theft Yaki Admcker, in the anxious 18: 52 3. Read More »
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Puccini Prize awarded to the Israeli Opera
The Israeli Opera was selected, along with other opera houses to receive the International Puccini Award, presented by the Foundation and the Puccini Festival in Italy, as part of the celebrations of International Year Puccini, commemorating the 150 anniversary of the composer's birth. Read More »
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Nito farvos! – You’re welcome!
Nito farvos! – You’re welcome! Read More »
Ahava forced to move out of swanky London neighborhood
Pro-’Palestinian’ thugs have forced the Ahava cosmetics store to move out of London’s swanky Covent Garden neighborhood. The owner of the shop, currently in Monmouth Street, Covent Garden, is looking for other sites after owners of neighbouring stores complained to the landlord following protests. Read More »
‘Damage Far Greater’
Slovakian-born Canadian photographer Yuri Dojc traveled to the land of his ancestors to make sense of his family’s history. Today in Tablet Magazine, Stephanie Butnick reviews his new exhibit at New York’s Museum of Jewish Heritage where Dojc has turned his lens on dwindling survivors, and prayer books untouched since the Holocaust. Read More »
Sarkozy tries to outflank Front National Nazi Party by reigniting ‘debate’ on Islam
Nicholas Sarkozy The growing French racists of yesterday are today’s populists thanks to Sarkozy’s reckless attempt to outflank the French Nazi Front National Party with Martine Le Pen rising in the polls, Sarkozy adopted one of Ms Le Pen’s own Read More »
Who lit the white school in Neve Yaakov?
Mystery: Who lit Orthodox school for girls in Neve Yaakov in Jerusalem? A short time ago the focus was a fire on a fire at a school for girls' right to privacy too far "in the Neve Yaakov in Jerusalem, our head examination reveals that arson. Read More »
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Parshah Tazria (conceives). HaChodesh Shabbat. Shabbat 27 Adar II 5771 (April 2, 2011).
HaChodesh SABBATH: The account bears the name Shabbat time.This HaChodesh Shabbat, the Shabbat of the month. This is the fourth special Shabbat that mediates between the feasts of Purim and Passover and is always before the beginning of the month of Nisan. Read More »
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Now hear (and read) this: Jewish baseball books for Opening Day
I know it’s not ideal weather, but the baseball season is hear at last. In that spirit, the following appears in this week’s print edition of the New Jersey Jewish News . Read More »
"We do not give all our information to Israel!" So British …
As if the world fell. The former head of MI6, the secret service of Her Majesty the Queen of England, Sir Richard Dearlove told Wednesday during a rare public appearance, he kept some information secret to protect the Israeli eyes. For allies with agreements of cooperation in intelligence, is bleak. Read More »
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Tram on Jaffa street in Jerusalem: a continuous damage
Unfinished Jerusalem tram forced residents sidestep plots of one of the main streets of the city. But when the work ended, the former customers have not returned to the shops and cafes streets of Jaffa. Read More »
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‘Israeli intolerance’ concerns UK
Human rights report released by Foreign Office in London calls ‘Nakba Law’ discriminatory; slams treatment of Bedouins, Silwan children
Human rights report released by Foreign Office in London calls ‘Nakba Law’ discriminatory; slams treatment of Read More »
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Channel 10 ITV: in the Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem will be built housing for Jews
On Thursday, March 31, Tenth channel ITV said that in the Arab neighborhood of Ras al-Amud in East Jerusalem will be built housing for Jews and another 30 families joined to the 117-TI, who already live there. Read More »
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• lesson learned the first three Israeli jets off
• lesson learned the first three aircraft in Israel a lesson off disaster only under construction goes Caramel fire from the air • The first three planes arrived from Spain and landed in a field day – bear • Four more will arrive in the coming weeks Read More »
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Who Is A Jew?
From The Other Side Of The Bench In my column a few weeks back, I described the various emotions I experienced on my recent trip to Israel. I referenced the exhilarating feeling of being in the presence of the leading Torah sages of our time and the fear of being surrounded by a group of Arabs in an open field. Read More »
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Giving Terror a Run for Its Money, Via a Marathon
Daniel Blas Jewish Exponent Feature When Adam Wachs signed up for a yeshiva gap-year program between high school and college, he knew that he’d be spending much of his time — more than nine hours a day — sitting in the beit midrash pour… Read More »
Libya and Israel Lots of explosive new info, just read my comment below, the title is not correct in
I never said that NATO is controlling both sides of the conflict. I said, the CFR , with other words, the NWO, ROME , is controlling both sides. NATO at this point is controlling the rebel side, they are siding with the Muslim brotherhood . Read More »
Anti-Semitic protests finally force Ahava to close in Covent Garden.
Bloodied but unbowed: Ahava after a recent attack. What a shame that Ahava’s landlords have finally succumbed to pressure from Ahava’s neighbours not to extend Ahava’s lease due to the regular noisy protests in the vicinity of Ahava. Read More »
Superior League returns
This weekend becomes the Superior League, with the following matches: Maccabi Haifa – Hapoel Acco, Beitar Jerusalem – Ashkelon, Maccabi Petah Tikva – Maccabi Netanya, Hapoel Beer Sheva – Kiryat Shemona, Ashdod – Hapoel Ramat Gan, Maccabi Tel Aviv – Bnei Yehuda, Bnei Sakhnin – Hapoel Haifa Hapoel Petah Tikva – Hapoel Tel Aviv … Read More »
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sometimes it’s better to flip things to see straight. (By…
sometimes it’s better to flip things to see straight. (By Adida Fallen Angel) Read More »
