Archive for March, 2011

Rewriting The Middle East Narrative

March 31, 2011, 9:12 pm

Tidbits From Israel As it turns out, the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is not the core conflict of the Middle East and is not the key to regional stability. The lack of basic human rights and the lack of democratic structures in all of the Arab nations is the reason that chaos has erupted. Read More »

5TJT.com »

Bomb Casualty a British National

March 31, 2011, 9:12 pm

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The lone casualty in the bombing at a bus stop in central Jerusalem last week was a British woman studying at Hebrew University. Mary Jean Gardner, 59, had been in Israel since January. British Foreign Secretary William… Read More »

The Jewish Exponent »

Love and Making G-d Proud

March 31, 2011, 9:12 pm
Love and Making G-d Proud

A7 Radio’s ” Life Lessons with Judy Simon ” with Judy Simon
Listen Now! This week, as part of her “Get to Know Your Showhost ” series, Judy interviews INR’s own Rabbi Elan Adler, host of the “Derech Eretz Show. ” Rabbi Adler was known in Baltimore and in Stamford, where he served in the rabbinate for over 25 years, as an approachable rabbi. Read More »

Arutz Sheva »

How Big a Tent?

March 31, 2011, 9:12 pm

Drawing boundaries, whether for congressional districts after the decennial census, for nations (Israel/Palestine, for example) or to determine who belongs “within the tent” of Jewish life, is a complicated and often nasty business. At the moment, considerable Jewish energy is being invested on all sides of this last, the tent question. Read More »

Jewish Daily Forward »

Fatah activists attack Palestinian unity supporters

March 31, 2011, 9:10 pm
Fatah activists attack Palestinian unity supporters

Scores of Fatah activists on Wednesday night attacked Palestinians who were demonstrating in Ramallah to demand an end to the dispute between Fatah and Hamas, eyewitnesses said.At least five people were wounded in the attack, which drew strong condemnations from many Palestinians across the political spectrum. Read More »

Jerusalem Post »

Educational projects to bring Spanish to Israeli students

March 31, 2011, 9:10 pm

Days ago the project took shape "Rokdim Sephardic (Spanish dance in translation) in the Suzanne Dallal Center in Tel Aviv. The project is organized by the Ministry of Education with the collaboration of the Adi Foundation, which supports the teaching of flamenco … Read More »

Automatically translated from Spanish »

Aurora - Noticias de Israel y Medio Oriente »

Crisis in Arab World: Syria Tension

March 31, 2011, 9:10 pm

The wave of mass protests to demand greater freedom and respect for the dignity of the individual that has already spread over much of the Arab world arrived just over a week to Syria. There, the authoritarian family Al-Assad, as the Castro brothers in Cuba, has monopolized power for more than 40 years. Read More »

Automatically translated from Spanish »

forojudio.com »

Emanuel's dark secret> Document: Ahger"m Shafran: Do not hurt the parents who complained about the manager

March 31, 2011, 9:10 pm
Emanuel's dark secret> Document: Ahger"m Shafran: Do not hurt the parents who complained about the manager

"Emanuel families and families involved in the matter, consulted the Torah, through Lashiitne" – he wrote the famous judge, Ahger"m Shafran, parents of children injured in the midst of a difficult affair ● "Sabbath Square reveals the document reveals: Ahger"m ordered the parents to turn to professionals. Read More »

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Kikar haShabat - כיכר השבת »

Aftenposten on Egypt: Israel has reason for concern

March 31, 2011, 9:08 pm

A top diplomat from Norway writes that the friendly relations between Egypt and Israel cannot be maintained. Aftenposten, journalist Lars Inge Staveland. MFA PM: ISRAEL HAS REASONS FOR CONCERN The friendly relations between Egypt and Israel cannot be maintained, a top diplomat from Norway writes. Read More »

Norway Israel and the jews »

Celebrating Passover, ‘Palestinian’ style

March 31, 2011, 9:08 pm

Passover is coming up in a few weeks, and the ‘Palestinians’ are trying in their own unique way to get into the Holiday spirit: They are honoring the family of the imprisoned terrorist who planned the Seder night massacre nine years ago. The photo in the PA daily shows the PA minister handing the family an honorary plaque from the PA. Read More »

Israel Matzav »

How secrete applies in Japanese? (Uri Pollak)

March 31, 2011, 9:08 pm

IDF delegation to Japan is preparing to sit sacred. Large delegation, Rabbi Zvi Mandeasabach, Doug has to pick rice and set aside for members of the delegation Read More »

Automatically translated from Hebrew »

Kippah - כיפה »

More… Hope. Change. Hypocrisy.

March 31, 2011, 9:06 pm

Politico via Don Surber: President Obama finally and quietly accepted his “transparency” award from the open government community this week — in a closed, undisclosed meeting at the White House on Monday. Read More »

Boker tov Boulder! »

Peter Marmorek: The Empires Strike Back

March 31, 2011, 9:06 pm

Twitter! Facebook! Discussion boards! All of these wonderful social media tools now enable the voice of the individual to be heard, facilitate political organization, foster the people’s revolution, and fight the Power of the Man. Read More »

Tikkun Magazine »

Shades of Shabbos – Yossi Green And Shloime Gertner

March 31, 2011, 9:06 pm

Shades of Yossi Green and Shloime Gertner with Shades of Shabbos at the Bonei Olam dinner Manchester 28th March 2011 Read More »

MahNishmah.com »

Hillel’s Coalition with the Enemies of Israel Becomes Increasingly Unseemly

March 31, 2011, 9:04 pm
Hillel’s Coalition with the Enemies of Israel Becomes Increasingly Unseemly

Hillel’s Coalition with the Enemies of Israel Becomes Increasingly Unseemly Posted by David Horowitz on Mar 31st, 2011 and filed under Daily Mailer , FrontPage . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 . You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is[… Read More »

Thérèse ZRIHEN-DVIR »

Opening Day

March 31, 2011, 9:04 pm

It’s here. Opening Day.  The glorious baseball season begins again. 162 days of bats, balls, strikes, diamond grit, and 30 teams pitted against each other. I must admit I feel a little cheated this year.  I didn’t make it to spring training. The usual weekend I go was Purim. Read More »

Rabbi Denise L. Eger »

Twelve Year Old Charged With Hate Crime For Grabbing Classmate’s Hijab

March 31, 2011, 9:04 pm
Twelve Year Old Charged With Hate Crime For Grabbing Classmate’s Hijab

A Staten Island boy has been charged with a felony hate crime for punching, kicking and attempting to grab the head scarf of a classmate. Though a juvenile, Osman Daramy, a student at the Berta Dreyfus Intermediate School in Staten Island was identified publicly. Complicating the bias angle is the question of whether Osman Daramy is a Muslim. Read More »

Globe Tribune.Info »

‫ … ‬ bed RUN

March 31, 2011, 9:02 pm

RUN bed … With you a week too long and hard … I have a patent on how to make weekend soft, pleasant … especially long and luxurious home from work Thursday and run bed and night stand … New … go and spend the night back Ayfeim but happy … … (Read and or responding to the post by the writer continued: Run to the kitchen …. Read More »

Automatically translated from Hebrew »

Food 101 אוכל »

““For a spa to be eco-friendly, it is a matter of ethics more than actions” said Gili Chupak,…”

March 31, 2011, 9:02 pm

“ “For a spa to be eco-friendly, it is a matter of ethics more than actions” said Gili Chupak, coordinator of Eco-Israel’s Hava & Adam farm in Modiin, between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, that aims to raise awareness about the impact of human behavior and lifestyles on the environment. Read More »

Live The Land »

Gerry Ziering’s Monthly Zionist Letter

March 31, 2011, 9:02 pm

Every time I sit down to write about Eretz Yisrael I find new reasons to love the land. Having just returned from a tour of Spain, I can appreciate Israel even more. We set out for a one week tour of Andalusia, the seat of the Expulsion and the Inquisition. The Jews were living happily and in prosperity for over 500 years. Read More »

Manhigut Yehudit »

On the Role of the Reboinoisheloilum

March 31, 2011, 9:02 pm

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Rabbi Pinky Schmeckelstein »

Israeli Diplomats Talk of Turmoil Roiling Expanse of the Mideast

March 31, 2011, 9:00 pm

As revolutionary fervor has swept the Arab world from Tunisia to Bahrain — and engulfed Libya in one of the bloodiest conflicts — the Jewish state has tred a delicate line between embracing democracy in theory and worrying about what Arab… Read More »

The Jewish Exponent »

Breaking The Forces Of Habits

March 31, 2011, 9:00 pm
Breaking The Forces Of Habits

A7 Radio’s ” The Shmuz ” with Rabbi B. Shafier
Listen Now!
We are creatures of habit. We act by habit, we react by habit and, to a large extent, we even think by habit. In truth, it has to be that way. If we didn’t act based on previously established patterns of behavior, life would be unmanageable. Read More »

Arutz Sheva »

Israeli Government Watchdog To Check PM’s Spending

March 31, 2011, 9:00 pm

Jerusalem – Israel’s government watchdog said Thursday he is opening an investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s campaign and travel spending, sparking the first major scandal in the leader’s two years in office. Read More »

VosIzNeias »

Amazing

March 31, 2011, 9:00 pm
Amazing

The news lately are so amazing, if we might say that are the product of a novelist's overheated imagination would think that the item was correct. The silly, stupid and irrational actions committed many human beings, the insane resolutions institutions, created for purposes worthy sponsor, the speeches of leaders of countries of . Read More »

Automatically translated from Spanish »

Patria Judia »

Great Exhibition of Contemporary Art in Tel Aviv

March 31, 2011, 8:58 pm
Great Exhibition of Contemporary Art in Tel Aviv

Between 5 and 9 April, holds the fourth edition of "Cool Color", an event that displays the task of contemporary art in Israel, using the Botanical Garden Fund "Reality" (and some other units). The Fair serves to promote the art and … Read More »

Automatically translated from Spanish »

Aurora - Noticias de Israel y Medio Oriente »

Mexico-Israel bilateral meeting at the FICG 26

March 31, 2011, 8:58 pm

In Mexico, 85% of the market is concentrated in Hollywood and one of the biggest problems is in the process of film distribution, said Mary Stavenhagen, director of the Mexican Institute of Cinematography (IMCINE). Read More »

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forojudio.com »

Almost Cleaning

March 31, 2011, 8:58 pm
Almost Cleaning

I’m almost cleaning for Pesach. If I tell my kids that we are cleaning for Pesach they will become overwhelmed—as will I! But if I simply take little opportunities to look through drawers randomly, without the hint that I have ulterior motives behind my brief investigations, I do not meet with as much anxiety on both ends. Read More »

5TJT.com »

Video: Sanae 11 months, little Japanese girl treated by Israeli doctors in Japan

March 31, 2011, 8:58 pm

A medical team from the Delegation of Japan at this IDF treats sick girl of 11 months has lost his home in the tsunami disaster. The girl, Sanae, was taken Wednesday by his grandmother to the clinic of the Israeli delegation at Sanriku Minami. Read More »

Automatically translated from French »

Terre Promise »

Random Road Trip

March 31, 2011, 8:56 pm

SMT and I needed one more document for our aliyah application.  We cannot continue the process without it, so I decided to take a little road trip to the suburbs of Philadelphia, PA and pick it up. Read More »

Samantha's Jewish Journey »

Join Women In Green Planting More Trees-Yes!!

March 31, 2011, 8:56 pm

Towards the holiday of the Redemption-  planting and redeeming Erets Israel! Tuesday Rosh Chodesh Nissan, April 5 th ,at 4: 30pm In Netzer- plantings and a shiur with Rabbanit Shani Taragin We will , please G-d, meet with our private cars at the Read More »

Jewtudes »

Genuine Humility by a Genuine Jew

March 31, 2011, 8:56 pm
Genuine Humility by a Genuine Jew

A short clip of Rav Shlomo Zalman Aurbach OBM as he’s being introduced by the MC as the Posek Hador. It’s interesting; if you watch closly you will see that he was almost shocked to hear his name mentioned after the title “Posek Hador. Read More »

Gruntig! »

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March 31, 2011, 8:56 pm

AURORA A senior Israeli defense official to Washington Post provided a detailed map showing at least 550 bunkers, guard posts and 100 facilities that ensures the Shiite terrorist group Hezbollah has emerged in Lebanon. Most of the sites marked on the map, published in the newspaper, are located south of the Litani River. Read More »

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Enlace Judío »

From Prison, Sholom Rubashkin Launches Contest For “All Jewish Children Across The World”

March 31, 2011, 8:54 pm

“…Even here in prison, we encounter many nisyonos, or difficulties. There are those who laugh and mock our holy Torah and mitzvos, and we need all our strength and courage not to become influenced by them. Thus, I would like… Read More »

FailedMessiah.com »

Kipat Barzel, Iron Dome

March 31, 2011, 8:54 pm
Kipat Barzel, Iron Dome

Iron Dome (Kipat Barzel) is the name given to the mobile air defense system designed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd to intercept short-range missile to a distance of 70km. Read More »

Automatically translated from Spanish »

David Adael - דויד עדאל »

Tsunami Takes Over Japan

March 31, 2011, 8:54 pm

More amazing footage of the tsunami in Japan Read More »

MahNishmah.com »

Palestinian protest organizer to remain under arrest

March 31, 2011, 8:54 pm
Palestinian protest organizer to remain under arrest

Nabi Saleh Popular Committee leader Bassem Tamimi’s arrest was extended by an Israeli military judge after the prosecution filed a grievous indictment. The hearing took place in front of a courtroom packed with Tamimi’s family, supporters, European diplomats and Israeli intellectuals . Bassem Tamimi at the Ofer Military Court this afternoon. Read More »

+972 Magazine »

posts so far for parashat Tazria

March 31, 2011, 8:54 pm
posts so far for parashat Tazria

2011 Tazria sources — further improved. For example, many more meforshei Rashi .. YU Torah on parshat Tazria .. Why no ‘famous’ derasha on Isha Ki Tazria ? Maybe there is. Regardless, what about the law of conservation of   derashot ? . Read More »

parshablog »

SKUP: Demonstration planned against Israeli speaker

March 31, 2011, 8:52 pm

IDF spokeswoman Avital Leibovich will speak at SKUP – a trade conference for journalists – tomorrow in Tønsberg. The Norwegian reds, a brown-spotted lot, are arranging a demonstration in protest. Such is the lay of the land that wherever somebody speaks up for Israel, be it a Norwegian or a foreigner, people will [… Read More »

Norway Israel and the jews »

Benjamin Netanyahu on the "hot seat"

March 31, 2011, 8:52 pm
Benjamin Netanyahu on the "hot seat"

. B "H As previously reported, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched a Youtube – Campaign Anyone could send in their questions and answers Netanyahu / d. Some of the answers: http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5t6A9wSMWo&feature=featured Netanyahu to the settlements: http: //www.youtube. Read More »

Automatically translated from German »

Leben in Jerusalem »

Tcholent

March 31, 2011, 8:52 pm
Tcholent

Ingredients 8 large potatoes 4 carrots 2 large onions cut into thick slices (optional) 2 sweet potatoes cut into cubes (optional) 3 tablespoons () oil 400 g minced beef bones with marrow salt to taste 6 cups water or even cover raw onions 2 grated Preparation: Peel and cut the potatoes into large cubes. Saute onions in oil over low heat. Read More »

Automatically translated from Portuguese »

Coisas Judaicas »

From Greece, Salonika aki: In memoriam … remembering the victims of the Shoah in Yianina 25-III-1944

March 31, 2011, 8:50 pm
From Greece, Salonika aki: In memoriam … remembering the victims of the Shoah in Yianina 25-III-1944

Angela Maria Drive. Arbelaez Arbelaez Historian Journalist & Fine Arts (MA) Independent Researcher – Art Curator Listen to the program – 31/03/2011 PROGRAM HERE Themes: Names of the victims read and photographs * taken from the website: Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue. Director, Marcia Oikonomopoulo. * Bundesarchi Bild101I-179-1575. Read More »

Automatically translated from Spanish »

eSefarad »

Israel Considers Building An Artificial Island Off Gaza Coast

March 31, 2011, 8:50 pm
Israel Considers Building An Artificial Island Off Gaza Coast

Environmentalists condemn Israeli plans to build an artificial island off the coast of Gaza to house a port, an airport and to encourage tourism It seems that it is not only Dubai that harbours ridiculous dreams of artificial islands – Israel does too. Read More »

Green Prophet »

The tallit

March 31, 2011, 8:50 pm
The tallit

I’m one of those people who would spend all their money for the sake of a mitzvah. I’ve done this sort of thing before. I clearly remember a time when I wanted to be a famous musician living on the road; all I had in my room was a bed, some CD’s, and my piano. I got rid of everything else. Even my walls were bare. Read More »

⒜ Ⅎℜℹ℮ℕ∂ﬥⓎ ⓓⓞⓢⓔ ◕∫ ✡ »

The Failure Of The U.N. In Lebanon

March 31, 2011, 8:50 pm
The Failure Of The U.N. In Lebanon

Jonathon Narvey The Propagandist31 March ’11The United Nations Interim Force In Lebanon (UNIFIL) has failed spectactularly in its mandate, namely: Assist the LAF in taking steps towards the establishment between the Blue Line and the Litani river of Read More »

Love of the Land »

A Monologue For Three (by BriTANicKdotcom)

March 31, 2011, 8:48 pm
A Monologue For Three (by BriTANicKdotcom)

A Monologue For Three (by BriTANicKdotcom ) Read More »

frgdr.com »

Chosen: Crimes and Misdemeanors

March 31, 2011, 8:48 pm
Chosen: Crimes and Misdemeanors

By Shmarya Rosenberg The Weekly Blotter Rabbi Shaul Kassin, the 79-year-old chief rabbi of New York City’s Syrian Jewish community, pleaded guilty in federal court to a money laundering-related offense. Kassin was one of several Syrian rabbis arrested two years ago on money laundering charges. Read More »

Heeb Magazine »

Searching for the Al Aqsa Brigades in Ireland?

March 31, 2011, 8:46 pm

Searching for the Al Aqsa Brigades in Ireland? Posted by Samuel Sokol on Mar 31st, 2011 and filed under Daily Mailer , FrontPage . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 . You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed. [… Read More »

Thérèse ZRIHEN-DVIR »

Sarah Netanyahu: "I Weakest Link

March 31, 2011, 8:46 pm
Sarah Netanyahu: "I Weakest Link

Prime Minister's wife first decided to respond funding trips abroad affair and said that trying to harm her husband. Read More »

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Nana10 »

Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, January 6, 1956, Part 3

March 31, 2011, 8:46 pm

Compiled by San Diego Jewish World staff Happy New Year! Southwestern Jewish Press, January 6, 1956, Page 5 With the Christmas and New Year holidays in the past, we have nothing else to contemplate except another year.  Let’s look around and see what happened in 1955 in our community. “ Ne new Synagogues were built, [… Read More »

San Diego Jewish World »

Related Aininim ‫ … ‬ roots dish

March 31, 2011, 8:46 pm

The big table in the small kitchen of Simon as if waiting for him 2 chickens dismantled, he smiled and got me Achorsar turns to the kitchen and began preparing as he explains to me what he was doing …. Read More »

Automatically translated from Hebrew »

Food 101 אוכל »

Film Crew Heads to Miami to Record Memories of Jewish Leader

March 31, 2011, 8:44 pm

Three interviewers from the organization charged with preserving teachings of the Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, took their operation south this week. Read More »

Chabad Lubavitch »

“Stop Surviving, Start Living”

March 31, 2011, 8:44 pm

Since the invention of the printing press, thousands of books have promised to contain the secret to life’s most elusive goal: happiness. In the secular world, they call them self-help books, but in our world, we know that the Torah view is the place to look for answers. Read More »

5TJT.com »

A letter from Jerusalem

March 31, 2011, 8:44 pm

What happened just a few hours ago will forever change my Israel experience. Twenty of us were at a restaurant in Mamilla celebrating Shira’s birthday when one by one we all received texts that there was a bomb by Binyanei Hauma and that we should immediately return to school — taxis only. Read More »

Jewish Standard »

Knesset J Street Hearing Criticized

March 31, 2011, 8:44 pm

Washington (JTA) — Two major American Jewish groups said Knesset hearings on J Street were inappropriate. The Knesset Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs met March 23 to discuss if the group is anti-Israel. “In hol… Read More »

The Jewish Exponent »

Postcards have become hip again.

March 31, 2011, 8:44 pm
Postcards have become hip again.

While the world has been smitten by the fast paced lifestyle of the internet in the last decade, people are beginning to crave those good old days when they could open up their mailbox and see a snail-mail postcard staring back at them. The FreshPaint Festival is tapping into those old fashioned, snail mail cravings, but in a hip way, of course. Read More »

Shalom Israel »

McConnell BLASTS Schumer and Dems: The Tea Party Isn’t Extreme (Neither is Cutting Spending)

March 31, 2011, 8:44 pm
McConnell BLASTS Schumer and Dems: The Tea Party Isn’t Extreme (Neither is Cutting Spending)

Earlier this week,  NY Senator Chuck Schumer got caught with his pants down. He was  heard urging fellow progressives to use the word extreme for the spending cuts and the tea party’s “control” over House Republican speaker John A. Boehner, without realizing the reporters were already on the line. Read More »

YID With LID »