A Brooklyn girl was robbed of her teenage years by a gang of creeps who repeatedly raped her, beat her and pimped her out, prosecutors said Wednesday. But the brave teen – who was brutalized for eight years starting at… Read More »
Archive for June, 2011
Washington’s Letter
In August of 1790, Moses Seixas of the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island wrote a letter to then-newly-elected President George Washington, welcoming him to his city. Washington’s response to the congregation has become a well-remembered piece of American Jewish history. Read More »
The Concept Of Time In The Afterlife
“Eternity” is a concept that is above “time” as we know it in this world. In eternity, there are no limitations as in past, present, and future—everything in eternity is in present tense, all at once!This concept seems inconceivable. Read More »
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In the gang were thieves, shulera.Zavtra will be better than vchera.Luchshe than yesterday. Better than vchera.V gang
In the gang were thieves, shulera.Zavtra will be better than vchera.Luchshe than yesterday. Better than the gang were vchera.V thieves, tricksters. Read More »
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Israel Plans To Spearhead Transition From Oil To Alternative Fuels
Israel Plans To Spearhead Transition From Oil To Alternative Fuels : Judging by a recent national plan, approved by the government, Israel is planning to become one of the most advanced research and industry centers in the field of oil substitutes for transportation. Read More »
Tom Friedman’s Faux Middle East Expertise
This morning at the Aspen Ideas Festival, New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman reportedly explained that – and this is a quote – “Netanyahu is Mubarak of Israel.” At first this seems like a counterintuitive statement. Read More »
A little humor internal
Friends: Diego, Ramallah, has sent me this video that parodies some of what we are experiencing lately in this blog. Anyway, hope you toméis it with humor and philosophy. Thanks http: //chevismo.com/h/42818 Diego. Read More »
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Paralysis- Indecision Is A Decision
There is an old turntable in my garage and a box full of vinyl…records that is. It is a large collection of 33s and 45s and a dozen or 78s that complete it. Presumably the needle on the turntable is still good so there is no reason why I couldn’t take it inside the house [… Read More »
A Greener Space Planned Between Abu Dhabi and Dubai
A 1770 hectare site between Abu Dhabi and Dubai is set to get a green makeover. After long… Visit Green Prophet for all the juicy, green details. Read More »
THE DIVA is 30!
Happy birthday to the best sister that I’ve ever had! I love you, even if you are a Yankee fan! . Read More »
Wake Me Up When September Ends
I’m worried about the coming September. I’m worried because the clouds of the next Palestinian-Israeli confrontation are already gathering, and there is no creative diplomatic effort to disperse them. Read More »
The Art of Negotiation
By Tuvia Brodie Did you see Gershon Baskin’s column, A guide to September (Jerusalem Post, June 28, 2011)? He is a regular writer for the Jerusalem Post whose column usually promotes a Left-leaning agenda. Read More »
Law and Terrorism: more of a dilemma
Then we bring the transcript of the speech of Augustine Ulanovsky (Director Point IL) in the event organized last Monday at the Faculty of Law: "First of all, thanks for being here. Jorge has focused very well the problem and impact international terrorism from a sociological analysis. It falls to me then give the look from the law. Read More »
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Defending innovation from fuzzy math
This post is the first in several dedicated to an analysis of Jewish Jumpstart’s 2010 survey and report, “The Innovation Ecosystem: An Emerging Market for Knowledge and Social Capital. Read More »
Ami Isseroff RIP: the heart of a real Zionist stopped
It is a sad day indeed for all those who knew and appreciated one of the most unusual and brave people in the Internet community. When a blogger mentions someone in blogging “business”, it is an accepted practice to connect the name to a link. Read More »
USA: Start of $1.6M Restoration of Oldest Queens Synagogue
New York. Tifereth Israel Synagogue. Start of Restoration (top), Aron ha-Kodesh (bottom). Photo: NY Landmarks ConservancyUSA: Start of $1.6M Restoration of Oldest Queens (New York) SynagogueA groundbreaking ceremony was held at Congregation Tifereth Israel, 109-18 54th Avenue in Corona, at 11 am June 22. Read More »
Looking At The World Through Smoked Meat-Tinted Glasses
This post first appeared as “Jewish Deli-Inspired Sunglasses? All the Stars Are Wearing Them” on The Shmooze blog of the Forward. Corey Shapiro at the Snowdon Deli Corey Shapiro likes his food salty and his eyewear sweet. Read More »
He, Too, Accused
Today in Tablet Magazine, Robert Zaretsky honors Bernard Lazare, the forgotten Dreyfusard whose unique path from child of the provinces to Symbolist poet to ideological anarchist staunch defender of Dreyfus—who unlike many cast his defense Read More »
PEZ dispenser + mezuzah = PEZ-uzah
PEZ-uzah: Hello Kitty meets the Shema MyJewishLearning.com just published my article on making a mezuzah case from a PEZ dispenser. Rather than a how-to, it’s more of a why and why not ? Here’s the link: How to Make a Mezuzah with Kitsch and Class . Read More »
Day 4: Krakow to Budapest
Day 4: the road to BudapestWe were up very early today for a long day’s drive from Krakow to Budapest.But, before hitting the road we stopped for a fascinating visitat one of Krakow’s most famous sites: the salt mine. Read More »
CRIF wrote to PS ….
June 15, 2011, the PS has published a text on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This text, which was adopted at a meeting of the national office in the near-unanimity of those present, has raised many questions. Read More »
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Israeli software identifies Biblical authors
An Israeli software gives new insights into the various authors of the Bible, which some researchers have identified some time … The new software can analyze word choice and style to distinguish parts of a text from each other, which were written by different authors. Read More »
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The weekly section by Mail
Rabbi Ozer Alport has a column in the Friday edition of the newspaper charejdischen HaModia. In this he grabs his short segments from the current week and section examines these in detail. That's pretty tightly in the newspaper, but worth reading (if … Read More »
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Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis make the same movie
Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis, the Jewish stars of the acclaimed 2010 film Black Swan, have apparently made two different versions of the same movie. As Blind Film Critic so clearly depicts in this trailer mashup of No Strings Attached and Friends With Benefits, these films are identical right down to the camera angles. Read More »
Gilad and our failure
Remember once a year – and five years in a row – Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier captive just can not offer anything new. After fifteen or twenty minutes, change the subject and return to the last chapter of "A Star is Born." Long – more than five years – we lost many of the values of our lives, those on which we exist. Read More »
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Unique
Class of 1980 — hanging out at the back of the class, as usual Last week was my high school reunion, the first time we all formally got together as a school unit in 31 years. I was a bit cautious about seeing everyone again. In my mind we were all still 17 years old. Read More »
Graduation Gift
Maimonides School in Brookline recently held commencement exercises for its Class of 2011. The week leading up to graduation was chock full of activities — a senior retreat at a camp in Pennsylvania, sports banquet, rehearsal and Senior Recognition Night. Senior Night, which follows a graduation rehearsal, serves many purposes. Read More »
Towards Inclusive Israeli Citizenship: A New Conceptual Framework for Jewish-Arab Relations in …
This document was produced by a team under the leadership of Professor YitzhakReiter. It is the culmination of a two-year project aimed at formulating a new model for Jewish-Arab relations in Israel.This document proposes a new conceptual framework regarding the Arabminority in Israel based on principles that are outlined in the document. Read More »
Ackerman and Lowey Warn Flotilla Participants of Potential Prosecution
Representatives Gary Ackerman (D-NY) and Nita Lowey (D-NY) took a firm stance against the Gaza flotilla during their current visit to Israel. They said that participants in the flotilla aimed at breaching Israel’s maritime blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip are subject to serious legal ramifications from the U.S. Read More »
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Talmid X, One Last Time
The Year In Israel And so it ends. After a solid 10 months in Israel (and 13-plus months writing this column), my Shanah Aleph is over. It’s a weird feeling, to stand here at the completion of such a significant period in my life and contemplate the significance of the completion. Read More »
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MKs shocked over Iranian delegation blunder
Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee delegation left seething as Germany invites Iranian delegation to visit Bundestag – at same time as Israeli delegation
Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee delegation left seething as Germany Read More »
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Rabbis and activists react to gay marriage vote
The month known for marriages will now include same-sex unions, following a closely watched June 24 vote by the New York State Senate recognizing gay marriage. Bitterly opposed by leading Orthodox organizations, the law makes New York the sixth and most populous state in the nation to recognize the unions. Read More »
UN 2010 Gaza Flotilla Report Coming This Week
Geoffrey Palmer, Prime Minister of New Zealand and former head of the UN Commission regarding the 2010 Freedom Flotilla , will submit his committee’s final report to UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon this week, sources say. Read More »
Kings trade Casspi to Cavaliers for Hickson
The Sacramento Kings have traded Israeli born small forward Omri Casspi to the Cleveland Cavaliers for big man J.J. Hickson. Hickson averaged 13.8 points, 8.7 rebounds, and 1.1 assists in 80 games with the Cavaliers last season. Casspi averaged 8.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, and 1 assist for the Kings. Read More »
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Closing the “Terror Gap”
What do the Second Amendment, the terrorist attacks in Mumbai and support for Israel have in common? For me, they all illustrate why it’s important to consider new evidence—even when it forces us to question long-held assumptions. When it comes to national security, you’d think that both left and right could put such assumptions to the side. Read More »
Nazi camp now charging large groups $1.50 per person. Cheap Jews cry in anger.
Globe and Mail: The former Sachsenhausen camp near Berlin began charging commercial tour groups a fee of €1 ($1.40) a person in June. It has never charged before and critics say that to do so goes against its role as a memorial of persecution. Read More »
Return to the sources, we've already said?
After Dudu Tasa, and Amir Ben Browse issued albums in Arabic joins Rita celebration and launching an album of good songs in Persian. Who is responsible for the production of the album are people Rhys Warren Elmaleh Church of intellect and will include songs in the original and the songs are translated from Persian. Read More »
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Are ethnic Norwegians fleeing Oslo?
The Norwegian public is encouraged to worry about settlement patterns related to the Israel-Palestine conflict. The fact that statistics indicate that ethnic Norwegians are fleeing Oslo, the public is encouraged to ignore. The disparity is quite striking. Read More »
Day 3: Auschwitz and Kradow
Day 3: Auschwitz/Birkenau and KrakowBeautiful green fields of death. The cognitive dissonance between the beautiful, green rolling fields of southern Poland and the nightmare that happened there during the Shoah is simply impossible to put in words. Read More »
Another Tack: Schlemiel, schlimazel …
There’s a well-defined distinction between a schlimazel and a schlemiel . The former is the one on whom soup is spilled, while the latter is the one who spills it. In the rare instance that both categories of klutziness coalesce in one persona, it’s an out-and-out disaster. Read More »
Comics, superheroes and Nazis
The comic, the origin of the word and a little history is called the comic genre as a narrative consists of a hybrid that mixes text and image that developed in North America. They called because they were essentially comic comics (in Mexico we call them cartoons). Read More »
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How Climate Change Threatens Alexandria, Casablanca, and Tunis
In the coming decades, natural disasters could costs Alexandria, Casablanca, and Tunis $1 billion… Visit Green Prophet for all the juicy, green details. Read More »
Throw the Jew down the well
Every once in a while, somebody accuses Jewschool contributors of ignoring or belittling anti-Semitism. Read More »
Omri Casspi Traded to the Cavs
Tweet Former Kings forward Omri CasspiIt appears that Casspi’s request to be traded from his NBA team at the end of the year has come to fruition.It has been reported that the Sacramento Kings have sent the second year forward plus a first round pick to the Cleveland Cavaliers for power forward J.J. Hickson. Read More »
Bookmark Imagine some happiness … their.
Imagine a world a little happiness! Sense of smell was always me … And I'm not talking about the smells of cooking, frying or baking … The while everyone recognizes. When I smell the smells of this kind I breaks them apart … Ingredients: vegetables, meat, fish, spices … Imagine … Read More »
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ENCORE! Two major gas fields discovered off the coast of Israel
Two gas fields have been discovered in the Mediterranean off the coast of Israel. According to the company Hacharat Energia, which announced this discovery, the reserves of the two offshore sites could reach over 180 billion cubic meters. Read More »
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Delegitimization fight, not give her
The highly touted concept in political discourse is on the "legitimacy" or "legitimacy". The term generally describes the anti-Israeli campaign a number of Muslim and radical leftist organizations that strive to make the existence of the State of Israel through constant public vilification of the question … Read More »
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Israel: Firefighters Rescue 19 Children From Burning School
Tragedy was avoided on Thursday afternoon when firefighters rescued 19 five-year-old children from a fire that broke out in a school in the Katamon neighborhood of Jerusalem. At first, the firefighters feared the children were trapped inside, but were able to evacuate them all without incident. Read More »
Tel Aviv Mayor tours House of Israel in San Diego
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Faithful minister: rioting will not interfere with the system
Minister of Justice responded to verbal attack against him in the Cave of the Patriarchs by right-wing activists: "riots will not prevent judicial act impartially. Read More »
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A street food called shwarma
Anyone who has ever been to Israel, be it for seminary, yeshiva, a family trip, on a business trip or through Birthright, will probably be willing to count shwarma amongst their favorite foods. For those not in the know, shwarma is mix of marinated meat (usually turkey, veal or lamb) and fat that is placed on a spit and then slow roasted. Read More »
Jews and Muslims against anticircuncisión initiative in California
JORGE MAGALLON / CHRISTIAN POST The collection of signatures against circumcision in California brought together about 12 thousand, also gained many supporters in San Francisco, named the initiative against male genital mutilation is intended to extend to other U.S. States and thus bring request to Congress. Read More »
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Moment Film Watch
Sholem Alecheim: Laughing in the Darkness Release Date: July 8 Don’t miss this fresh portrait of the Yiddish humorist and writer Sholem Alecheim, born Solomon Rabinovitz, whose stories became the basis for the perennial favorite musical Fiddler on the Roof. Read More »
Putting What’s Important To You First
What is the sign of a good decision? It’s putting what’s important to you first.Did you realize that your assets owned at death are generally subject to federal and state taxes? A significant percentage of your estate may go towards tax liabilities. Unless you plan ahead, your legacy becomes open to public scrutiny through the probate process. Read More »
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Weekly Commentary: Ramifications: World ignores that Arafat forfeited right to engage in violence
Weekly Commentary: Ramifications: World ignores that Arafat forfeited right to engage in violence Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 30 June 2011 “The PLO commits itself to the Middle East peace process, and to a peaceful resolution of the conflict between the Read More »
Kriyah for Doctors and Emergency Servicemen
As per יו”ד סימן ש”מ ס”ק ה and the gemara Moed Katan כה עמוד ב that require Kriyah for all who are there at the time of death, an EMT, EMS member, doctor, nurse, or any other emergency first responder who is there at the time of death must rip Kriyah for all the places they respond to when a death of a Jewish patient occurs. Read More »
