Archive for July, 2011

Stam Stories #5: The Sofer and the Quill

July 31, 2011, 10:32 pm
Stam Stories #5: The Sofer and the Quill

Horav Moshe Zaggaro, zl, one of the distinguished rabbanim in Fez, Morocco, was also a sofer, scribe. He had an interesting way of writing a Torah. He wrote the entire Torah, leaving space for Hashem’s Name. Read More »

YK's Sofer Blog »

I Hate Israel

July 31, 2011, 10:32 pm
I Hate Israel

Great series of short videos about Israel, Palestine and the Middle East Conflict. Debunking the lies of the so called ‘Palestinian’ and the entire Muslim world. To the Jew haters, you might get the facts straight and stop making fool of yourself. Enjoy watching!1) I Hate Israel – Zionism A Jewish nation is unique in being Jewish. Read More »

Speedy's Media »

Film: Apes From the Future, Holding a Mirror to Today

July 31, 2011, 10:30 pm

Boulle’s idea, though, is so powerful that it may be immune to the vicissitudes of natural — and even artificial — selection. Read More »

The New York Times »

Obama says US appalled by Syria brutality

July 31, 2011, 10:30 pm
Obama says US appalled by Syria brutality

WASHINGTON  – US President Barack Obama said on Sunday he was appalled by the Syrian government’s use of violence against its people in the city of Hama and promised to work with others to isolate President Bashar Assad.Syrian tanks firing shells and machine guns stormed Hama on Sunday, killing 95 civilians. Read More »

Jerusalem Post »

After the usual murder: security beefed up at Rabbi Ovadia Yosef

July 31, 2011, 10:30 pm

Following the shocking murder of the Admor Rabbi Elazar Abuhatssira zt, at Maran Hgr"a Yosef Shlita not take any more risks, and forestry has been beefed up around him – has learned that the Circus Saturday. Close to Hgr"a: "Maran secure 24 hours. Read More »

Automatically translated from Hebrew »

Kikar haShabat - כיכר השבת »

Minister Saar: "take action to correct and show responsibility '

July 31, 2011, 10:30 pm
Minister Saar: "take action to correct and show responsibility '

News 10 interview the Minister of Education emphasized that the response to the protest organizers requirements may lead to bankruptcy but expressed sympathy: "There is no us and them". Read More »

Automatically translated from Hebrew »

Nana10 »

Syria: 140 killed and hundreds injured in a single day in Hama

July 31, 2011, 10:28 pm

As a result of massacre regime of Bashar Assad to come out against him inhabitants of the city of Hama in one day 140 people were killed and hundreds were injured. Read More »

Automatically translated from Russian »

7kanal.com »

Israel concerned over resignations of key Turkish army officials

July 31, 2011, 10:28 pm

JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israeli officials reportedly are concerned over the resignation of the head of the Turkish armed forces and three other senior officers.
“This move plays right into the hands of Islamic extremists and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan,” an unnamed official told the Ynet Israeli news service, citing unnamed officials. Read More »

JTA »

Steinitz slated to head talks with social activists

July 31, 2011, 10:28 pm
Steinitz slated to head talks with social activists

Likud officials hint finance minister will head negotiations with housing crisis protesters
Likud officials hint finance minister will head negotiations with housing crisis protesters
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu . Read More »

ynetnews »

"Barbra Streisand Live in Concert" for Barbra Streisand and Gary Smith

July 31, 2011, 10:26 pm
"Barbra Streisand Live in Concert" for Barbra Streisand and Gary Smith

Arte will broadcast on 31 July and 3 August 2011 Barbra Streisand Live in Concert by Gary Smith (2009). The famous and talented singer, director, producer, activist and philanthropist Democrat, Jewish American Common Trip interpreter of Broadway and Hollywood to the public gained a concert in Florida in 2006. Read More »

Automatically translated from French »

Véronique Chemla »

Ask Turkey about genocide, Kurds

July 31, 2011, 10:26 pm

To the Editor:
Turkey’s goverment demands that Israel apologize for killing nine armed activists on a flotilla who were trying to kill Israeli forces upholding a blockade of Gaza and to end the blockade of Gaza. Read More »

Quibbles and Kibbitz »

Professional Crazed Fan

July 31, 2011, 10:26 pm

Woke up early this morning. It was already HOT outside and inside. I did all of the laundry (we even changed the sheets) so that I wouldn’t have stuff sitting around for the duration of the 9 days. I ate a barley roll with 1 Tbsp of fresh chumus for breakfast, Rice & Chicken Salad for lunch, and chicken soup with rice for dinner. Read More »

At Home in the Holy Land... »

The “Oslo Syndrome” and the Terror Attack in Norway

July 31, 2011, 10:26 pm

One of the most sensitive aspects of the very sensitive subject of the murderous terrorist attack in Norway by a right-wing gunman is this irony: The youth political camp he attacked was at the time engaged in what was essentially (though the campers didn’t see it that way, no doubt) a pro-terrorist program. Read More »

RubinReports »

Maids To The Middle East To Be Dusted

July 31, 2011, 10:24 pm
Maids To The Middle East To Be Dusted

By Gazala Anver The Sri Lankan Foreign Employment Bureau (FEB) states that in the last four months alone, domestic workers going to the Middle East have brought in USD 1,688 million worth of remittances to the country. Read More »

Women's Lens »

ENCOURAGING JEWISH CHOICES: Welcoming Intercultural and Interfaith Families

July 31, 2011, 10:24 pm

In-marriage is no longer a norm. More and more Jews are in intercultural and interfaith relationships and marriages. This statistic is probably highest among secular and cultural Jews. Are we doing enough to engage these families? Edmund Case, founder and CEO of InterfaithFamily. Read More »

The City Congregation for Humanistic Judaism in New York City »

Old Footage Of Gerrer Rebbe The Bais Yisroel Z”l At Serifas Chumetz

July 31, 2011, 10:24 pm
Old Footage Of Gerrer Rebbe The Bais Yisroel Z”l At Serifas Chumetz

http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2Bbq6Lr3gIendofvid Old Historic Footage Of Gerrer Rebbe The Bais Yisroel Z”l At Serifas Chumetz Seen Together With His Gabbi R’ Chanina Schiff Z’l Surrounded By A large Crowd Of Gerrer Chassidim. Read More »

Zingmit, Jewish Video Site »

Ilia and Friends

July 31, 2011, 10:22 pm

Blues and jazz. Open mic after the show.   Read More »

Jerusalem Blueprint »

Fighting Hate with Hot Chocolate: Australia rejects BDS

July 31, 2011, 10:22 pm

“We remember the precedence of the 1930s; my father came from Germany, and (at) any sign of this kind of behaviour we have to draw a line in the sand. Read More »

Pro-Israel Bay Bloggers »

17 Tammuz Movie

July 31, 2011, 10:22 pm
17 Tammuz Movie

saw this on Gruntig, sent to me by a  http: //halachafortoday.com/default.aspx Read More »

Hasidic Rebbele »

Treasury officials against Steinitz: "to go"

July 31, 2011, 10:20 pm
Treasury officials against Steinitz: "to go"

Ministry of Finance said the status of minister thistle unprecedented office and declare: "He must go home. Read More »

Automatically translated from Hebrew »

Nana10 »

Differences between the World leaders in housing protest

July 31, 2011, 10:20 pm

Histadrut Chairman Ofer Eini, and who led a tent held in the last hours a showdown that was supposed to focus on steps to check the following and create possible solutions to housing shortage and cost of living for the negotiations with the government. Read More »

Automatically translated from Hebrew »

nrg - Maariv »

"Father why has thou forsaken me" • tears and eulogies – Video summary

July 31, 2011, 10:20 pm
"Father why has thou forsaken me" • tears and eulogies – Video summary

"Father why has thou forsaken me" • tears and eulogies – video sums up the cry of Hgr"a Joseph, tears of Hgr"s Amar and devoted son of Rabbi Pinchas • All the main eulogy at the funeral carried Admor Rabbi Elazar Abuhatssira zt • Read More »

Automatically translated from Hebrew »

BeHadrei Haredim - בחדרי חרדים »

Germany still in Durban III conference

July 31, 2011, 10:18 pm

Germany, which admits to having a special duty to protect the Jewish state, still has not withdrawn from the Durban III conference. Read More »

Israel Matzav »

"Picket protest" against the "Russian" ended with shooting (view)

July 31, 2011, 10:18 pm

A lone woman left at the intersection of streets in the city of Jaffa, with a sign: "The Russian took us the apartment." In response, poured a bucket of water on her, she opened fire with a pistol. Read More »

Automatically translated from Russian »

7kanal.com »

IDF chief warns against budget cuts

July 31, 2011, 10:18 pm
IDF chief warns against budget cuts

Lt.-Gen Benny Gantz says cutting defense budget in favor of social activists’ demands will impede military’s ability to address threats
Lt. Read More »

ynetnews »

Arhab the northern frontline of the Yemeni Revolution

July 31, 2011, 10:16 pm
Arhab the northern frontline of the Yemeni Revolution

  Over the past few weeks, the Yemeni government has been pounding the village of Arhab which is situated on the northern outskirts of the capital, Sana’a. As a result, thousands of villagers have had to flee the war zone and seek refuge in the neighboring mountains; hoping that they would be able to return to their homes soon. Read More »

foreign policy »

Why The Dati Leumi Public Isn’t Part Of The Protests.

July 31, 2011, 10:16 pm

So why isn’t the Dati-Leumi public part of the protest? ·         The mood of the protest is too “Tel Aviv”. ·         Some of us have some fairly well founded suspicions that behind the scenes this is really a left-wing protest – i.e. aiming to topple a right wing government. Read More »

Mostly Kosher »

US DEA busts Hezbollah weapons smuggling ring

July 31, 2011, 10:16 pm

From Now Lebanon : It was just an undercover operation meant to lead to the arrest of an Iranian drug dealer in Bucharest, Romania. But it developed into one of the largest operations the American Drug Enforcement Agency initiated in the last decade. Read More »

Elder of Ziyon »

Glenn Beck Loves Jews, Israel

July 31, 2011, 10:16 pm
Glenn Beck Loves Jews, Israel

lukeford.net Dennis Prager is unhappy that this good man has been libeled by the Left. The accusation that Beck is anti-semitic is absurd. Read More »

Your Moral Leader »

Google Maiz

July 31, 2011, 10:14 pm
Google Maiz

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Maya Escobar »

*holiday Alert*

July 31, 2011, 10:14 pm

ROSH CHODESH AV    TONIGHT!!! JULY 31st (sunset) – AUGUST 1st (nightfall)  Mincha today : No Tachanoon. Read More »

theCLD »

The primacy of Judaism

July 31, 2011, 10:14 pm

To the Editor:
In ancient times there were communities called Soboumanoi, God fearers, who accreted to Judaism, accepting the Law, except for one thing: the adult men did not undergo circumcision. They circumcised their children and over time this became an accepted conversion. Read More »

Quibbles and Kibbitz »

Jewish cemetery in Ukraine Rebuilt

July 31, 2011, 10:12 pm
Jewish cemetery in Ukraine Rebuilt

http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KAu9M9Nm Eendofvid Read More »

Zingmit, Jewish Video Site »

New book: Memoirs of a Baghdad Childhood

July 31, 2011, 10:12 pm

from Victor Sasson Greetings! I would like to draw your attention to my recent book, a memoir: Memoirs of a Baghdad Childhood (June 22) This is a short book (116 pages) depicting personal and family scenes, episodes, experiences, and impressions of the author’s early life in Baghdad. Read More »

Women's Lens »

SuperTanker in action – Netanyahu appoints task force to address protesters’ demands

July 31, 2011, 10:12 pm

(IsraelHayom).Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday the creation of a team of ministers charged with formulating policies to improve the standard of living of Israel’s middle class. Read More »

Bibi Report »

Threatening to jump off the roof due to a cellular antenna

July 31, 2011, 10:10 pm
Threatening to jump off the roof due to a cellular antenna

A week later started a hunger strike because of the antenna set up near the office of her son, Shulamit mercy today climbed on the roof. "You have until midnight to download the antenna. Read More »

Automatically translated from Hebrew »

Nana10 »

Hammer and a letter caused a riot at the mourners

July 31, 2011, 10:10 pm

Two residents of Jerusalem who arrived at noon to the bereaved family of Beersheba assumed Abuhatssira bag with books, a hammer and a letter to the rabbi's wife and caused unrest in the rabbi, they were beaten and arrested. Read More »

Automatically translated from Hebrew »

Ladaat לדעת.נט »

“Easy” Mourning

July 31, 2011, 10:10 pm

Tonight the Nine Days are upon us in earnest. Some years are harder than others to really put ourselves in the mourning mode. But this year it’s not going to be hard to mourn the loss of the Beis HaMikdash or the lack of Moshiach. Sadly, it’s going to be quite easy to remind ourselves that we are indeed in the midst of a painful galus. Read More »

Nekuda Tova »

Song walkers • Lipa in Nachman Klezk

July 31, 2011, 10:10 pm
Song walkers • Lipa in Nachman Klezk

Song walkers • Lipa in Lipa singer Nachman Klezk waiter came over to the Klezk, for permission to compose two songs in memory of the late baby son • holy Income Fund will be songs in memory of murdered Vicky Admkr child, in my anxious 19: 25 Read More »

Automatically translated from Hebrew »

BeHadrei Haredim - בחדרי חרדים »

Hulin 35 – Levels of purity

July 31, 2011, 10:08 pm

If someone decided to stay at a certain level of purity and to monitor this, it is considered unclean to the next level. This is because as soon as he decided on a certain level, then that is all for what he watches, and for the next higher level is required conscious effort. Read More »

Automatically translated from Russian »

Talmud Illuminated »

Op-Ed: Mr. Netanyahu should go to Ramallah to bring peace

July 31, 2011, 10:08 pm

NEW YORK (JTA) — For the Arab Spring, Israel represents the hope that in the Middle East, a nation can be both a national homeland and a free society. Israel is a modern, thriving democracy amid a region dominated by despotic regimes that brutally oppress their people and rape their land’s resources. Read More »

JTA »

Since LJ bought SUPya broadcast tutkikasso.multiply.com

July 31, 2011, 10:06 pm

Since LJ bought SUPya broadcast tutkikasso.multiply.com Read More »

Automatically translated from Russian »

Чёрный квадрат Кикассо 2.0 »

Koch disses his Democratic roots

July 31, 2011, 10:06 pm

To the Editor:
Mayor Koch , have you forgotten your roots and the people who put Barack Obama in office? Mr. Mayor, you do not see the folly of the Tea Party and the effect it is going to have on the financial status of the United States.
Ike Semaya Miami, Fla. Read More »

Quibbles and Kibbitz »

PIC(s) of the Week!

July 31, 2011, 10:06 pm
PIC(s) of the Week!

Against Nature & Society: Sometimes we think that things against nature are abnormal and THIS IS COMPLETELY LOGICAL (just like this picture here). Read More »

theCLD »

The Forgotten Eden

July 31, 2011, 10:06 pm

B”H – Eden Natan Zada HY”D was lynced in police custody six years ago today. Israeli so called justice is still “at work” on this, with no lynch charges. Evidently the Gay Gilad Tent Doctors could not care less about him, his family, his case or justice. Read More »

The Torah Revolution »

Camp Chaverim Color War 2011

July 31, 2011, 10:04 pm
Camp Chaverim Color War 2011

http: //www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUS6tPcDWhsendofvid Read More »

Zingmit, Jewish Video Site »

This Week in History: The British Mandate for Palestine

July 31, 2011, 10:04 pm
This Week in History: The British Mandate for Palestine

Photo by: Jerusalem Post Archives On July 24, 1922, the Council of the League of Nations – the predecessor of the United Nations Security Council – gave its blessing to The British Mandate for Palestine , taking one of the first legal steps toward the eventual establishment of the State of Israel. Read More »

Women's Lens »

Are DC Think Tanks a “City of Men?”

July 31, 2011, 10:02 pm

Well, some think so. The question has generated quite a bit of controversy; here’s my blog post on the topic: http: //stepheniefoster.com/index. Read More »

foreign policy »

100th Conference of the Agudath Israel Nir Etzion ● Gallery

July 31, 2011, 10:02 pm

Nir Etzion place today, and the 100th Conference of Agudath Israel, with the participation of Agudath Israel officials, Knesset members and public figures. Photographer know. Net has documented – the images before you. Read More »

Automatically translated from Hebrew »

Ladaat לדעת.נט »

ISA seen demanding ouster of Menorah Mivtachim Insurance CEO

July 31, 2011, 10:02 pm

Ronen Avigdor was released to house arrest this evening on bail of NIS 500,000. Read More »

Globes Online »

The Syrian army's massacre at Hama continues: death toll exceeds 80

July 31, 2011, 10:00 pm

State news agency SANA said Syria's armed forces were forced to enter the city of Ham to combat paramilitary groups, who "terrorize people. Read More »

Automatically translated from Russian »

NEWSru.co.il »

Sing: "The organizers of the protest increased urinary Top"

July 31, 2011, 10:00 pm
Sing: "The organizers of the protest increased urinary Top"

Netanyahu's government ministers were outraged by the demands presented by the housing protest leaders. "What do they want the prime minister will enter them into Big Brother?" . Read More »

Automatically translated from Hebrew »

Nana10 »

Netanyahu’s Ramadan Message

July 31, 2011, 10:00 pm
Netanyahu’s Ramadan Message

Follow Challah Hu Akbar on Twitter! Read More »

Challah Hu Akbar »

Islamists Conducted One Out of 294 Terror Attacks Committed in Europe in 2009

July 31, 2011, 9:58 pm

One of 294 equals a third of one per cent. The figure comes from the European Union’s Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (2010). Read about it at Global Public Square . Read More »

Aqurette.com »

Hisibisha Dr. • Arieli announcer made against protest

July 31, 2011, 9:58 pm
Hisibisha Dr. • Arieli announcer made against protest

Hisibisha Dr. turned broadcaster • Arieli against the protest "the Orthodox gets a few pennies from the government worth more than what 'dreck' Rothschild who fought on the iPad" • Kobi Arieli attacking the leader in the protest: Read More »

Automatically translated from Hebrew »

BeHadrei Haredim - בחדרי חרדים »

The Hezbollah connection

July 31, 2011, 9:58 pm
The Hezbollah connection

The Hezbollah connection Ana Maria Luca, July 31, 2011 Adapted by Marc Brzustowski For lessakele © 2011 and © 2011 aschkel.info http: //www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=296046 Bashar Wehbeh, Lebanese accused the U.S. of have illegally obtained weapons to Hezbollah (image courtesy offered by the U.S. Department of Justice). Read More »

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Israël Flash »

Meet this Week’s JewishMOM: Michigan’s Ariella Rubin

July 31, 2011, 9:56 pm

Where did you grow up? Toronto, Canada. Where do you live? I live in a suburb outside of Detroit, Michigan called Southfield. How old are you? I am 30 years old and am finally feeling my age! How old are your kids? Yosef Betzalel is 5 yrs old, Bina Freyda is 3 yrs old, and [… Read More »

The JewishMom.com Blog »

Lemons & Honey, Crackers & Tea

July 31, 2011, 9:56 pm
Lemons & Honey, Crackers & Tea

We had a tea party, you and I Yesterday, when March was cold.            We were three or four again Five or six or seven.   Changed the world Solved the chaos, hunger, pain. Waved our magic wands Fixed all the ills Brought peace to a planet torn From the vantage of the couch. Read More »

Sara Arizona »