Did “Exodus” position Israel in American Jewish consciousness, as Silver asserts? No — that did not happen until the Six-Day War. But for millions of readers, “Exodus” was just what we needed at the time — the Americanization of Zionism and Israel . … Read More »
Archive for August, 2011
Reclaiming Zionism
I realize now the urgent need to disentangle the two often conflated, yet fundamentally different, terms of “ Zionism ” and “pro- Israel .” Zionism is the belief in the Jewish national movement, and pro- Israel is the support of current Israeli government … Read More »
Tseereh – Face (usually used as put-down)
Tseereh – Face (usually used as put-down) Read More »
Iran and Israel sending naval forces into the Dead Sea
From UPI : Iran will send a submarine and another warship from the republic’s 15th fleet to the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, Adm. Habibollah Sayyari said.The navy will continue to maintain a highly active presence in the area to serve the country’s interests, Press TV quoted the navy commander as saying Tuesday. Read More »
Racism? Blimey! (A tale of two Cohens)
On Aug. 21 Roger Cohen published his discovery — eureka — that classical anti-Semitism is well and alive even in his re-adopted home of Great Britain . Read More »
Calendar Picks and Clicks: August 31-September 9
Yehuda Hyman
PICK: WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7
“THE MAD 7”
Unhappy office drone Elliot Green undergoes a transformation — into a lighter, freer, more realized version of himself — after meeting a blind man who sees, a deaf man who hears, a stutterer who’s a great orator along with four other strangers. Read More »
When to get up in the morning
If possible, one should awaken at midnight and say Tikun Chatzot; lamenting the destruction of the Bet Hamikdash and the resultant loss of Torah learning as well as the numerous Mitzvot we can no longer do. If getting up at midnight is not an option, one should get up before dawn to say Tikun Chatzot. Read More »
London: Stop Posing Next to the Wax Statue of Hitler
Displaying a statue of Hitler strikes the Shmooze as an inherently bad idea — and sure enough, the one at Madame Tussauds in London is causing problems. Read More »
Just Peachy!
Summertime and gorgeous fruit is plentiful. Bright colors and a garden of aromatic scents fill markets and farm stands. It is easy to go crazy and over purchase when the produce looks so good. Read More »
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Baruch Dayan HaEmes on the Reichenberg Tragedy
Moshe Yosef Reichenberg Zt’l was only 50 when his life was tragically cut short as he attempted to save the life of a young child who had been struck by a fallen high voltage power line. The selfless instincts he exhibited were the embodiment of his life. Read More »
Lil Wayne ft Shyne, Bun B, Nas, & Busta Rhymes
Weezy brings on Shyne, Bun B, Nas, & Busta Rhymes to conclude the standard version of his Carter 4 album. Look out for that and Shyne’s upcoming collab with Matisyahu. Check out Shyne’s lyrics from the Weezy track below: I’m a villain, I’m a villain, all that happens in the street Poverty and desperation made [… Read More »
Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense system hits 85% of targets
Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense system hits 85% of targets : Israel’s cutting-edge missile defense called Iron Dome scored an 85 percent success rate in knocking out rockets launched against Israel ’s southern cities in recent clashes with Gaza. Read More »
some craftiness
It was a bit daunting to get back to crafting. I had a strange fear that I wouldn’t have any more ideas anymore. What if I forgot how?! But, nothing like a deadline and a sketch to help jump start one’s creativity.First up is a Rosh Hashana card with my handy dandy, and ever so lovely Crafting Jewish Style kit. Read More »
Counterfeit Change
“Benny, could you please buy some chickens on your way home this afternoon?” his mother asked.
“Sure,” he responded. “How many?”
“Two should be fine,” said his mother, rummaging through her pocketbook. “I’ve only got a $50 bill, though.”
Benny stopped off at Mendel’s Meat Market that afternoon. The two chickens came to $20. Read More »
Bookmark summer fruit pie
Fast fast before it’s over – summer fruit pies as well as my lab for her birthday. Pies prepared for the moment to relax so it took me half an hour, and the pie was ready, thanks to crisp dough previous post left cookies and almond cream was freezer. Read More »
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Libyaration
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Truth and justice
The things that matter most we rarely know for sure. Among them are the great issues of truth and justice. They go together, as we all know from the long-running TV series Law and Order . In the first half of every episode, the police seek out truth; in the second half, the courts establish justice. Read More »
“When I invite a woman to dinner I expect her …
“When I invite a woman to dinner I expect her tolook me in the face. That’s the price she has to pay.” ~Groucho Marx #Quotes #RT Read More »
Two of a kind
In the beginning of the פרשה, י”ז: ו , regarding the giving of capital punishment, the pasuk says “על פי שנים עדים…”, that we require at least two witnesses. Later on, (י”ט: ט”ו ), regarding monetary matters, it states “על פי שני עדים…”, again that two witnesses are required. Read More »
The haredi (ultra – Orthodox) world this week
Here, among other things: the inauguration of a new Beit Midrash Torah scroll, including the Hasidic group in their Modzitz Center Ashdod. Read More »
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Hitler Is Angry at Calls to Change Wax Statue
The U.K. Zionist Federation has asked the famous Madame Tussauds wax museum in London to replace its current sculpture of Adolf Hitler, which shows him rather stoically, with one that makes him not so “upright.” The complaint comes after reports that teenagers have taken to standing next to the sculpture and doing a heil and other sorts of things. Read More »
Moby and Jane’s Addiction to Give Concert in Tel Aviv, Israel
This summer’s Pic.nic music festival taking place at the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds outdoor venue has some big name performers lined up to entertain the crowds. The festival is taking place throughout the summer and already has confirmed international superstars Moby and Jane’s Addiction who will perform. Read More »
Ribollita con Ceci
Ribollita with Chickpeas – variation on a Tuscan soup . I made this soup from memory last night and will try to share it as well as I can. We ate it in Italy three weeks ago and the lady cook wrote out the recipe for me when I praised her about it. The only problem is that I could not find it in my handbag so I had to rely on my memory. Read More »
New Chief Rabbi Rosh Hashana Machzor
The Chief Rabbi has produced a new machzor for Rosh Hashanah.This machzor, which follows more closely the service we have than the Artscroll,will be followed next year by a Yom Kippur edition,then by a version for the other Yom Tovim. Read More »
Is Abbas pleading for help?
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas sounds like a man calling for help. He insists he is determined to go through with his bid for U.N. recognition but at the same time he seems to be looking for a way out. Read More »
thesustainablelife:Flower Pot Fridge – Keep foods cold without…
thesustainablelife : Flower Pot Fridge – Keep foods cold without electricity. So cool Read More »
What’s in the Book: the Twelve Prophets – Amos
Amos was a herdsman of Tekoa, who prophesied during the reign of Kings Jeroboam II of Israel and Uzziah of Judea. Read More »
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The gripes of academe
I dropped off my oldest this week for his junior year at college. It was a painfully beautiful post-hurricane kind of day, and the campus sparkled as we made our way across the quad to the dining hall. I had a backpack slung over my shoulder, and I began to get all nostalgic for my own college days.
That feeling lasted, oh, seven seconds. Read More »
Federation centennial spawns 100 home Shabbats
As part of The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles’ yearlong centennial anniversary, 100 community members were asked to host a Shabbat dinner for a Night of 100 Shabbat Celebrations. To date, 550 hosts have registered with Federation to participate in the Sept. Read More »
‘PA statehood vote to risk bilateral agreements’
Unilateral recognition bid at UN could jeopardize existing security, economic arrangements between Palestinian Authority and Israel, United States, says Israeli Ambassador to US Michael Oren in interview with Foreign Policy magazine
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Our 15 Minutes
The article in the Israeli business papers: the Marker (with picture) Calcalist They are both in Hebrew. Sorry. Read More »
Greps – Blech; a burp if it’s a mild one
Greps – Blech; a burp if it’s a mild one Read More »
Message from Binyamin – 4 Av 5771
2 Elul 5771 I am certain that almost every Jew, and also Gentile, feels that we, residents of the planet, have the most difficult problem. A large part of them do not understand exactly why they feel this way. They know that the whole world is changing very much and this change gives everyone a feeling of insecurity and not a little fear. Read More »
More, better and different
Dear Judi: I was thinking a lot in your last letter and the comments. My thoughts went through all those “other” in my life. And while there Meche and like you said once the magazine Hello! Vanity of vanities, and not the mirror where I look, I’m not always sure I stepped on. Read More »
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Sampling the beers
. If you are in town tonight or tomorrow night and are of a certain age, get yourself over to Jerusalem’s former train station, plunk down 25 or 30 shekels, and taste over a hundred different kinds of beer. Including the famous Chimay beer, made for centuries by the Trappists in the Chimay monastery in Belgium. . Read More »
A Day Like Purim
by Art Grand In forty days, Jews around the world will observe Yom Kippur – a solemn day for recounting our sins and thinking about our own mortality. We remember all the mistakes we have made, and remind ourselves that ultimately, all of us are called to judgment. Faced with our mortality, we determine to do better in the year to come. Read More »
11.11.2011
Just speculating: Katia is the storm 11 of the season 11 days from now is 9/11 Read More »
Should the chazzan say amen after the Priestly Blessing?
The chazzan says the words of the Priestly Blessing word after word, and Kohanim (priests) repeat after him. Read More »
The Most Wonderful Time of Year – Brilliant Marketing
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Rav Moshe Feinstein: Choosing A Frum Doctor?
If a person has a choice of two doctors, one of them is Shomer Mitzvos but is not a specialist for the particular procedure needed and the other doctor is a specialist however he is a Kofer, which one is preferable? The Igros Moshe (YD 4: 
says Read More »
Curb your enthusiasm
The revolutionary wave that brought new leadership to Egypt, Yemen, and now Libya and that threatens to loosen Assad’s iron grip in Syria has tied Jewish observers in knots. Thoughts of a freer, more democratic Middle East quicken the hearts of Israel’s supporters who believe that all people deserve life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Read More »
In Holocaust exhibition, objects give insight into survivors’ pasts
Halina Schejnfinkiel Wolf, born 1920 in Łódz´, Poland. Photo by Barbara Mack, courtesy LAMOTH
In a photograph currently hanging in the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust (LAMH), Holocaust survivor Sophie Zeidman Hamburger drapes a garment she wore while escaping from a Nazi death march over her arms, one of which bears a number tattoo. Read More »
Modi’in Residents Try To Keep Away Chareidim With Fee To Public Park
Modi’in residents want the municipality to institute an entrance fee to the city’s Park Anabe, which they think may stem the flow of ultra-Orthodox from surrounding towns to the popular park. Read More »
New Baby Mazal Tov To Yishai and Malkah! Plus New Moon Festival
Malkah and Yishai recount the tail of their impromptu home birth and the unlikely deliverer. Then, a Hebrew Renaissance party in Emek Tzurim Park (info below) for the new moon of the month of Elul. At the New Moon event, Yishai speaks with D. Avraham, the author of “Shepherd King: The Foundation Stone” (link to the book below). Read More »
History of Headgear #11: Uniform Hats
When you picture certain people, you automatically dress them in certain clothes. Think about the dress-up box in your kindergarten classroom – all those uniforms. Wearing a uniform helps people recognize what a person does. Read More »
Rebels: Gaddafi’s son offers to surrender
Rebel commanders say al-Saadi Gaddafi is trying to negotiate terms of surrender as whereabouts of Gaddafi senior remain unknown
Rebel commanders say al-Saadi Gaddafi is trying to negotiate terms of surrender as whereabouts of Gaddafi senior remain Read More »
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Can’t stop all the missiles
Israel’s ‘Iron Dome’ Missile Defense System Hits 85% of Targets – Eli Lake Israel’s cutting-edge missile defense called Iron Dome scored an 85 percent success rate in knocking out rockets launched against Israel’s southern cities in recent clashes with Gaza. Read More »
Support for peace Oppose the Palestinian tactic in the UN
* DAVID HARRIS / ITONGADOL Once again the Palestinians, with the help of international facilitators are about to shoot themselves to themselves in the foot, or worse. Except for unforeseen circumstances, the Palestinian leadership will come soon to the United Nations to seek support for his unilateral recognition of a state. Read More »
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Miss Univers 2011: Israeli Kim Edry
It’s here!
Scrapbook Workshop is available on Amazon right here ! It’s edited by the talented May Flaum and has lots of fun techniques from a lot of my favorite bloggers–and some new bloggers I was delighted to discover! This was fun to contribute to, and I Read More »
Angry Arab: “A new Zionist trick in Western media”
I’m always happy to learn about a “new Zionist trick,” but I am coming up a little short here trying to figure out how Zionism fits in: There is a new Zionist media trick about the Middle East as of late. Zionists plant a story in the Saudi and Hariri press. And then they cite that planted story as fact and then it gets circulated. Read More »
Picasso is My Rabbi
There are moments when art and religion come together perfectly. This happened to me recently, after returning from the wonderful Picasso show at the de Young Museum, all tanked up on the cubist view of the world. Read More »
Have You Found A Match For My Mother Today?
– by Hannah Miller He is only twelve but he knew his way around the large building with its many offices. He came every day and was known by the staff. He approached the entrance today. Tense. Anxious. His fists clenched in anticipation of what he would hear. His shoulders sagging in discouragement. But yet a tiny glimmer of hope in his eyes. Read More »
Parshas Shoftim: Rav Elyashiv – Shattered Dreams
“Mi HaIsh Asher Banah Bayis… Mi HaIsh Asher Nata Kerem… Mi HaIsh Asher Eiras Isha… Yeileich V’Yashov L’Baiso.” (Devarim 20: 5-7). The Torah exempts a person who builds a small house that is 4×4 amos and has not yet lived in it, from joining Am Yisrael in a war, because maybe he will die and another man will live in it. Read More »
L”H reminder
Lashon hara is not limited to verbal communication; the written word, body language, innuendo, and the like can also be hurtful. It is lashon hara to speak against a community, race, ethnic group, gender, or age group as a whole. Do not relate lashon hara even to your spouse, close friends or relative. Read More »
