Tu b’Shevat 5772The following article is well-worth posting in its entirety, so I am. But, first, here are a few comments.I am not sure I would call David Stern a “Rambo.” He’s too nice.Actually, even though we were neighbors for a while in K’far Tapu’a h , we never got to know each other. Read More »

Tu b’Shevat 5772Rabbi Aaron Leibowitz, a community leader from the Nachla’ot neighborhood in Jerusalem, wrote the important piece below, which appeared in Ha’Aretz was much nicer, more eloquent, balanced, and more timely than my attempt last month, Read More »

13 of the Eleventh Month 5772 This week’s edition of the largest (and growing!) Jewish and Israel-related blog carnival, Haveil Havalim is up at The Israel Situation!It’s The Community Edition . Check out why it has such a title.I’ll be hosting the next week’s edition, here at Esser Agaroth . Read More »

13 of the Eleventh Month 5772In memory of Eliyahu z”l ben Avraham on the occasion of his 18th yartzeit . Why do Jews eat dried fruit on Tu b’Shevat? Beats the hell out of me.Actually, that’s not entirely true. The drying of food if an ancient way of preserving food, along with salting and picking. Read More »

6 of the Eleventh Month 5772The following is the response I wrote to the photo of scantily clad women carrying weapons over their shoulders, going around on Facebook. It carried the caption… “ISRAEL, where an M4 is a fashion accessory. Read More »

Motza’ei Shabbath Qodesh Parashath Bo 5772Nope. Egalitarianism is not in the Torah,…not even close.This is a Western concept, not a Jewish one.Discuss amongst yourselves. Read More »

21 of the Tenth Month 5772This week’s edition of Haveil Havalim is now up at Just Call Me Chaviva! It’s entitled “Alas, Tebow Loses. Read More »

15 of the Tenth Month 5772No doubt, you have already heard about the in the Nachla’ot neighborhood in Jerusalem. If you want to learn more about it, you can read this post by A Mother In Israel .In the meantime, I will focus on one of the implications, I have yet to see in the news. Read More »

Motza’ei Shabbath Qodesh Parashath Waye h i 5772I received the following article from Geulah Girl . Reported on Thursday,but within hours, it was removed. It has since returned, and we are checking for any discrepancies with the original. I have posted the entire article below, in case it disappears again. Read More »

Motza’ei Shabbath Qodesh Parashath Waye h i 5772 YNET: Brotherhood: We Did Not Promise To Honor Israeli Peace Treaty Egyptian Islamist movement denies US State Department claim it had promised to honor 1979 peace deal. ‘No one has the right to speak for Egyptian people,’ party official says. Read More »

30 of the Ninth Month 57726th Night of H anukkah Well, as my laptop screen went out, and I still do not have an Internet connection at home (long story, don’t ask…) , I sit here on the third floor of the Jerusalem Central Bus Station in Cafe Neto, whose name I hope needs no further explanation.OK, I know it’s a chain, and chains are tacky. Read More »

Motza’ei Shabbath Qodesh Parashath Miqetz 57725th Night of H anukkah Just over a month ago, I put out a call for posts about Krembos.Well, there wasn’t that much a response. But, the response I did get included some very well thought out posts about Krembos, Israel’s favorite winter treat. Read More »

17 of the Ninth Month 5772What do you think of Jewish Federation’s H anukkah video?Tag line: “Show us your inner Maccabee this Chanukah. Do a world of good, make a world of difference.” This video does nothing more than perpetuate the Western galuth (diaspora), Leftist brainwashing myth of H anukkah . Read More »

17 of the Ninth Month 5772My (unpublished) talkback to this article follows.YNET: Peres, Netanyahu Speak Out Against Women’s Exclusion President, prime minister express adamant objection to recently debated phenomenon of female shunning; government Read More »

10 of the Ninth Month 5772Dear Presi dent Obama,I am an (born) American citizen residing in Israel.I was disgusted by Secretary of State Clinton’s statements regarding how Jews should practice their religion.Such statements would NEVER have been made about Islam and Islamic practices.(Yes, Sec. Clinton made a point of demonizing Iran. Read More »

10 of the Ninth Month 5772True Jew-hater, and U. S. President, Barack Obama does not need to learn how to pick U. S. envoys better, nor does he have to learn how to have better control over the ones he does have.Let’s face it. He doesn’t really care. Read More »

Motza’ei Shabbath Qodesh Parashath Wayetzei 5772 Chief Justice Fed Up with Criticism, Calls it Incitement High Court Chief Justice Dorit Beinisch railed at critics Wednesday and charged that “incitement” is undermining the judiciary. Read More »

Erev Shabbath Qodesh Parashath Wayeshev 5772Writing from Re h ovoth… Israel’s Deterrence Rooted in Ability to Conquer Territory IDF General says Israel’s ability to seize land is rooted in its ability to seize land — and the enemy believing Israel will keep it. Read More »

4 of the Ninth Month 5772 From Tomer Devorah’s UPDATE ON SYRIA …2 Kislev 5772 By all appearances, the West is going to try to do a ‘Libya’ on Syria and it gets closer by the day. Preparations are well underway. Arab sanctions find Syria’s 7 neighbors on alert. Russian missiles for Assad … Read More »

4 of the Ninth Month 5772What in the HELL is this??!! I will tell you what the HELL this is. It’s an Israeli Christmas stamp! That’s what it is! I bought it today from a stamp machine in the post office.Why is the Israeli postal service producing Christmas stamps?!For the Christian Arabs? In English? I seriously doubt it. Read More »