Tipped off by EoZ , I learned that Jean-Patrick Grumberg of Dreuz.info is reporting CNN Israel fired all Jewish journalists…the names of the four journalists that were fired: Moshe Cohen, editor, fired on january 30, 10 years with CNN. Izi Landberg [ that should be Lemberg, I think ], Producer, about 25 years with CNN, fired on January 30. Read More »

An excerpt from Giulio Meotti’s op-ed on the Vatican’s aspirations and demands in Jerusalem: …The Vatican never raised its voice to protest against the apartheid imposed by the Jordanians. Read More »

Slips in a commander Radio as we know, slips are the initials of the soldier standing orders’, ie directives, orders and instructions requiring every soldier in the service. Binder has slips, slips and even bag slips weapons. Here, the base comes a new soldier with a high degree. Read More »

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Two nights ago, there was a suspected infiltration of Shiloh but after less than an hour, the ‘all clear’ was given.Last night, again there was an alert. One of our security squad members observed an act of theft, began following and then another three Arabs exited their cover and all four ran towards our neighboring Arab village of Qaryut. Read More »

This woman accepted an unheard-of offer from Tom Maguire’s San Francisco Opera House: She would receive one-third of the gate. This made [her] the highest paid actress in the world [during the 1860s]. Read More »

Sacrifices?Prostration?Prayer?Alerted by EoZ , I went here and found nice pictures of visiting Israel security forces, including IDF soldiers and Border Guard policemen on the Temple Mount. Read More »

His opinion : A professor from Al Azhar, Sunni Islam’s highest seat of learning, was shown in a video saying that a belly dancer can be considered a “martyr,” since she is out to make money for herself. Saad al-Din al-Hilli… Read More »

If you go here , you can read about a great resource publication, The Middle East & North Africa Media Guide. Read More »

From my friend, Doug Greener: If you missed my letter in The Jerusalem Post last week, here it is. A few words will follow. Sir, – Gershon Baskin writes in “A victory for our side?” (Encountering Peace, January 31) that a one-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians will soon be inevitable. Read More »

There is an application for the iPhone called Jerusalem Compass which points the user towards the Kotel. It costs 99 cents. By default, the True East mode is enabled (when the switch is ON). This mode uses your current locations and your compass heading to calculate the exact geographic direction of the Kotel. Read More »

Over 4000 members of the Bnei Akiva youth movement came to Shiloh to plant trees .From the photo album of Miriam Feyga Bunimovitch : ^ Read More »

Peter Beinart has written a new book, The Crisis of Zionism . In it he attempts to tear apart the relationship of admiration, support and defense that has existed between Israel and American Jewry for over a century. Read More »

Here, at the Jerusalem Post .On Galatz, the IDF radio station.^ Read More »

A great video clip , “curtesy” of Bill Clinton: However that last caption segment of “Israel Wants Peace” shopuld not have been followed by “When will the Arabs?” but rather -What Do The Arabs Want? ^ Read More »

On the one hand, incisive, very wise and correct but almost: Zionism insisted it was strictly a political movement charged with founding a Jewish homeland and freeing the Jewish people from generations of subservience and persecution. The truth was that a different spirit animated it from the start… Read More »

Watch this video of Sarah Grunfeld’s story .Admire her courage.^ Read More »

Jonathan Hoffman of the UK, also a member of the Board of Deputies, attempted to unseat Rabbi Danny Rich from the British Zionist Federation. Rich is the chief executive of Liberal Judaism and a ZF patron.As reported: …ZF joint vice-chairman Jonathan Hoffman tabled the resolution to remove him at a meeting of a national council last week… Read More »

Madonna has announced that she will go on tour from May for the first time in three years, starting in Israel and so leads off the BBC , Reuters and many others. Read More »

You’ve been following the exploits of the Israel Football League here, and the game my son plays at defense (even when he wasn’t at defense last week, the Jerusalem Lions won its last game 60 – 0 against the Troopers of Petah Tikva). Read More »

I wonder, could Jewish archaeologists apply to this? a session on “The Archaeology of Southern Arabia and Her Neighbors ” at the American Schools of Oriental Research (ASOR) Meetings in Chicago, November 14-17, 2012… Read More »