I was looking for a map of Israel to work on my City Focus Israel series, and I decided to use Google maps to find a city of the day. Apparently there are no cities in Israel. I adjusted the map for zoom and type, and thought, this is strange. I zoomed out so I [...]
Meron is a beautiful city in Northern Israel. The town is famous because it is the resting place of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yocahi. It is taught that Shimon Bar Yochai wrote the main text of the Kabbalah, the Zohar, in a cave near Meron. It is tradition to visit the Kever (grave) of Shimon Bar [...]
Categories: City Focus Israel
I recently read an article by New Zeland’s David Zwartz from the New Zeland Herald, and I found several quotes to be quite true and worth sharing. If you have time, click on the link above and read the whole article. It is worth celebrating that the scattered and dispossessed Jewish people,suffering oppression and having [...]
Categories: Israel at 60, United States of America
In an article published by the LA Times, their columnist decided to make up history and alter things to make Israel look bad. I am going to go through line by line and tell you about some major problems with the article, by Saree Makdisi. It is an opinion piece. Journalists are allowed to have [...]
Categories: Media, Palestinians
Efrat, located in the Gush Etzion region, is a religious town with a population of about 7,500. The vast majority of the towns residents are hard-line Zionists, and support the existence of the State of Israel on all territory that was a part of the original Eretz Zion. The city is named for biblical Ephrath. [...]
Categories: City Focus Israel, Judea and Samaria
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says he will resign as Prime Minister of Israel if he is indicted on fraud and corruption charges. The statement was made due to the current investigation into the Prime Minister’s actions as a political leader. A multi-week investigation has been taking place to determine whether Olmert acted inappropriately or abused [...]
Categories: Politics
Modi’in is located on Highway 443 between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The city, with a population of 68,000, is growing quickly. It is part of the Emeq Modiin area, also home to Maccabim, Re’ut, Modiin Illit, and Hashmonaim. The city is named after the historic Modiin, home to the Jewish Hasmoneans. Historic Modiin is the [...]
Categories: City Focus Israel
Dimona, located in the Negev desert, is the third largest city in the Negev region of Israel. The population of just over 30,000 works mainly in industrial areas surrounding the city. This includes the well known chemical plant the Dead Sea Works, which has a work agreement with neighboring Jordan. Dimona is best known for [...]
Categories: City Focus Israel
The Israeli government has released recordings of radio conversations that took place during the Operation Entebbe rescue. The audio recordings, never before heard by the public, document several conversations that took place between Israeli forces, including the heroic commanding officer Yoni Netanyahu. You can hear a short clip and read more at YNet.
I recently read a post by Dan at Tzipiyah. His essay, titled “The Case for Religious Zionism” takes a look at why Judaism supports Medinat Yisrael, or The State of Israel. The article discusses current examples of common myths about Judaism and Zionism. Check it out at Tzipiyah.
Categories: Judaism
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