Founded by Soccer Dad, Haveil Havalim is a carnival of Jewish blogs — a weekly collection of Jewish & Israeli blog highlights, tidbits and points of interest collected from blogs all around the world. It’s hosted by different bloggers each week and coordinated by Jack. The term ‘Haveil Havalim,’ which means “Vanity of Vanities,” is [...]
Categories: The Israel Situation
The Secretary-General of the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Mr. Angel Gurria, recently visited Israel as part of Israel’s application process to join the organisation. During his visit he issued a report regarding the current state of Israel’s economy, and improvements that need to be made to bring Israel into line with other [...]
Categories: Economy
Yesterday, Jews all over the world remembered the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Auchwitz death camp; this day is now recognized as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The repeated message of Holocaust awareness events is that we can never be allowed to forget the inhumane crimes committed by the Nazis during WWII. In remembering [...]
Categories: Holocaust, Human Rights, Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Non-Profits and NGOs, United Nations
The EU is looking to scale back fuel purchases for the Palestinian infrastructure, and a dispute has erupted between Hamas and Fatah leaders. The dispute may lead to Gaza going dark.
Categories: Europe/European Union, Fatah/Palestinian Liberation Oragnization (PLO), Gaza Strip, Hamas, Palestinians
Alan Dershowitz, the well known Harvard Law professor who constantly supports Israel in the public eye, wrote an interesting article in the Huffington Post. The article, “For Bigots, Israel Can Do No Right,” gets right down to the root of anti-Zionism. It is anti-Semitism.
Categories: Anti-Semitism, Zionism
This Sunday our wonderful non-profit/NGO blogger Joel will post this week’s Haveil Havalim, the Jewish/Israel blog carnival. We will also be unveiling a new look for the site to coincide with the carnival.
Categories: The Israel Situation
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a bold statement regarding Israelis living around Judea and Samaria. While the smaller settlements are still in jeopardy, those living in the major settlement blocs, such as Gush Etzion, are safe under Likud’s watch.
Categories: Judea and Samaria, Settlements
The Israeli government and the Israel Defence Force (IDF) dispatched an El Al plane to Haiti in the days immediately following the devastating earthquake that occurred there on 12th January 2010. An IDF medical team of 121 arrived in Haiti including 40 doctors, 20 nurses, 20 paramedics and 20 lab and X-ray technicians. In addition, [...]
Categories: Arab World, Humanitarian Aid, Israel Defense Forces (IDF)
This past week, Israel displayed an incredible amount of kindness in its response to the tragedy in Haiti. It would have been so easy for the embattled state to ignore pleas from the other side of the world, but Israel set itself apart as a shining example of what one small country can do for [...]
Categories: Human Rights, Humanitarian Aid, Jerusalem, Non-Profits and NGOs
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, a major international body with a very self explanatory name, agrees that Israel is on track for membership by the end of 2010.
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