A friend of mine, Michael, sent out this touching note on Tisha B’Av, and I asked for permission to share it with all of you. While we are about a week and a half after Tisha B’Av, this is still a very relevant letter.
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Tisha B’Av (the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av), which we marked last week, is one of only two full fast days in the Jewish calendar. The other is Yom Kippur, Judaism’s holiest day. This gives some indication of the level of importance attached to Tisha B’Av. At the most simplistic level, the [...]
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Prime Minister Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman have had a series of run-ins over the past few weeks, and this has created further strain on an already strained relationship. The first disagreement came when the prime minister authorised Minister of Industry, Trade and Labour, Benyamin (Fuad) Ben-Eliezer, to hold a secret meeting with the [...]
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I would love to write more about each of these stories, but I am preparing for a trip to my favorite little country in the Middle East.
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The story involving the Haredi school in the West Bank settlement town of Immanuel has stolen all the news headlines this week. While it was a welcome change to see stories of the Gaza flotilla raid drop from the front pages, this was not the story that we had hoped to see replace it. It [...]
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I just spent some time sifting through quotes about Israel and the conflict with the Arabs from its major leaders. If you think I missed any good ones, be sure to add them to the comments.
Categories: Anti-Semitism, Arab World, Judaism, Palestinians, Peace Process, Politics, Zionism
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The Jewish festival of Shavuot (Weeks/Pentecost) that will be celebrated during this week marks the occasion when the Children of Israel received the Ten Commandments on their way from slavery in Egypt towards the promised land. The festival has many themes that are associated with it, the dominant one being the significance of receiving the [...]
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Happy Birthday to my favorite little country. Here is a short excerpt from Bibi’s Yom Ha’atzmaout speech at Har Herzel. “On this Independence Day we mark two of the Jewish nation’s miracles: The miracle of revival and the miracle of building. The miracle of revival, because I an not familiar with any other nation in history [...]
I have just finished reading the Daniel Gordis book “Home to Stay” (Three Rivers Press, 2003). It tells the tale of a family that came from a comfortable existence in the USA to spend a sabbatical year in Jerusalem. Their experiences during this period soon made them decide not to return to the USA, but [...]
Categories: Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Judaism, Zionism
I know I posted this last year, but I couldn’t help but share it again. It is super fun.
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