Washington - In Rosh Hashanah Video Greeting Obama Says U.S. Israel Bond Strong -- VosIzNeias.com: "At sundown tomorrow night, the Jewish community here in the United States and all over the world will gather to celebrate the start of the new year. Rosh Hashanah offers us an extraordinary sense of possibility because it provides us an opportunity to shape our world for the better.
In his video greeting for the High Holy Days, President Obama says:
As the High Holidays begin, we look back on all the moments during the past year that gave us reason to hope. Around the world, a new generation is reaching for their universal rights. Here in the United States, we’ve responded to our challenges by focusing on the things that really matter – friendship, family, and community."
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Friday, September 23, 2011
A Slow Line Enters Gaza: « TheWritersCafe.org
A Slow Line Enters Gaza: « TheWritersCafe.org: "Many thanks to Rabbi Mordechai Friedfertig, as always, for his translation of Rav Aviner’s words.)
The unit commander is a factory owner.
The regimental commander is an engineer.
The company commander is a nature guide.
The platoon commander is in his mandatory army service.
The sergeant major sells holy books.
The sergeant is somewhat of a carpenter.
The squad leader is currently unemployed.
And the private is retired."
The unit commander is a factory owner.
The regimental commander is an engineer.
The company commander is a nature guide.
The platoon commander is in his mandatory army service.
The sergeant major sells holy books.
The sergeant is somewhat of a carpenter.
The squad leader is currently unemployed.
And the private is retired."
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Germany, Italy at odds over WWII damages - Israel Jewish Scene, Ynetnews
Germany, Italy at odds over WWII damages - Israel Jewish Scene, Ynetnews: "Berlin tells UN's highest court that Italian courts have no right to order it to pay compensation to Nazi war victims
Associated Press
Published: 09.13.11, 10:02 / Israel Jewish Scene
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Germany argued at the United Nations' highest court Monday that Italian courts have no right to order it to pay compensation to Nazi war victims, saying international law and peace treaties would be jeopardized if national courts had the power to override them.
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Associated Press
Published: 09.13.11, 10:02 / Israel Jewish Scene
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Germany argued at the United Nations' highest court Monday that Italian courts have no right to order it to pay compensation to Nazi war victims, saying international law and peace treaties would be jeopardized if national courts had the power to override them.
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Boing Boing - powered by FeedBurner
Boing Boing - powered by FeedBurner: " parked squad car next to the plane, had us spread our legs and arms. Mine asked me if I was wearing any explosives. “No,” I said, holding my tongue to not let out a snarky response. I wasn’t sure what I could and could not say, and all that came out was “What’s going on?”
No one would answer me. They put me in the back of the car. It’s a plastic seat, for all you out there who have never been tossed into the back of a police car. It’s hard, it’s hot, and it’s humiliating. The Indian man who had sat next to me on the plane was already in the backseat. I turned to him, shocked, and asked him if he knew what was going on."
No one would answer me. They put me in the back of the car. It’s a plastic seat, for all you out there who have never been tossed into the back of a police car. It’s hard, it’s hot, and it’s humiliating. The Indian man who had sat next to me on the plane was already in the backseat. I turned to him, shocked, and asked him if he knew what was going on."
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Boing Boing - powered by FeedBurner: "Hebshi's tale even more bizarre: she tweeted the ordeal as it unfolded, at first not realizing that she was the suspicious person the "[c]ops in uniform and plainclothes" were after. Snip from her account:
Someone shouted for us to place our hands on the seats in front of us, heads down. The cops ran down the aisle, stopped at my row and yelled at the three of us to get up. “Can I bring my phone?” I asked, of course. What a cliffhanger for my Twitter followers! No, one of the cops said, grabbing my arm a little harder than I would have liked. He slapped metal cuffs on my wrists and pushed me off the plane. The three of us, two Indian men living in the Detroit metro area, and me, a half-Arab, half-Jewish housewife living in suburban Ohio, were being detained."
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Someone shouted for us to place our hands on the seats in front of us, heads down. The cops ran down the aisle, stopped at my row and yelled at the three of us to get up. “Can I bring my phone?” I asked, of course. What a cliffhanger for my Twitter followers! No, one of the cops said, grabbing my arm a little harder than I would have liked. He slapped metal cuffs on my wrists and pushed me off the plane. The three of us, two Indian men living in the Detroit metro area, and me, a half-Arab, half-Jewish housewife living in suburban Ohio, were being detained."
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Boing Boing - powered by FeedBurner: "Shoshana Hebshi, who describes herself as a "half-Arab, half-Jewish housewife," was aggressively cuffed and detained from Frontier Airlines Flight 623, then strip-searched, for the apparent crime of being ambiguously "ethnic"—and being seated next to two Indian guys she didn't know who got up to use the toilet.
On Sunday, 9/11/2011, Hebshi was held and questioned in a Detroit cell for several hours. A fellow passenger on her flight had told a flight attendant that she and her dark-skinned seatmates (all of whom were strangers to one another) were "suspicious." One can only presume they were racially profiled"
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On Sunday, 9/11/2011, Hebshi was held and questioned in a Detroit cell for several hours. A fellow passenger on her flight had told a flight attendant that she and her dark-skinned seatmates (all of whom were strangers to one another) were "suspicious." One can only presume they were racially profiled"
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Turkey assures safety of Israeli club - Israel Culture, Ynetnews
Turkey assures safety of Israeli club - Israel Culture, Ynetnews: "Before another volleyball match between Israel and Serbia during the tournament in July, protesters scuffled with police, pounding police shields with Palestinian flags.
Turkey had increased security for the Israeli team after an Israeli basketball team was pelted with bottles and forced to flee the court early last year amid Turkish accusations against Israel of using excessive force against Palestinians."
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Turkey had increased security for the Israeli team after an Israeli basketball team was pelted with bottles and forced to flee the court early last year amid Turkish accusations against Israel of using excessive force against Palestinians."
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Israeli metal band performs in Istanbul - Israel Culture, Ynetnews
Israeli metal band performs in Istanbul - Israel Culture, Ynetnews: ""They brought everyone backstage and told us how much they loved us. They said rock music was banned in Iran and that some of them would not be able to return home because they came to the concert.
"At that moment we saw good and pure people, and we also realized what they had to go through to listen to the band they love. They all posed for photos with us with Iranian flags, and it was an emotionally moving experience."
"At that moment we saw good and pure people, and we also realized what they had to go through to listen to the band they love. They all posed for photos with us with Iranian flags, and it was an emotionally moving experience."
Israeli metal band performs in Istanbul - Israel Culture, Ynetnews
Israeli metal band performs in Istanbul - Israel Culture, Ynetnews: "s tensions between Israel and Turkey rise and embassy in Cairo attacked, Orphaned Land welcomed by 5,000 Turkish, Lebanese, Egyptian and Iranian fans. 'It was an emotionally moving experience,' lead singer tells Ynet
Or Barnea
Published: 09.11.11, 14:27 / Israel Culture
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Over the past few years, Israeli metal band Orphaned Land has become one of the Jewish state's cultural ambassadors thanks to its popularity in the Arab world, but Saturday night marked one of the most unusual and exciting moments in the group's history."
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Or Barnea
Published: 09.11.11, 14:27 / Israel Culture
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Over the past few years, Israeli metal band Orphaned Land has become one of the Jewish state's cultural ambassadors thanks to its popularity in the Arab world, but Saturday night marked one of the most unusual and exciting moments in the group's history."
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Riverdance defies Israel boycott calls - Israel Culture, Ynetnews
Riverdance defies Israel boycott calls - Israel Culture, Ynetnews: "Riverdance defies Israel boycott calls
Pro-Palestinian protestors urge Irish dancing phenomenon not to 'dance for Israeli apartheid state'
Itamar Eichner
Published: 09.13.11, 08:50 / Israel Culture
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Irish dancing phenomenon Riverdance sparked a row in Ireland recently over its first-ever Israel tour this month.
Since learning of the group's planned performances in the Jewish state in early August, pro-Palestinian activists have been holding loud protests on Dublin's main street on a daily basis"
Pro-Palestinian protestors urge Irish dancing phenomenon not to 'dance for Israeli apartheid state'
Itamar Eichner
Published: 09.13.11, 08:50 / Israel Culture
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Irish dancing phenomenon Riverdance sparked a row in Ireland recently over its first-ever Israel tour this month.
Since learning of the group's planned performances in the Jewish state in early August, pro-Palestinian activists have been holding loud protests on Dublin's main street on a daily basis"
Turkey assures safety of Israeli club - Israel Culture, Ynetnews
Turkey assures safety of Israeli club - Israel Culture, Ynetnews: "Turkey has since expelled top Israeli diplomats, cut military ties with the country, pledged to lobby other nations in support of the Palestinians' statehood bid and promised increased Turkish naval patrols in the Mediterranean.
Israel has expressed regret for the loss of lives aboard the flotilla, but it has refused to apologize, saying its forces acted in self-defense.
Turkey took strict security measures during last year's European Volleyball League tournament and closed a game between Turkey and Israel to the public."
Israel has expressed regret for the loss of lives aboard the flotilla, but it has refused to apologize, saying its forces acted in self-defense.
Turkey took strict security measures during last year's European Volleyball League tournament and closed a game between Turkey and Israel to the public."
Turkey assures safety of Israeli club - Israel Culture, Ynetnews
Turkey assures safety of Israeli club - Israel Culture, Ynetnews: "The game comes amid heightened tensions between the two nations over Israel's refusal to apologize for the death of eight Turks and a Turkish-American in a raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship last year.
Turkish-Israeli relations hit a low last week after a UN report on the incident said Israel's naval blockade of Gaza was a "legitimate security measure," but also called the raid on the flotilla that tried to break the blockade "excessive and unreasonable.""
Turkish-Israeli relations hit a low last week after a UN report on the incident said Israel's naval blockade of Gaza was a "legitimate security measure," but also called the raid on the flotilla that tried to break the blockade "excessive and unreasonable.""
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Police to Protesters: Move to Migron
Police to Protesters: Move to Migron: "THE UNMAKING OF ISRAEL: HOW IT BROKE. HOW TO FIX IT.
"Until I read The Unmaking of Israel, I didn’t think it could be possible to feel more despairing, and then more terribly hopeful, about Israel, a place that I began at last, under the spell of Gershom Gorenberg’s lucid and dispassionate yet intensely personal writing, to understand."
--Michael Chabon
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"Until I read The Unmaking of Israel, I didn’t think it could be possible to feel more despairing, and then more terribly hopeful, about Israel, a place that I began at last, under the spell of Gershom Gorenberg’s lucid and dispassionate yet intensely personal writing, to understand."
--Michael Chabon
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South Jerusalem — A Progressive, Skeptical Blog on Israel, Judaism, Culture, Politics, and Literature
South Jerusalem — A Progressive, Skeptical Blog on Israel, Judaism, Culture, Politics, and Literature: "The Palestinian owners of the land on which Migron stands went to court in 2006, with the help of Peace Now, to demand that the government remove the squatters on their property. Before the Court, the state admitted that the outpost was an egregious violation of the law but said it wanted to build a new neighborhood in a different settlement for the lawbreakers to enable a peaceful evacuation. The outpost settlers rejected that deal. If the Migron ruling achieved only moderate headlines, it was partly because March is a long way off and no one really believes the state will carry out the orders, and partly because the top acreage on newspaper and website front pages had already been seized by the growing economic protests of the July 14 movement."
South Jerusalem — A Progressive, Skeptical Blog on Israel, Judaism, Culture, Politics, and Literature
South Jerusalem — A Progressive, Skeptical Blog on Israel, Judaism, Culture, Politics, and Literature: " Israeli Supreme Court woke up from a deep slumber and issued an order to the government to evacuate the illegal outpost of Migron on the bypass road between Jerusalem and the Israeli settlements north of Ramallah. Migron, according to founder Itay Harel, was originally established on the hilltop in 1999. The settlers claim to have bought part of the land in 2004 from a Palestinian owner – but as Matti Friedman reported for AP in 2008,the claim rests on a document that the man purportedly signed and had notarized in California over 40 years after he died."
Friday, September 2, 2011
FrumFind.org » Blog Archive » Our Flawed Understanding of Parsha Chukas
FrumFind.org » Blog Archive » Our Flawed Understanding of Parsha Chukas: "The prophetic vision of our all kind and loving G-d exercises both his element of Judgement and loving kindness to his chosen people, the Jewish nation. We are clearly given principles regarding how when negotiations fail we may turn and not fight, however we will not tolerate a nation which takes captives from us. We prayed to Hashem and the enemy who’s name we were not certain of in the Parsha, was given into our hand by Hashem.
When peaceful relations are sought as in the Parsha when we simply were interested in taking a short cut through foreign territory to get to where we wanted to go, even when met with an armed resistance bearing arms, we did not initiate war because we were not being attacked"
When peaceful relations are sought as in the Parsha when we simply were interested in taking a short cut through foreign territory to get to where we wanted to go, even when met with an armed resistance bearing arms, we did not initiate war because we were not being attacked"
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