Guest Post: Our Prayers vs Our Sins
Over the past 18 years I have studied the subject of Jewish prayer and I learned many things.One of the most important lessons I learned is that our sins reduce the effectiveness of our prayers. Even...
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Israel Shouldn't Expect Long Term American Support
A new poll finds that liberal Democrats are turning away from IsraelMost Americans, Pew found, sympathize with Israel over the Palestinians — a standard finding in these polls. But for the first time...
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Our Israeli Flag
This is the season when you find flags all over Israel, the streets, the stores, cars and more. There's a great simplicity in the design and the pure colors, blue and white.I ended up using a picture...
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From Mourning to Joy!
Yes, that's the Israeli way.After a very long depressing day of mourning our dead, those murdered by Arab terrorists and killed in the wars we fight to defend ourselves, keep our precious country alive...
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Independence Day Havel Havelim, 5776, 2016
I've decided to share a number of interesting blog posts from various blogs that honor the State of Israel, Soldiers and Terror Victims Memorial Day and Yom HaAtzma'ut, Israel's Independence Day as a...
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Rosh Chodesh Sivan, Spring Turns to Summer
On Rosh Chodesh Iyyar, we were overjoyed to see some wild flowers blooming in Shiloh Hakeduma, Tel Shiloh. Since there had been some weed killing, few wild flowers have appeared.We understand that the...
View ArticleGuest Post: Cornelius Tacticus
Cornelius Tacticus, the famous Roman historian (who had no love of Jews) and lived from year 56 CE (approximately) to year 120 CE said: “Much of Judea is thickly studded with villages, and the Jews...
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National Unity Government? UGH!
I think we all know that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has really wanted a national unity government for a long, long time. I can see his point, but I'm happier with the status quo, and that's the...
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Republicans Shooting Themselves in The Foot!
In their foolish and completely antidemocratic way, the Republican machine/establishment is going against the will of their people to try to sabotage Donald Trump. Contrary to all predictions from the...
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Bibi Left with Buji: No Jewish Building in Judea/Samaria
About those rumors of Prime Minister Binyamin "Bibi" Netanyahu making a deal with Opposition Leader Isaac "Buji" Herzog, apparently there's some truth to it.Report: Netanyahu and Herzog have agreed on...
View ArticleGuest Post: LESSONS LEARNED FROM TRAGEDY
“Reb Zecharia, like so many of his contemporaries, worked for a time in a sweatshop. The shop he worked in, making pocketbooks, was located in a building just east of Washington Square, site of the...
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Nobody Wants Herzog in Coalition but Bibi and Buji
"Just not Buji;" Just not Bibi"Bibi BujiThat was the election campaign. More on the talks PM Netanyahu has been having with Isaac Buji Herzog about his joining the very minimalist coalition. The other...
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Palestine: Fictional Country/People
When I send out a batch of family photos, I have to use an account that for whatever reason doesn't allow regular correspondence, so I always label (put in the subject) it with:"Please reply to...
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Trump is Inching Ahead of Hillary, No Surprise!
abc newsToo many people have been claiming that Donald Trump is bad as the Republican Presidential Nominee, because he hasn't a chance in hell to win against Hillary Clinton. Well, if that's your best...
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Imposed "Peace" is More Like Rape
Two Israelis have been killed and more than a dozen left injured after two Palestinian attackers launched a gun and knife attack on a bus in Jerusalem in what has been labelled a "day of rage"....
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Did Buji Fall for a "Fake" by Bibi?
My son plays and coaches tackle football. One of his good friends and teammates was interviewed not long ago about football and when asked about the "brutality" of the game, he acted offended and said...
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Palestine Heritage Museum- Rhetoric, not Artifacts
Vive la différence! While museums and archaeological sites all over Israel, large and small, are full of artifacts that prove the Jewish historical connection to the Jewish People and the Land of...
View ArticleGuest Post: Real Judaism
************************************************Which Judaism is the real Judaism?************************************************Please allow me give you some clues: In real Judaism, there are no...
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Is This The Year of Donald Trump? Obama's Opposite...
downtrend.comIsn't there a law in physics about every action having a reaction? I'd certainly say that the explosive popularity of Donald Trump as candidate for the American Presidency could probably...
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Was Bibi Conned by Lieberman? Has The Coalition Crumbled?
Just a day ago, it seemed like Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had pulled another of his brilliant chess political moves, enlarging the schisms in Labor aka Zionist Movement, getting the problematic...
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