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Shiloh Hakeduma, Rosh Chodesh Av and Kenes Shiloh #5
For anyone with a decent comprehension of spoken Hebrew, who is interested in Land of Israel Biblical archaeology, the annual Kenes Shiloh is something you really must try to attend. I've been to the...
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If The YESHA Soldiers are Good Enough to Fight in IDF...
Apparently, the fact that ordinary Israelis have donated the money to cover the expenses to make the home of wounded IDF soldier Yehuda Yitzhak HaYisraeli suitable for his handicaps isn't totally...
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Democrat Party No Longer for Jews!
American Jewry is more makpid, strictly observant, when it comes to supporting the Democrats than it is for observing the Gd given mitzvot, commandments.The percentage of American Jews who desist from...
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Parshat Shavua: "Mattot" and Jabotinsky's Yahrzeit
Biblical Tribal MapChazal, our sages, tell us that timing is from Gd, and today at our local Shiloh Women's Shabbat class we were talking about this week's Torah Portion of the Week, Mattot. One of...
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Peace with The PA Arabs Impossible!
True PEACE cannot be achieved until one side is defeated and surrenders. We could have made PEACE in June, 1967, by annexing all of the Land we liberated in the Six Days War, declared Jewish Israeli...
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American Politics So Scripted- Look at The Spontaneous for Truth
Daily MailAP Photo/Carolyn KasterYou really had to be impressed by the fantastic planning of the recent Democratic National Convention. I was really impressed that whoever designed it -yes, no doubt...
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U.S. Presidential Elections 2016- A Major Dilemma
An extremely large portion of people I've discussed U.S. Presidential Elections 2016 with agree that they are extremely unhappy with both Democrat and Republican Presidential Nominees. Most people, it...
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BDS Equals Collective Punishment!
There's nothing more discriminatory, irrational, hypocritical, illogical, antisemitic and immoral than the BDS movement. The instigators and followers work hard at branding it as a moral peaceful...
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Is The U.S. Political System All That Great?
I must give credit to my good friend Bobby Brown and something he had on his facebook page last night for this post. He gave me the idea. Thanks!Photo: AIPAC/FacebookWe veteran Israeli olim always hear...
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Muslims/Arabs for Israel
Davka, this week I heard two Arab Muslims, born and raised here, state unequivocally that Israeli rule is what they want.I work with Arabs in Yafiz, Sha'ar Binyamin, which is connected to the Rami Levy...
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The Holy Temple, Could it Be Real? The Falconi Effect
Just a few hours ago, on Shabbat I finished reading the most amazing and mesmerizing and thought provoking book, The Falconi Effect: A Modern Novel about the Days of the Messiah, by Catriel Sugarman....
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Trump's Popularity: The George M. Cohan Effect?
It seems that the usual post-convention popularity balloon is rapidly deflating for Hillary Clinton.Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images(Breitbart.com)Poll: Clinton's Lead Over Trump Narrows to Less Than 3...
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The Best 18 for Havel Havelim! Blog Roundup, Av 5776
I haven't posted a Havel Havelim, international Jewish/Israeli blog posts for quite a while.Since I'm doing this rather spontaneously, I haven't requested that anyone send in posts, so please don't be...
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U.S. Elections: Voting With One's Head, The Kippa Poll! #1
It has come to my attention that there's a very creative kippa (the cute little beanie cap that many Jewish men wear for religious and Jewish identification reasons) company designing kippot for the...
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Building With Jews and "Lego"
It's not quite Lego, but a lot of neighbors who are expanding their homes are not using bricks and cement at all. In Hebrew it's known as בניה קלה bniyah kallah, easy or light construction. Except for...
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Yesterday in Jerusalem- Photos
Reflecting on my lovely day in Jerusalem's Old City. Yes, that's me!Yesterday I was in Jerusalem, the downtown area, and between two appointments, I found myself with time on my hands, so I decided to...
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Rio Olympics Report: No Sportsmanship in Anti-Israel Boycott
Israeli delegation at Rio olympics.. (photo credit:REUTERS) Jerusalem PostThe modern Olympics was envisioned to be an idyllic event when good sportsmanship and athletic prowess would override politics....
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Shiloh Conference, Kenes Shiloh כנס שילה #5
Popular Shiloh tour guide Yisrael Ben-Arye, who guides in at least three languages, Hebrew, Russian and EnglishYesterday I attended the 5th Shiloh Conference, Kenes Shilohכנס שילה, an entire afternoon...
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Reflecting on "Tisha B'Av," What Makes Me Sad...
Photographed by me 9/2014 when onHar Habayit, the Temple Mount. These are not from thedestroyed Holy Temples. This is how the Muslims treatour holiest site. (Photo by Batya Medad)It's now Tisha B'Av,...
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Will We Have Enough Water in Shiloh and Gav Hahar Shomron?
As many of you probably know, since not only did I blog about it, but it has been on the news, there are major water supply problems in Shiloh and Gav Hahar Shomron. The entire infrastructure stinks....
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