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Parshat Shlach, The "Mother of All" Pilot Trips Gone Bad
One of the big "misnomers" in Jewish Parshat Shavua, Torah Portion of the Week is calling this week's parsha, Shlach-Send "The Sin of the Spies." The very large and honorable delegation sent off to...
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Ramadan Terror
Anyone who still falls for the line that "Islam Is a Religion of Peace" has to be totally nuts. Now we're in the last week of Ramadan, and then the Eid al-Fitr festival. So, unfortunately the chances...
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Preview of New Museum in Jerusalem
Yesterday we were given a preview of a new museum in the Old City of Jerusalem. It's located in the building where we had first lived when we came to Israel, the Maon Betar, which is now used by...
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I Have to Agree With Our Arab Enemies on This
PALESTINIANS EXPRESS RESERVATIONS ON PEACE TALKS BEFORE KUSHNER, GREENBLATT VISITSame conclusions from different directions...Honestly, it doesn't matter one single iota what excuses the Arabs give for...
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Finally, Ground Being Broken for Town of Amichai, B"H
Yesterday morning while riding from Shiloh to Kochav Hashachar I could see the empty hill that had been promised to those displaced from Amona and was so sad. What was taking so long? Why is the...
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Grrr... Now Team Trump is Harassing Us
I'm color/party blind. I don't go for this Peace-Deal Harassment no matter who's pushing it. It's the same nightmare in the making whether by a Bush, a Clinton, Barack Hussein Obama or Donald...
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El Al's Cacophony of "Musical Chairs," Women Can't Be Moved!
Just under a year ago, when I rushed to New York from Israel to attend my brother's funeral, I was given a "sympathy upgrade" from Economy to First Class. But before I got my seat belt buckled a man...
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Horrendously Useless New Bus Shelters/Stops
Our regional council, Binyamin just replaced most of the bus stops with these awful tin cans. You can't see if a bus is coming, and drivers can't see if anyone is waiting inside. The clerks, who get...
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Korach, A Very Troubled Parsha, Torah Personality and Story
This past Shabbat twas the Torah Portion Korach, Korach: Numbers 16:1 - 18:32. Korach was one of the most notorious rebels in the Chumash, the First Five Books of the Bible. He tried to mastermind a...
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Shiloh, From All Over the World
Every Rosh Chodesh, when I get together with women to pray at the site of the Biblical Mishkan, Tabernacle, we end up talking to groups of tourists and volunteers from all over the world, all different...
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Prayer at Kotel, Not Very PC
This was first posted on Israel BloggerIt’s no secret that my views and opinions are far from “politically correct.” And I am 1,000% certain that some people will be awfully angry at what I’m writing....
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Never Too Late to Learn Bible, Tanach
I've been enjoying the past few years, since I've had my Wednesdays free to attend classes in Matan and study Bible, Tanach. Having come from a regular American public school education, I knew very...
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Olmert, Served Enough or Long Way to Go?
Ehud Olmert is/was among Israel's most charming politicians. Not only did Olmert do all the usual public acts that an intelligent and ambitious politician does, but he'd find time to visit people in...
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Mazal Tov! "Marrano" Wedding on Temple Mount
מזל טוב Mazal Tov, Congratulations and Best Wishes to the young couple who defied the antisemitic ban on Jewish Prayers and ceremonies on our holiest site in the entire world, Har HaBayit, The Temple...
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I highly recommend reading the latest article by Caroline Glick:Who cares about Jewish unity?There are four important aspects to the government’s decisions on Sunday relating to egalitarian prayer at...
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4/6 Which Do You Like Best?
Popular PostsA Biblical rebellion, Hamas, the news media and IsraelHebron: A Biblical Timeline of 3,700 yearsKorach, A Very Troubled Parsha, Torah PersonalityMazal Tov! "Marrano" Wedding on Temple...
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Premise of "Jerusalem Bill" Horrendous
Here in Israel, Jerusalem is in the news again, and not the Kotel this time.They keep talking about this "Jerusalem Bill." Those in favor claim it will protect Jerusalem, but I think that the very...
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18 Posts for Your Reading Pleasure, Summer Jewish Blog Carnival, Havel Havelim
Here in Israel, summer school vacation has begun, pools are full of swimmers, and we bloggers are still pounding away on our keyboards, whether on keys or screens. It's Havel Havelim time, the periodic...
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Terminology- Words Count- No “New Testament” for Me!
This was first posted on Israel Blogger.Here’s another of my serious pet peeves.We Jews must never use the term “new testament,” sic, for the Christian Bible. I’ve caught too many people using it...
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July 4th Memories, The World's Fair
I grew up in Bell Park Gardens, Bayside, New York; at thirteen we moved to Great Neck, which, although just a few miles to the east was a totally different world. Even though contemporaries write on...
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