Fascism Anybody?
Hat tip Seraphic Secret.Lots of people like to throw out the terms fascism/fascist. What do they really mean? What's the history? Listen to this short explanation from Prager University.
View ArticleWhat is Really Behind Anti-Israel and Antisemitism?
I've been interviewed, spoken before all sorts of groups and have found myself being asked all sorts of questions over the years, decades.Over forty-seven years ago, when we boarded the enormous ship...
View ArticleNo Peace Possible Without Third Temple in Jerusalem
Here we are midway through the eight 8 day Jewish Holiday of Chanukah. Last night we lit the 3rd candle, and tonight before Shabbat we light the fourth.Jerusalem is the very heart of the Jewish Nation,...
View ArticleChanukah in The Dark
Chanukah starts during the last days of the winter lunar Jewish month of Kislev. Days are short and the sky grows darker, as less of the moon can be seen. Simultaneously we light more and more candles,...
View ArticleDistorting Headlines
From these outrageous and totally inaccurate headlines, you'd think that USA's Vice President Pence and the State of Israel cause all the problems here:WorldGood Morning America4 Palestinians dead,...
View ArticleChanukah Lights of Jewish Return
The main mitzvah, Commandment, of the Chanukah Holiday is Pisum haNess, Publicizing the Miracle. That is why we are commanded to place our lit chanukiyot, Chanukah Menorot in a place where people can...
View ArticleSmarter Israeli Banking, A Book Review
Smarter Israeli Banking by Rifka Lebowitz is a very helpful book. My husband and I made aliyah in simpler times, when we had fewer choices and internet banking was in the distant science fiction. Even...
View ArticleReal Miracle of Chanukah
Dry Bones is super brilliant, especially here:Bones explains Jewish History and resilience in a nutshell.This perfectly illustrates what I've said many times about my feelings when listening to Megilat...
View ArticleNo Peace Sans World's Recognition of Jerusalem as Capital of Israel
The fact that most of the world, countries, diplomats, international organizations and NGOs refuse to recognize that only Israel and the Jewish People have the right to the Holy City of Jerusalem has...
View ArticleInternational Bullying Versus Israel and Trump
Contrary to what the pundits, media, diplomats and others are claiming, the only bullying going on is by them against the State of Israel."This decision is an outrageous assault to all universal...
View ArticleIf Bogie's the Alternative, I'll Stick With Bibi
Simply put, I see Bogie Ya'alon as the Right's Ehud Barak.If you've been wondering why I haven't written about attending any of the "anti-corruption" rallies, it's because I don't see them as sincere,...
View ArticleDemonstrations aren't the Way to Change Government Leaders
This post is in essence a continuation of yesterday's If Bogie's the Alternative, I'll Stick With Bibi. In replying to comments I realized that I hadn't fully expressed my thoughts about those...
View ArticleWhy is The Secular Left so Obsessed with Converting Us?
I don't feel threatened by the secular Left, so why do they feel so threatened by us on the Right?Lihavdil, it reminds me of the christian proselytizing of "unbelievers." In contrast, if someone wants...
View ArticleMark Your Calendar, Ladies, Rosh Chodesh Shvat
It's sooner than you think!Women's Prayers at Shiloh Hakeduma, Tel ShilohRosh Chodesh Shevat 5778Wednesday, January 17, 20181st of Shevat, 5778, 8:30amHallel and Musaf for Rosh ChodeshTour of Tel...
View ArticleThe Fast of the Tenth of Tevet
Today is a fast day on the Jewish Calendar, the 10th of Tevet. The eight day Chanukah holiday ended just a week ago. Chanukah celebrates the impossible sounding miracle of a small group of Jews...
View ArticleBeauty and Necessity of Shabbat
Mosaic Shabbat "Plate" I madeI don't see the Jewish Laws of Shabbat, Sabbath as restrictive. For me it's a freedom, an escape from the chores and responsibilities and burdens of the everyday world....
View ArticleWomen in The Bible/Tanach, Josef's Progeny
Sisters! The Daughters of Tzelofchadby Raise Your Spirits TheatreToday, during our Women's Shabbat Torah Class, my mind did one of its little whirls and took something said a bit further. The topic was...
View ArticleJanuary 1st is Not My "New Year"
Honestly, I could never quite figure out or identify with the custom of drinking to a stupor to "celebrate" the change in number of the January First "New Year." Even though I like the taste of some...
View ArticleCrazy Dangerous World, Appeasement Won't Help
This is how the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, is welcoming 2018:North Korean leader: The launch button is on my deskI'm not the one to make predictions, but I do read/know history. It takes many...
View ArticlePolitics, Can We Trust The Polls?
LIkud Primaries, Electing the Leader of the Likud PartyEven though weather forecasts have become much more accurate in recent years, those of us who follow politics can reel off lists of elections that...
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