Life in The Fast Lane, Pre-Shabbat Message
I must get off the computer quickly. Shabbat is soon, and I have lots to do.Life is too short to put things off. Especially now that I'm now officially a senior citizen, retired and all, I try to take...
View ArticleTrump Should Trash His "Peace Plan"
I know that US President Donald Trump hasn't yet announced what his team has come up with for a "Mid East Peace Plan," but he should just stop the whole thinking/planning process. It's not going to...
View Article"Indian Summer" Israeli/Jewish Blog Roundup
Once upon a time, there was a weekly Israeli/Jewish Blog Roundup called Havel Havelim... And for a shorter time there were monthly JPIX and the Kosher Cooking Carnival. This was all during the heyday...
View ArticleThe Mishkan and Post-Temple Judaism
Yesterday in Matan during the lecture by Yael Leibowitz, in which she described what we'll be learning this year, she mentioned that after the destruction of the Holy Temples, Chazal, our sages had the...
View ArticleHiking Through Emek Shiloh Valley עמק שילה
Last Friday at high noon, a multigenerational group from גוש שילה Gush Shiloh Bloc took off together under the guidance of Land of Israel, Eretz Yisrael guide extraordinaire Zeev Ehrlich. A treasure...
View ArticleWho Should Replace Avi Roeh as Head of Binyamin Regional Council?
There will be local elections all over Israel next week. That includes the Regional Council of Binyamin (Benjamin,) the local council of Gush Shiloh Bloc and our representative to the Binyamin Forum...
View ArticleCelebrating Yom Aliyah Day
Last year I celebrated Yom Aliyah Day by officially performing stand up for the first time, something I could cross of my "bucket list." This year my husband and I attended a Betar-Likud event to which...
View ArticleThe Talmud on Broadway
This morning while walking around the neighborhood alone, meaning without my walking buddies, I was listening to Broadway tunes on Spotify. The King and I is one of the shows on my "Broadway"...
View ArticleVery Cultured IDF Army, Only in Israel
As I blogged on A Jewish Grandmother, the other day I spent a few hours in the Israel Museum. It was full of IDF Israel Defense Force soldiers. No, there wasn't a security emergency. Going to the...
View ArticleDeadly Antisemitism in the USA
8 killed in Pennsylvania synagogue shootingSHOOTING AT PITTSBURGH SYNAGOGUE KILLS EIGHTAt least four reported dead, 12 injured in shooting at Pittsburgh synagogueThe United States isn't immune from...
View ArticleNot Afraid of Change, Vote עמ- Emek Shiloh Local Council
Rafi Fisher עמ- Emek Shiloh leaderDespite the modest plans, way back when, for Shiloh's growth and development, Shiloh and the surrounding area has been miraculously fruitful. Today there are close to...
View ArticleI Voted in Municipal Elections
photo by one of the election staffI went down to the polling station which is in the Ohel Shiloh Banim, local boys school very early to get "training," since I had volunteered to be an "observer."...
View ArticleJewish Funerals and Mourning in Israel
Israel, being a Jewish country, and nothing bringing out traditional Jewish values more than death, funerals are much better attended than in most other places.Recently a neighbor passed away, and...
View ArticleIsrael's Municipal "Election Day Vacation" a Fake
I hate to break it to all of you, especially those who have been so quick to condemn all those who didn't vote claiming that since it was a "vacation day," voting was easy for all. Election day was not...
View Article23 Years After Rabin, and The Left Still Uses Him to Incite vs Right
It's a full generation, twenty-three 23 years since Yitzchak Rabin was assassinated, and the Left continues spewing hatred, blame and distrust against what they call "the Right."Their definition of...
View ArticleTraffic Jams, Gd Willing Some Relief Soon
It used to be that the trip to and from Jerusalem-Shiloh, even by bus was barely an hour. And that was when we went through Ramalla and some chareidi neighborhoods in Jerusalem. So, you'd think that...
View ArticleRosh Chodesh Kislev, Join Us This Friday
Women's Rosh Chodesh Prayers at Tel Shiloh, the Site of the Biblical Mishkan, Tabernacle.Rosh Chodesh Kislev is actually two days this year, the 30th of Cheshvan and the 1st of Kislev. I asked the...
View ArticleWho Really Won the 2018 American Elections
Just a short time ago I watched the press conference with US President Donald Trump. Of course the hot topic was the 2018 American Elections, specifically the results in the Senate and Congress.Simply...
View ArticleGUEST POST: Massacre Aftermath
Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre Aftermath (a guest post by Mr. Cohen)Even after the Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre, Jews are still not granted Victim Status according to the rules of Political...
View ArticleCaroline Glick's US Elections Article Complements Mine
Last last week, I wrote an article about the recent US Elections, Who Really Won the 2018 American Elections. And on Friday, so did Caroline Glick, WHAT AMERICA CHOSE ON TUESDAY. I must admit that...
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