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Is This Art?
It could be. Maybe it's a glass mosaic aka stained glass? There's something haunting about it, like a Vincent Van Gogh painting when his demons were overpowering him.Well, the truth is that the...
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American Left Defends Anti-Israel BDS as "Free Speech"
LEFT WING PUSHES BACK AGAINST LAST-MINUTE EFFORT TO PASS ANTI-BDS BILLWhile Democratic leadership supports the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, which targets US companies that join the Boycott, Divestment and...
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Saga Riding the Ariel Arab-Filled Buses, Yesterday
Yesterday, again, I needed to catch a bus to Ariel from the "shfeilah," west of Shiloh, after a festive luncheon with friends in Pardes Chana. This time I was dropped off at the Oranit/Elkana bus stop,...
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Tevye in The Promised Land, Great Adventure
Last night I finally finished the first volume of Tzvi Fishman's Tevye trilogy, Tevye in The Promised Land, and I loved it! I have the following two volumes waiting for me to read, but I'm taking off...
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Have You Heard The News?
Here I am voting in the most recent Knesset elections, March 2015Bibi has called for elections. This year 5779 and soon 2019, Passover cleaning will also mean cleaning up all the campaign litter. Yes,...
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Just Wondering, How Accurate are The Polls?
Do the election polls really show what the 2019 results will be in Israeli Knesset Elections?First of all, we don't yet know for sure which parties, new and old, will be vying for a share of those one...
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2019, 5779 Israeli Elections, Party Time, Bennett-Shaked Shake Things Up
Tonight, Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked announced that they were breaking away from the NRP (National Religious Party) aka Jewish Home Party and establishing a new political party that would be to...
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More on Bennett-Shaked, Israel Not Governed by Laws of Nature and Math
It's less than twenty-four 24 hours since Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked shook things up by announcing that they're breaking from the NRP-Jewish Home Party and establishing the New Right. No...
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Political Surprise from Israeli Left, Politics Never Dull
Pundits weren't really shocked when Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked announced that they were divorcing the NRP Jewish Home and start an independent New Right party.But Labour's Avi Gabay's sayonara...
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Israel Elections 2019, 5779 Latest Polls
Two interesting polls are out on Jeremy's Knesset Insider, both hot off the press, meaning that they include both the New Right of Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked and Labor running on its own, sans...
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"Arise and Shine," More Adventures with Tevye by Tzvi Fishman
I'm truly enjoying the adventurous Tevye in the Promised Land series by Tzvi Fishman. I've coined them the Forrest Gump genre of literature, a subgroup in historical novels. Now for the second in the...
View ArticleBelgium Joins The Antisemitic Hypocrites
Over ten years ago, I wrote a post here about the blatant hypocrisy of countries that ban shechita, the Jewish method of slaughtering animals. Yes, the same countries generally ban Islam's hallal...
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Bibi's "Big Announcement" Total Dud
Last night before 8pm Israel Time, I hurriedly tried to find a link to listen to Prime Minister Bibi Binyamin Netanyahu's "important announcement." About a week ago, there had been a similar situation...
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My Really Dumb Question About That "Wall"
I may have gotten this all mixed up, but I have a question to those who don't want the American Government to construct a wall to keep out illegal immigrants.Maybe I'm just stupidly simplistic, but if...
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Blessed Rain Water at Jewish Legion Memorial, Shiloh Junction
Yesterday one of my walking partners called and suggested that we take a walk to see streams of water at the Shiloh Junction. Her timing was great, and I was able to take a break from my Shabbat...
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Alternative News Sources, Blog Roundup, January, 2019, Shevat, 5779
Enjoy, these tasty morsels of journalismA blog roundup is like an internet magazine. I'm offering a variety of topics from various blogs. I hope you enjoy them; read, share and comment. I'm not...
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The Lion's Roar, 3rd of Tzvi Fishman's Tevye Series
I finished reading The Lion's Roar by Tzvi Fishman, and now I have to wait almost a year to read the next installment, Anonymous Soldiers. #1 Tevye in The Promised Land was reviewed here, as was #2...
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Looks Like The End of The NRP National Religious Party מפדל
Way back when, even before the Establishment of the State of Israel, people chose their political party according to the Zionist Youth Movement they were active in. Betar voted Herut, Bnei Akiva voted...
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Embarrassed to Admit I Even I Mixed Up Bible Text and Commentary, Torah...
A couple of days ago, I had a blog post in my head based on Parshat Shavua, the Weekly Torah Portion. When I began writing it I discovered that the specific event I was comparing to Israel's legendary...
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Potential Security Deterioration in Mateh Binyamin
For years when there had been reports of terror attacks, drive bys, rammings, shootings, stabbings at various roadside bus stops in Gush Etzion and the Shomron (Samaria), I'd be able to say that in...
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