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Used Furniture

From: Denise Troutman To: Alex Traiman Sent: Wednesday, April 1, 2009 9:22:20 PMSubject: used furniture Hi Alex, We are temporarily moving out of our Temple while it is being reconstructed. Are you still in need of items for your Temple? Thank you,Denise TroutmanFacility and Events CoordinatorTemple Beth El5101 Providence Rd.Charlotte, NC 28226 ==== From: Alex [...]

Satire: The International Media

Unfortunately, this satire by the Israeli sketch comedy show ‘Eretz Nehederet’ is not as much of a stretch as some might like to think… (I found the clip on the Jerusalem Post’s blog called ‘Must Sees’…http://cgis.jpost.com/Blogs/must/entry/the_on_line_battle_part)

OK. Real Baseball in Israel

Perhaps as an offshoot of this IBL fever, or because of my long held desire to shout at kids to “stop picking the daisies,” I have started a Baseball Club here in Bet El for 8-11 year-olds. We had our first practice on Sunday Morning. Yishai came by to take some pictures. It was great [...]

Time to Stop Playing with Our Balls and Strikes

This debate about baseball in Israel has gone just about far enough. Perhaps we have become so insensed by the current state of affairs in Israel, or have been so numbed by a corrupt system that remains in power, that we have decided to turn our attention to an easier target: recreation and entertainment. Recreation [...]

‘The Good Olim of Our Times’

In my lifetime, I have seen the passing of several notable Gedolim, or greatest scholars-leaders of our time: The Baba Sali, Rav Soloveitchik, The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rav Kadouri, just to name a few. It remains to be seen whether our generation can replace these beacons of Torah and leadership with Rabbis and leaders of equal [...]

1967: A Year of Jewish Military Campaigns

The friendly folks over at Chabad are happy to point out that more than one important military campaign was launched in 1967. According to Lubavitch, 2007 marks the 40 year anniversary of the great Rabbi General Menachem Mendel’s Tefillin campaign, which also has helped the nation and people of Israel expand their spiritual borders. Check [...]

Is the U.S. Really Israel’s Friend?

According to the American Heritage Dictionary, a “friend” can be defined as: 1. A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts. 2. A person whom one knows; an acquaintance. 3. A person with whom one is allied in a struggle or cause; a comrade. 4. One who supports, sympathizes with, or patronizes a group, cause, [...]

A Ride to the Cemetery

You read about traffic accidents almost daily in Israel. They kill more Israelis each year than Arabs do. Today alone there were 97 traffic accidents. This past weekend 15 Israelis were killed on the road, 21 in the past week. Two especially unique Jews, killed in the car above were, have left me grieving heavily, [...]

The Last Boy Scout

Leading up to the Purim Holiday, there was much to be done at the last moment. Two days before the holiday, there was work to be done, a lecture to give, an important dinner take-out order to fill, and costumes to get for the little ones. As I got to Jerusalem to lecture a bunch [...]

David Melech Yisrael Chai Vikayam! –or–Dudu for President

We all know by now that Israel’s government is corrupt and devoid of high moral standing, both in the eyes of Israelis and the world at large. I don’t intend to go into all the sordid details now. That we can save for several upcoming posts. But the situation is in desperate need of repair, [...]