Archive for 'Ezra' Category

The Debate for Aliyah: G-d, the Rabbi’s, and a little thing called Jewish Destiny

In the last few weeks I have been engaged in a little back and forth concerning some of the substance of my blogs, with someone known to me only as “rd”. What I have learned about him is the following: he is a knowledgeable G-d-fearing Jew with the utmost respect for the Torah and the [...]

Matisyahu the Maccabee, From the Belly of the Babylonian Beast

So I caught Matisyahu and the Wailers on the second night of Chanukah. Read about it here – check out the videos.

Yemenite Aliyah? Nice.

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, left, greets immigrants prior to a conference in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007.(AP Photo/Jack Guez, pool)

Mazal Tovs All Around

In reverse chronological order:To Yishai and Malkah Fleisher on the birth of a baby girl this morning To Yechiel Stein on his engagement to Leah Barth To Shulamis on her marriage to Naftali Tyberg May you all be blessed with repeated and ever-increasing Aliyot, in familial love, clarity and closeness to your Creator, your people [...]

Revenge of the Oleh

Revenge of the Oleh. Share your stories of oleh justice in the comments section.

Avoda Ivrit Roundup

* Haaretz reports that the Supreme Court is actually making Avoda Ivrit more desirable by closing the loopholes allowing Jews in Judea and Samaria to exploit their Hamas-voting neighbors, outsourcing their tax evasion and taking advantage of their proximity to a mafia-run third world empire (my words, not theirs). * Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, who reportedly [...]

JOBOPP: Jerusalem of Chocolate

From the Efrat list: “worker required for centrally located jerusalem chocolatier – cafe. twentyish, diligent, to operate coffee machine, make sandwiches, serve, washdishes. afternoons (4-10 p.m.) and fridays. call etty 054-8081001″ Mmmmm. Chocolate in Jerusalem.

A ‘Fringe’ Response to Anonymous

Anonymous comments on this post: “The Kumah mascots and the Kumatrix disagree. “What Kumah won’t do to make their brand of fringe politics hip.”…”Got home?” It’s just that some of you guys spew so much vitriol. And at the same time you do the things you criticize. I think it’s important for someone to show [...]

Fatah Gets Hip

What Abu Mazen won’t do to make his brand of Jew-killing-while-receiving-training-from-the-Americans-and-money-from-Israel hip.(Photos: AP’s Jihadist stringers)

Great Blogging Material and a Video of Spoiled Westerners in Shechem

*My photo feature from Homesh. A trip. *This video probably deserves its own post. Rich kids from America and Europe play cops and robbers with an IDF they know is castrated in the middle of Shechem. You can hear shouts of Allahu Akbar and see martyr posters as the Canadian-sounding girl says: “You’re not gonna [...]