C.N. Bialik One of the greatest Hebrew Poets of Modern Times died

This was a wonderful visit having read his inspiring poetry in both English and Hebrew. If you understand Hebrew the poetry has so much more depth to it. Hebrew is a language where every word has many meanings....

Cyber Or-20 Cyber Kehillah-3 Social networking

This is another in the series of Cyber-Or by Dr. Moshe Dror. He just keeps writing about the interesting connections between community and social networking. Enjoy."By Rabbi Dr. Moshe Dror Social networking (Net 2.0) will not supersede what we call “Organized Religion”...

Dr. Schroeder The Amazing Universe We Live In - The Final Chapter

To listen to this podcast please go to Israelseen.comThis is the final part of a three part interview with Dr. Gerald Schroeder in trying to understand where we all fit in regarding the Universe, God, and the...

AN OPEN LETTER TO SENATOR GEORGE MITCHELL

I thought that this open letter by Professor Elihu D Richter MD MPH (Emeritus) Head of the Genocide Prevention Program at Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Public Health and Community Medicine and Associate Director, Institute on the Holocaust and Genocide, Jerusalem and...

What is Purim? How is the Purim Holiday Celebrated?

In 2009 the Hebrew festival of Purim falls on March 10.  Literally translated Purim means "lots" as in lottery and is a reference to a selection process of sacrifice used by the evil Persian ruler Haman, who ruled by the grace of the Persian king known as Xerxes I, to...

Iraqi professor asks Israel for shipment of Hebrew books

" The Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that an Iraqi college professor has asked it for a shipment of Hebrew books. Ofir Gendelman of the ministry's Arab press section says the professor sent an e-mail three weeks ago via the ministry's Arabic-language Web...

US student knifed by Arabs in e. J'lem

"An American student studying at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem was attacked and moderately wounded at 2 a.m. on Sunday morning by three Arab teens after he got lost in east Jerusalem, police and rescue officials said. ...

The Disinformation Business and how it works.

Enjoy this article about dis-information and how it is done in this part of the world. " Who do you work for, Doctor Hizbullah? Hebrew University professor Elia Bnay Simon, who runs a blog containing scoops on Israel's security – including recent 'death' of Mossad...

Elana Rozenman: Discusses “Trust” Non-Profit building mutual trust among ...

Elana Rozenman discusses her non-profit “trust” (Emun) organization. It is devoted to mutual trust and understanding among Jews and reaching out to Moslems, Christians and especially to women. She also...

The "B" Word: Barack, Baruch, Benediction and Blessing

Some were sceptical when Barack Obama told Jewish voters that his first name had the same Semitic root as Hebrew "Baruch," meaning "A blessing." [1] Although further speculation (not by Obama) that Barack was...

Hebrew Seal From First Temple Period Discovered In Archaeological Excavations

Northwestern Wall plaza in Jerusalem, place where valuable archeological findings from the time of kings Manasseh and Josiah are being made." According to the excavation director, archaeologist Shlomit...

Oldest Hebrew Script Found

AN ARCHAELOGIST in Israel claims that five lines of ancient Hebrew script may be the oldest ever found.  The lines have been found on a shard of pottery by a teenager on a "dig" 20km southwest of Jerusalem   " Five lines of ancient script on a shard of pottery...

"Shalom Tel Aviv" : McCartney wows fans with historic Israel concert

" Paul McCartney gave his first concert in Israel on Thursday before tens of thousands of cheering fans, 43 years after the Beatles were barred from singing there because of fears they could corrupt youngsters. ...

STUDENT RETURNS O'S PRAYER NOTE

" The yeshiva student who took Barack Obama's personal note to God from the Western Wall in Jerusalem has gone public - sort of - to apologize. With his face obscured and his identity given as "Aleph," the first Hebrew letter of his name, the young man told Channel 2 TV...

Tablet ignites debate on Jesus and the Resurrection

JERUSALEM: A three-foot-tall tablet with 87 lines of Hebrew that scholars believe dates from the decades just before the birth of Jesus is causing a quiet stir in biblical and archaeological circles, especially...

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