Fundamentalists won't let men/women pray together

"The moment we allow these groups a foothold, then tomorrow they will start to restrain us in our own synagogues, in the name of democracy, in the name of liberalism and in the name of pluralism," says one Shmuel Poppenheim, an Israeli ultra-Orthodox activist. What he was...

Fundamentalists won't let men/women pray together

"The moment we allow these groups a foothold, then tomorrow they will start to restrain us in our own synagogues, in the name of democracy, in the name of liberalism and in the name of pluralism," says one Shmuel Poppenheim, an Israeli ultra-Orthodox activist. What he was...

Detailed Analysis of Obama’s Visit to Israel

thanks to Israelseen.com NATO Plans For Military Option In Syria " [David Bedein comment: A consequence of a Nato incursion into Syria is that Iran would intervene on behalf of the Assad regime, leading to a possible Iranian war with the West. Has NATO considered that ...

Israel’s Good News Week of March 3rd. 2013

Turkey’s ex-Finance Minister received stem cell treatment in Tel Aviv. An Israeli organization is working under cover to bring aid to Syrian refugees.  The new Miss Israel is an Ethiopian immigrant. Israel’s Waze won the MWC Barcelona prize for the best mobile...

Sarah Silverman's sister detained under sexist Israel tradition

Sarah Silverman is one of my favorite comedians. The television show that she had was one of the funniest things on cable. Well, her sister, the Reform Judaism Rabbi, Susan Silverman, and her 17 year old niece, Halle Silverman, were one of a group of women detained for hours...

Sarah Silverman's sister detained under sexist Israel tradition

Sarah Silverman is one of my favorite comedians. The television show that she had was one of the funniest things on cable. Well, her sister, the Reform Judaism Rabbi, Susan Silverman, and her 17 year old niece, Halle Silverman, were one of a group of women detained for hours...

Edit the bible and no Torahs for women at the Wailing Wall?

Piers Morgan, the host of a nightly talk show host on the cable channel CNN, believes we should edit the bible. I agree with him, we should. Or, at least ignore it. He said the bible and the U.S. Constitution are "inherently flawed." Well, the Constitution is a lot less...

Documentary Film "My Herzl"

Friday 4-1-2013 I sat with hundreds of other spectators at the Jerusalem Cinematheque and watched a preview screening of the documentary film "My Herzl" directed by Eli Tal El. David Matlaw, who envisioned and initiated the film, also attended. He has a collection of about...

Edit the bible and no Torahs for women at the Wailing Wall?

Piers Morgan, the host of a nightly talk show host on the cable channel CNN, believes we should edit the bible. I agree with him, we should. Or, at least ignore it. He said the bible and the U.S. Constitution are "inherently flawed." Well, the Constitution is a lot less...

Battlefields & Armageddon: Israel beckons British military buff

from israelseen.com Nebi Samwil – where Cœur de Lion wept over Jerusalem. by Gil Zohar. For those whose passion is military history, Israel beckons with a surprising variety of battlefield sites, monuments and Commonwealth war cemeteries dating back eight centuries...

Iran, Israel on Verge of Agreement

By Sam VakninAuthor of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" Prompted by senior figures in both the current, Obama, administration and the previous, Bush administration, Israel agreed to major concessions in secret negotiations with Iran which have been taking...

8 year old girl cursed at by religious zealots in Israel

In a town outside of Jerusalem, Israel, little Naama Margolese, an 8 year old girl, faces being called a whore and spit upon by ultra-orthodox Jewish men. Yes, you read that right. She is called those things and even has had rocks thrown at her. The average Israeli and the...

DNC vote on Jerusalem

Click on the link below to watch the DNC vote on Jerusalem.http://www.c-spanvideo.org/clip/3872849

How did Jesus appear?

How did Jesus appear? Leave it to Popular Mechanics to publish the story. I think this is a cool, well researched report, the kind that is truly interesting to read. " “The Real Face Of Jesus Advances in...

Gunter the Grass and the Spirit of a New Germany

By Sam VakninAuthor of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" In an attempt to recapture the long-lost limelight, the former Waffen SS volunteer turned Germany's self-imputed anti-Nazi conscience, Gunter Grass, published a badly written poem in which he warned...

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