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Los Angeles Synagogue Shooting: Two Men Wounded in "Hate Crime"

In Los Angeles today two men in their 30s have been shot in their legs outside Adat Yeshurun Valley Sephardic Synagogue in the 12000 block of Sylvan Street, a North Hollywood synagogue, and police are investigating...

Larry David Urinates on Pic of Jesus in "Curb Your Enthusiasm"

Here's a story that makes you realize what "multi-cultural" really means! Hey, no peeing on a picture of Moses or Rabbi Hillel, but there is this other Jewish fella that you're allowed to mock to what end?  I...

sukkot

Whew!  The holidays are finally over!  We had 4 holidays clumped together in  a month’s span of time.  All with different purposes and meanings, and I hope you have enjoyed our “shots from Israel” on how we celebrate our festivities.   There...

Anne Frank Film Footage Posted on YouTube: Video

A 20-second video showing the only surviving footage of Anne Frank has been posted on her new YouTube channel by the Amsterdam museum, the Anne Frank House. It was taken in 1941 and is the only film footage of...

My thoughts for Yom Kippur

As we approach Yom Kippur in Israel I find the need to make a few final comments about this special day in the life of an Israeli/American Jew living in this amazing country. Yom Kippur means the “day of...

Seeing Into the Mind of a Trance Medium: Harley Monte

"All of a sudden, my hand started to shake. But I looked at it, and it's not shaking. I feel a tightening like someone has a vise around my head. I look... and there's nothing there. And I don't know what is coming...

A message to the Palestinian people Why and When A Jewish State.

Yoram takes us on a history of the region and the definition of a Jewish State. Enjoy. " By Yoram Getzler WHY & WHEN THE “JEWISH STATE WHY A “JEWISH STATE” NOW? “Palestinian Future under Continuing Occupation and the Fading Realization of a State” (I would like...

Take my mother-in-law, please, and this isn't a joke, lawsuits?

""Take my mother-in-law — please," isn't a joke you're likely to hear often these days from Sunda Croonquist. The veteran comic is being sued by her mother-in-law after making her the punchline of too many jokes. The mother-in-law is accusing Croonquist of...

Tour of Rav Kook House in Jerusalem

Rabbi Kook was the first chief rabbi of Israel and pre-state era. He was a compassionate man and wonderful poet. Rabbi Marmelstein of Canada and Israel takes us through Kook's residence in Jerusalem. Included is Rav Kook's poetry put to music and created by Rav....

Iran 'minister' on Interpol list

" Iran's defence minister-designate is on an Interpol "wanted" list over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre in Argentina, the agency has confirmed. It says it has had a "red notice" for Ahmad Vahidi since 2007...

Cyber Or-25 Cyberpsychology-1

Moshe explores the meanings of Cyberpsychology. Where do we go with all of this technology and what do we do with it to better understand ourselves and the world around us. " By Rabbi DR. Moshe Dror It seems to me that much of the writing that I read dealing with information...

There is a Storm Brewing Part I

I have tried to share my account of the politcal dynamic that brews in this part of the Middle East. This is part one of a two part article that I have been working on of late. Enjoy. " There is a storm brewing and we are all waiting, wondering where and when it will begin...

First Rabbi to serve as a Chaplain for fourty years

RABBI Arnold Saunders has been appointed Jewish Civilian Chaplain to Her Majesty's Forces. "Based at Fulwood Barracks in Preston, Rabbi Saunders, 50, will be responsible for the pastoral care of all Jewish...

'Record rise' in UK anti-Semitism

" Anti-Semitic attacks in the UK doubled in the first half of this year compared with the same period in 2008, according to new figures. The Jewish Community Security Trust, which monitors anti-Semitism, says it...

Victimization of Tamil Peopel must stop - Elie Wiesel

Holocaust surviver, Jewish icon, and Nobel laureate, Professor Elie Wiesel stated that victimization of Tamil people must stop, and they should be able to live in peace in their homeland. " TAMIL PEOPLE STATEMENT:...

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