Archive for the 'Jewish Press' Category
Tomorrow Is Today In Jerusalem
It was perhaps the most historic week in Israel’s contemporary history….World leaders, business moguls, former heads of state, Hollywood celebrities and of course, George W. Bush on his farewell tour and “get well” shmooze with PM Ehud Olmert. From a media point-of-view, it was impossible to be ev…
Partial Holocaust Denial on University of Haifa Chat List
To Right - participants in University of Haifa chat list?A few days ago I posted on my personal blog some ‘dialogue’ that was being disseminated via the anti-Semitic ‘ALEF’ chat list that operates under the auspices of the University of Haifa, attempting partially to deny the Holocaust. The material…
A “Tzadekes” Reigns Supreme by Israel Bible Contest
A 15 year old Tanach genius from Nahariya in Northern Israel, Tzurit Berenson, taught the Israeli political and religious establishments a Solomonic lesson about ‘faith & truth’ on Yom Ha’atzmaut, during a nationwide telecast of the annual “Israel Bible Quiz” contest. Miss Berenson inadvertent…
Happy 60th Israel!
Today is Yom HaAtzma’ut (as observed that year considering Israel’s actual birthday, the 5th of Iyar, falls on Shabbos) and while I didn’t attend any festivities, I am celebrating. that is so even while I decry the self-destructive actions of Israel’s contemporary political leaders and mour…
No “Miracle” For Israel Baseball League
For all intents and aims, one can start saying “kaddish” for the Israel Baseball League, which has suspended operations after surviving a separate season in the Holy Land. The IBL didn’t die considering there wasn’t abundant interest in the American sport. The Holy Land boasts a growing and talented…
Reverend Wright and your Rav’s Drasha
As discussed all by, Senator Obama has sat through Reverend Wright’s sermons for 20 years without complaining. I wonder whether I would ever need to take responsibility for Drasha’s that my Rov gave. Though Hilchos Pesach and Hilchos Brechos probably wouldn’t be to controversial, neither would the P…
Going Nowhere Fast
The following is an interesting composition written by an interesting person who heads an interesting oganization. go here to learn more Rabbi David Bar-Hayim and Machon Shilo.Going Nowhere FastClueless LeadersIsrael is lost and directionless. Its political leaders lack vision and aspire to nothing….
Tel Aviv U Prof Denounces Passover Haggada
Tell Dr. Seuss!Remember the Grinch that stole Christmas? Well, Tel Aviv University does that one better by providing the world with the Grinch who bashes the Passover Haggada!Carlo Strenger is a professor of psychology at Tel Aviv University and one of the more extreme leftist Post-Zionists on a ca…
Obama picks up the Crucial Hamas Endorsement!
James, Taranto, from the Wall Street Journal, reports:Hamas Makes an Endorsement Fox News reports that Barack Obama has picked up a possibly unwelcome endorsement:During an interview on WABC radio Sunday, top Hamas political adviser Ahmed Yousef said the terrorist group supports Obama’s foreign poli…
All the News that’s Kosher L’Pesach
It’s that duration of year again–when the The New York Times publishes a smorgasbord of Passover features. Two interesting ones that caught my eye.One in yesterday’s Dining section on the kosher celebrity cook Susie Fishbein. (”It’s about moment,” said my wife, a Fishbein fan.)The other is a very p…















