Posters have been slapped up all over town with a rabbinic ruling, signed by five haredi rabbis, forbidding their communities from shopping at the new Osher Ad supermarket. A little background is in order… This new supermarket, Osher Ad, opened […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Orthodox Jews will do just about anything to pray on time and with a quorum of at least ten other Jews (minyan). Here’s a great photo gallery and review (in Hebrew) of the now ‘famous’ train minyan that runs weekday […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shiva House Guide – Making a Condolence Call to a Mourner’s House Unfortunately, my father passed away this month. For the first time, I was a mourner. Little did I know there’s a whole sub-culture to the mourning process. Here’s […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Rabbi Azouelos, Head of the Maskiot Pre-Army Mechina, said these very inspiring words at last night’s closing ceremony for this year’s students. (Translated and paraphrased from Hebrew) Israel has two seas. The Kineret and the Dead Sea. The Kineret is […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Some good news for a change. This weekend’s Haaretz reports (in Hebrew) that the Haredi population in Israel, the fastest growing segment, now has an average of 7.2 births per family. Obviously, since this is an ‘average’, there are B”H […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Tear Down the wall says Roger Waters, former band member of Pink Floyd. Mr Waters visited Israel in 2006 and played a single concert to a sold out makeshift open air stadium of 50,000 (paying) Israeli Jews. He also found […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
According to the Jewish Agency, Hungary today has a population of approximately 50,000 Jews. In 1910, one hundred years ago, there were nearly one million Jews living there. The Nazis killed many, some emigrated to America, some to Israel, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
“A United Nations team headed by a veteran war crimes prosecutor has begun its probe into possible war crimes by Israel and Hamas militants during Operation Cast Lead. ” Israel has not accepted this probe and questions the validity of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Does anyone really think that Adam Lambert wouldn’t have won American Idol had it been voted on by talent judges, rather than as a popularity contest? Well, here’s another reason to like Adam. Aside from his incredible talent, he’s also […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I went to the local electronics store yesterday to pick up a new bread machine. The owner keeps the store open in the late afternoon and early evening hours. He learns Torah during the day and then opens the store […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Stock Market, Economy, and the Jewish Blessing on the Sun. The Jewish religion has a tradition that the sun rotates on a 28 year cycle that corresponds with the creation of the world. At the end of each 28 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
An old joke waiting to be told: How many Jews does it take to open the Ark and take out the Torah? Normally, the answer is one. Ok, I’ve seen in some synagouges two. How about three? Background: The synagouge […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Israel has worked hard to shed its old image of producing cheesy ethnic insider, one or no-joke movies. Today’s Israeli movie scene has produced some very creative, critically acclaimed on an international level. There are many dozens of quality films […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The crowds, the energy, the excitement. Those of us who are fortunate to live in Israel and live in or close enough to Jerusalem, know that this coming week of Sukkot is perhaps the best time of the year. Just […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the Golden Age…Everyone’s gone mobile! Is it Awe or the Atonement that gets us nervous? Either way, this Thursday is the most special day of the year. It’s the day above all others when G_d is listening and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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