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    JTA Breaking News

  • CIA head John Brennan makes unannounced Israel visit

    Marcy Oster
    19 May 2013 | 3:53 am
    JERUSALEM (JTA) — CIA director John Brennan made an unannounced visit to Israel to discuss the situation in Syria. Brennan and Israel’s defense minister, Moshe Yaalon, in their meeting Friday reportedly compared intelligence assessments on Syria and its two-year civil war. They also talked about Israel’s intent to continue striking shipments of advanced weapons destined for Hezbollah from Iran via Syria. Syria has threatened to strike back at Israel the next time it strikes a weapons system on its soil, Britain’s Sunday Times reported.  Two alleged Israeli airstrikes…

  • Netanyahu reassures on Israel’s readiness for Syrian threat

    Marcy Oster
    19 May 2013 | 3:20 am
    JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel is ready for “any scenario” in Syria, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, amid reports that Syria will hit Tel Aviv if Israel launches another raid on Syrian soil. “We are following developments [in Syria] closely and are readying for any scenario,” Netanyahu said Sunday at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting. Netanyahu’s comments followed a report in The Sunday Times of Britain that Syria has put its most advanced missiles, the Syrian-made Tishreen, or M-600 rockets, on stand-by with orders to hit Tel Aviv if Israel strikes…

  • ‘Death to Jews’ tattoo costs Hungarian martial artist Prague gig

    Cnaan Liphshiz
    19 May 2013 | 1:40 am
    (JTA) — A Hungarian martial arts fighter was disinvited from a tournament in Prague because of his Nazi tattoos, including one reading “death to the Jews.” Some sponsors of the Heroes Gate event told organizers that Attila Petrovszki  was not allowed to attend the May 17 event because he had a tattoo of Adolf Hitler and a swastika on his body and the anti-Semitic words, Radio Prague reported. The event’s promoter, Ladislav Kutil, told Radio Prague that the fighter’s appearance had been canceled due to “media pressure” on Heroes Gate and its sponsors, which include…

  • Norwegian Jewish politician Jo Benkow dies at 88

    Cnaan Liphshiz
    19 May 2013 | 1:30 am
    (JTA) — Jo Benkow, a popular Norwegian Jewish politician, writer and photographer, has died. Benkow, a Holocaust survivor, died in an Oslo hospital on Friday. He was 88. “Jews in Norway have lost a wise role model,” Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg wrote Saturday on Facebook. Benkow survived the Holocaust by fleeing Norway and its pro-Nazi government with his father and brother into neutral Sweden in 1942. The women of his family stayed behind and were murdered in Auschwitz that year. The Trondheim native, born Josef Benkowitz, returned to Norway and in 1965 was elected to…

  • New synagogue dedicated in Moscow

    Cnaan Liphshiz
    19 May 2013 | 1:25 am
    (JTA) — A Russian chief rabbi dedicated a Torah scroll at a new synagogue in Moscow. Rabbi Berel Lazar, who is affiliated with the Chabad movement, installed the  scroll at the Michurinsky synagogue, which opened two months ago, the Interfax news agency reported. The dedication ceremony was held May 14. “The ceremony means that now this place gets the status of a real home of worship, where Jews can hold services in accordance with all the requirements of Jewish law,” Rabbi Michael Lidogoster, a spokesman for Lazar’s office, told Interfax. The Michurinsky congregation is…
 
 
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    ynet - Jewish Scene

  • Jerusalem: Haredim destroy theater ads

    19 May 2013 | 4:00 am
    Police arrest two young ultra-Orthodox men on suspicion of defacing picture of actress on Khan Theater poster. Theater estimates damage at thousands of shekels, demands that Municipality fight vandalism and print new ads

  • Report: Czech anti-Semitism fairly low

    18 May 2013 | 9:28 pm
    New study by Prague's Jewish community says there were no physical attacks, direct threats against Jews in republic registered last year, yet there was an increase in attacks on Internet

  • Venezuela president claims Jewish roots

    17 May 2013 | 10:27 pm
    Nicolas Maduro scoffs at anti-Semitism accusations, says his grandparents were Sephardic Jews

  • Introducing world's longest Shabbat table

    17 May 2013 | 4:24 am
    Large families are common in Bnei Brak, but even largest family doesn't host 300 people on Friday evening. Ultra-Orthodox city attempts to set Guinness record with longest Shabbat table ever seen

  • Christian churches back Hungarian Jews

    16 May 2013 | 9:47 pm
    With anti-Semitism on the rise, churches are working with Jewish community to counter provocations against Jews, Roma minority that have won radical right-wing party support among voters fed up with country's economic crisis
 
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    ISRAELITY

  • Israelity has moved!

    Israelity
    5 May 2013 | 1:52 am
    Israelity has moved! You can now find new posts and updated content over at ISRAEL21c.org. Share with others

  • Foto Friday – Peaceful Vistas

    Rachel Neiman
    19 Apr 2013 | 10:08 am
    Tumultuous doesn’t begin to describe the week’s events. The Boston Marathon Bombing, the explosion of the chemical plant in Texas, and now the (still ongoing) manhunt after the bombers have pushed North Korea and Iranian nuclear threats off the headlines… for the moment. These are crazy days. Time to take a break with some beautiful panoramic images of places we love. Tel Aviv Coast. Photo by Dana Friedlander. Wailing Wall and Temple Mount. Photo by Noam Chen. Sea of Galilee. Photo by Itamar Grinberg. Ramon Crater at Sunrise. Photo by ​Dafna Tal. Acre (Akko); St. John…

  • Nostalgia Sunday – Yaakov Gross documents Israel

    Rachel Neiman
    14 Apr 2013 | 3:00 am
    Celluloid must run in documentarian Yaakov Gross’ blood. His father, Natan Gross, made films for the early Zionist enterprise. Yaakov emigrated to Israel in 1950 and graduated from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and went on to direct and produce over 30 documentary films for organizations such as the KKL-JNF and Israel Television. He is also heavily involved with the preservation and restoration of the films of early Israeli filmmakers. As part of that labor of love, Gross has digitized and uploaded films made by his father and by himself, as well as films he by others that he has…

  • Israel celebrates 65 in videos

    Viva
    14 Apr 2013 | 2:29 am
    Israel is marking its 65th anniversary on Tuesday, April 16. And with a click of the mouse – even if you’re not here — you can celebrate, too. Start with a good chuckle with comedian Benji Lovitt, who presents a list of 65 things he loves about Israel. ISRAEL21c has created a beautiful photo collage video highlighting the people and places that make this country so special. We turned to Israeli singer-songwriter Rosi Golan for her uplifting music and called on readers to send in Israel photos that make them smile. The result: Three minutes of feel-good birthday cheer.

  • An Israel’s “greatest hits” tour

    Brian Blum
    12 Apr 2013 | 3:05 am
    From the Herod exhibit at the Israel Museum What do Shai Agnon, Lea Gottlieb and Herod all have in common? They could all be considered “greats” in their respective fields. Shai Agnon is arguably the greatest Hebrew writer (well, he certainly was at one point), Lea Gottlieb, the co-founder of Gottex, was queen of Israeli bathing suit design, and Herod…well, who built bigger and badder than the Second Temple’s main dude? Now you can catch a “greatest hits” retrospective of all three in Israel. Maybe not in a single day, but for themed tourism, it doesn’t get more creative than…
 
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    Israellycool

  • How a REAL Footy Team Does It

    Jono Rose
    19 May 2013 | 6:44 am
    I noticed Dave has been posting some fairly average footy videos from his favourite team (the West Coast Eagles). I just wanted to give you an example of how a REAL footy team (my team – Carlton, the Mighty Blues!) does it. This is an example of what they call “Coast to Coast” – i.e. a team scores by moving the football from the very back of the defensive field all the way to scoring a goal without the other team touching the football. And this one is capped with an amazing 60 metre bomb.

  • Anti-Eurovision Medicine

    Jono Rose
    19 May 2013 | 3:14 am
    Since many of you don’t live in Israel and perhaps some have never even had the opportunity to visit (if you haven’t talk to me, I work in tourism, I can give you some good advice – and no Dave, thats not shameless plugging, its genuine free advice I’m offering) it occurs to me that maybe the only exposure you have had to Israeli music is that horrible dross you see in the Eurovision (poor-excuse-for-a) Song Contest. I absolutely refuse to watch that thing, and I refuse to get upset when the latest piece of crap Israeli song has failed to make it to the finals. Well,…

  • Saturday Night Un-Creative: Eurovision

    Judge Dan
    18 May 2013 | 12:54 pm
    It’s Eurovision night, and the Israeli entry didn’t qualify from the semi-finals. So let’s all go back in time to the happy early 2000′s, to see the Israeli entry to the 2000 Eurovision in the Netherlands. Yes, that is indeed the worst song of all time, made even crappier by the hippie Syrian love. In that time period, there were talks about Israeli-Syrian peace treaty that thankfully did not materialize.

  • A Horrible Unreported War Crime

    Judge Dan
    18 May 2013 | 10:59 am
    I’ve just learnt of this horrible war crime committed by Israel against Syria in 1973: Operation Guardian (“Shomer”) was an attack on Syrian dams carried out on 16–17 May 1973 by Israel Air Force No. 69 Squadron, subsequently known as the “Hammers”, using a specially developed “floating bomb” invented and developed by Rafael. The Khiam and Al-Mazour Dams were breached, causing catastrophic flooding of the Euphrates valley and of villages in the Khabour valley, while the El-Watan dam sustained only minor damage. The damage was mitigated by rapid…

  • Friday Afternoon Naitanui

    Aussie Dave
    17 May 2013 | 7:05 am
    This is what just happened
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    Liza Rosenberg

  • A Friend Who Gets it All

    Liza Rosenberg
    7 May 2013 | 6:20 am
    When I heard that the wife of one of my brother’s oldest friends had lost a child, I sent a carefully worded email to her husband, asking if Stacey might want to talk to someone who had been through something similar. She did, and the connection was made. That was approximately eleven years ago, and [...]

  • Inspiring and Empowering – My latest story for Essence Magazine

    Liza Rosenberg
    8 Apr 2013 | 9:41 am
    Several weeks prior to Passover, my editor at Haaretz contacted me with a story assignment – profiling several Israeli women’s organizations in order to mark International Women’s Day. We compiled a list of possible choices and selected three very different groups for the article – Or Chaya – The World Center for the Jewish Woman [...]

  • I want to get lost with you

    Liza Rosenberg
    5 Mar 2013 | 1:45 am
    I want to get lost with you At that moment when the sun goes down Colors dance without a sound Across the sky and I am found By love and wishes made On stars that shine as sunlight fades Fingers touching as we go Through moonlit shadows’ gentle glow I want to get lost under [...]

  • Urgently Seeking a Matching Bone Marrow Donor

    Liza Rosenberg
    6 Feb 2013 | 1:33 am
    More than 25 years ago, I spent my gap year in Israel on Young Judaea‘s Year Course program. One month of that year was spent living with a family in an agricultural community (a moshav), and while I can’t remember the names of anyone from the family I stayed with, I do remember the family [...]

  • The Age of Innocence

    Liza Rosenberg
    20 Nov 2012 | 4:24 am
    Since this current round of fighting began, I’ve been overwhelmed by the concern shown in emails, messages and chats – friends, relatives and acquaintances checking in to see how we’re doing, voicing their love and support (both for us personally and for Israel as a whole) and reminding us to “stay safe”. And yet, no [...]
 
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    Yourish.com

  • Iran’s undeclared war against Israel

    Meryl Yourish
    17 May 2013 | 7:09 am
    Iran’s undeclared war against Israel is being raised several notches:Officials in Baghdad said that Iran’s supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, has given Major General Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Quds Force Revolutionary Guards, the responsibility of managing the struggle against Israel via Syrian territory, Lebanese newspaper Almustaqbal reported.According to the report, Khamenei also ordered Soleimani to monitor Hezbollah and Palestinian organizations loyal to President Bashar Assad and Iran operating in Syria.The Russians are arming Syria with ship-killing missiles and advanced…

  • Thursday, briefly

    Meryl Yourish
    16 May 2013 | 6:16 am
    Gee, you think they might have been lying all along? So much for the “we had to use keywords because we were flooded with applications” excuse.The scrutiny began, however, in March 2010, before an uptick could have been observed, according to data contained in the audit released Tuesday from the Treasury Department’s inspector general for tax administration.I’ll need a second opinion: A U.K. study says Stuxnet helped the Iranian nuclear program. Considering the source–a country filled with rabid Israel-haters–I’ll reserve judgment until I hear someone…

  • The NEW New Journolist spin

    Meryl Yourish
    15 May 2013 | 6:47 am
    Out: There were so many new applications for tax exemption, the IRS had to choose keywords to sort out the riff-raff.In: The IRS peons were incompetent, but management put a stop to that as soon as they found out. So you see, there was no conspiracy. Also, nope, no evidence it was political. Nothing to see here, move along.Here’s Ezra Klein, the founder of JournoList, explaining the new talking points.“Inappropriate Criteria Were Used to Identify Tax-Exempt Applications for Review.” That’s the title of the Inspector General’s report on the IRS’s treatment of tea-party related…

  • Mideast Media Sampler – 05/14/2013

    Soccerdad
    14 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    1) Syria considerationsLast week former executive editor of the New York Times, Bill Keller wrote Syria is not Iraq. The gist of his argument is that he trusts President Obama but shouldn’t have trusted President Bush. It’s a silly argument. However, as Dexter Filkins reports, Keller’s thinking is mirrored in the administration.Like Ford and Holliday, Obama is concerned above all that the United States not precipitate another Iraq—a failed state, with a radicalized population, that will take years and cost thousands of lives to rebuild. Much of the aid that the White House…

  • The New JournoList spin on the IRS

    Meryl Yourish
    13 May 2013 | 12:54 pm
    That’s funny. Two different articles, one in Mother Jones, one in the WaPo, yet they’re running the exact same explanation as to why the IRS targeted conservative groups filing for tax exemptions.From Ezra Klein’s Wonkblog:The context for all this is that after Citizens United and some related decisions, the number of groups registering as 501(c)4s doubled. Because the timing of that doubling coincided with a rise in political activism on the right rather than the left, a lot of the politicized groups attempting to register as 501(c)4s were describing their purpose in tea…
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    This Normal Life

  • Dirty Diapers of Shavuot Past

    Brian
    13 May 2013 | 2:42 am
    It was Shavuot 1985. I had finished college and had come to Israel the year before, where I was in the flush of religious epiphany. Everything was new, exciting and, as I gushed to family and friends back home, true – my opinions still untarnished by politics, the wisdom that comes when you’ve got more than 23 years of experience and, god forbid, nuance. In the midst of a profound roots discovery, which was rapidly displacing my secular upbringing, I imbibed everything Orthodox, the blacker the better. Shavuot – the holiday which commemorates the giving of theTorah at Mount…

  • Alt and Indie Discoveries at Jacob’s Ladder

    Brian
    6 May 2013 | 10:05 am
    Jacob’s Ladder is having a musical identity crisis. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. Now in its 37th year, Jacob’s Ladder is best known as Israel’s preeminent folk, country, bluegrass and Irish music festival. Held twice a year at Kibbutz Ginosar north ofTiberius, the spring version just concluded this past weekend. And while there was ample evidence of the festival’s signature fiddle and banjo sounds, the true discoveries this year were the alt and indie singer-songwriters who have increasingly crept in over the past few shows. Which is good news for fans like me who would…

  • Musty Smell, Fine Food

    Brian
    14 Apr 2013 | 9:11 am
    I’m not sure if the oddly wafting odor of mold, or was that mildew, emanating from the walls of Racha, a funky restaurant in the center of Jerusalem specializing in Georgian food (the country, not the U.S. state), was intended to be part of the experience. Perhaps the smell was meant to evoke memories of the kind of small town inn one finds nestled in the foothills of the country’s Caucasus Mountain Range. More likely, it’s a remnant of the building in which Racha has settled, a mash-up of two former storerooms dating from the British Mandate period. Which is OK if the owners’ lack of…

  • Falafel Ovadia Patriarch Passes Away

    Brian
    10 Apr 2013 | 9:08 am
    Ovadia Ched died recently. Most residents of southern Jerusalem have felt his impact – even if they never met the man himself – in their stomachs. Ched was the owner of the eponymous felafel stand that has stood on Bethlehem Road in Baka for nearly 40 years. Ched was 82 when he died after a long ill- ness. He had already turned over the keys of Felafel Ovadia to his son, Doron, 12 years ago. Doron and I are old buddies of a sort – my friend, Bob, and I have been going out to eat felafel at his establishment nearly every week for some seven years now. By my count, that’s around NIS…

  • Freeform Seder

    Brian
    28 Mar 2013 | 10:55 am
    The run up to this year’s Pesach Seder included a remarkable – and decidedly disturbing – discovery: no one in our family really likes Pesach. No, it was worse. Some of us really hatePesach. The preparation, the cleaning, even the Seder itself doesn’t rank highly on our list of peak Jewish experiences. How could this be? Everyone likes Passover, right? After all, it’s the holiday that nearly every Jew observes, in one way or another. In Israel, 82 percent of Jews who self-identify as secular still attend a Seder. And, of course, 100 percent of self-identified religious Jews find…
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    Daniel Pipes :: Writings

  • Islam vs. Islamism

    13 May 2013 | 7:02 am
    What motives lay behind last month's Boston Marathon bombing and the would-be attack on a VIA Rail Canada train? Leftists and establishmentarians variously offer imprecise and tired replies – such as "violent extremism" or anger at Western imperialism –

  • Support the Syrian Rebels?

    11 May 2013 | 9:54 pm
    A Washington Post article today, "Assad forces gaining ground in Syria" by Liz Sly, argues that recent events suggest that the Assad regime is not just surviving but has gone on the offensive. Drawing on local analysts, she finds that in the civil war,

  • Lessons from the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist List

    30 Apr 2013 | 9:14 am
    The Federal Bureau of Investigation's list of "Ten Most Wanted" fugitives dates back to 1950 but the list of "Most Wanted Terrorists" dates back to just after 9/11 and a sense that terrorism had become a strategic threat. Today, the list includes 31

  • Viscount Samuel, Meet Secretary Hagel

    24 Apr 2013 | 10:26 pm
    Emerging from intense controversy, the British politician Herbert Samuel (1870-1963) was appointed the first High Commissioner of Palestine, where he served 1920-25. A Jew and an influential Zionist, Samuel bent over backwards not to favor the Yishuv, to

  • Education by Murder in Boston

    24 Apr 2013 | 6:52 am
    What will be the long-term impact of the Apr. 15-19 Boston Marathon attack and the ensuing action-movie-style chase, killing a total of four and wounding 265? Let's start with what its impact will not be. It will not bring American opinion together; if
 
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    Good News from Israel

  • Shavuot Educational Resources and Videos

    10 May 2013 | 6:50 am
    Hi Everyone!Shavuot is the Jewish holiday that celebrates the giving of the Torah, the first harvest, and the ripening of the first fruits. The two day festival (1 day in Israel) begins on Tuesday evening, May 14, 2013.The Jewish Trivia Quizwww.jewish-trivia.comhas a selection of multiple choice questions about Shavuot.What are the five names of Shavuot ?On what mountain did Moses receive the Ten Commandments ?How many letters are there in the Torah ?In the days of the Temple what did people do on Shavuot ?Who married Ruth ?Who was Ruth the great-grandmother of ?What is the connection between…

  • Educational Resources for Jerusalem Day - May 8, 2013

    2 May 2013 | 1:44 am
    Hi Everyone!Jerusalem Day is celebrated on the 28th of the Hebrew month of Iyar. This year (5773 / 2013) the day falls on Wednesday, May 8. The Jewish Trivia Quizhttp://www.jewish-trivia.com has over 100 multiple choice questions about Jerusalem.Who built the first temple ? How many people were involved in constructing the first temple ? What are the colors of the Jerusalem Beitar soccer team ? Which animal is on the emblem of the Municipality of Jerusalem ? What three Jewish holidays is Jerusalem the focal point ? How long ago was Jerusalem established ? On what mountain was King David…

  • Educational websites about Lag Ba'Omer

    24 Apr 2013 | 3:51 am
    Hi Everyone!The Jewish festival "Lag Ba'Omer" is on Sunday, April 28, 2013. If you are flying over Israel on Saturday night (April 27) and you look down out of your plane, you will see thousands of bonfires dotting the landscape as far as the eye can see. There are various customs and explanations for these celebrations.I posted on my website 43 links to learn about "Lag Ba'Omer".All 43 links have been reviewed / checked this week.The website address is:www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-hdayla.htmEnjoy the bonfires!Jacob

  • Educational Resources and Cool Videos for Israel Independence Day

    11 Apr 2013 | 1:20 pm
    Hi Everyone!Israel Independence Day is celebrated this year on Tuesday, April 16, 2013.I posted on my website 160 links about Israel, ranging from history and tourism to photographs and stamps.All 160 links have been reviewed / checked this week.The web address is:www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-hdayil.htmand......I gathered links to 255 cool YouTube videos about Israel.Enjoy the videos at:www.jr.co.il/videos/israel-videos.htmPlease the resources. Thank you!Happy Israel Independence Day!Jacob

  • New Video: Learn Hebrew Phrases - Greetings, Farewells and Salutations

    10 Apr 2013 | 7:06 am
    Hi Everyone!I created a new learn Hebrew video called:Greetings, Farewells and SalutationsThe video includes 16 Hebrew phrases with Hebrew audio, Hebrew text with vowels, English translations and transliterations.Hello / Goodbye / PeaceHow are you? (to f) How are you? (to m) Welcome.Good night and sweet dreams.Have a good day!Have a happy holiday!Have a nice weekend!Have a peaceful Shabbat!Have a good week!Have a good month!What's new?How are you doing? How is the family? How is work?All the best. So long.You can view the video on the website at:www.in-hebrew.co.il/videos/h-index.htmlor…
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    Hershell Ezrin: Consider This

  • Thought-Provoker: Canadian immigration stats reveal some challenges among the achievements

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    13 May 2013 | 7:34 am
    Thought-Provoker May 13th on Canadian Diversity Stats: New census data just released says 20 per cent of Canadians were born outside this country, providing a healthy multicultural mix. But new Canadians have unique problems that need addressing. We need to help first- and second-generation immigrants catch up faster. http://ontarionewswatch.com/onw-news.html?id=606

  • ONW Insiders Part I: The Gas Plants: how did McGuinty get into it and can the ON Liberals get out of it?

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    9 May 2013 | 6:37 am
    ONW Insiders May 9 2013 – Gas plants: Former Premier Dalton McGuinty says he made the decision to shutter the Mississauga gas plant. But how likely is it he made the eleventh-hour election choice alone? Hershell Ezrin, Jeff Bangs and Howard Hampton discuss the gas plant closure decision and how it will affect the Wynne government. http://www.ontarionewswatch.com/onw-news.html?id=605

  • ONW Insiders Part II: Gas Plants repercussions

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    9 May 2013 | 6:36 am
    ONW Insiders May 9 – Part II Gas Plants: Former Premier Dalton McGuinty cancelled the Mississauga gas plant in mid-campaign without knowing the cost. How often are important policy decisions made on the fly? Hershell Ezrin, Jeff Bangs and Howard Hampton talk about the costs of the decision, how it was made, and why. http://www.ontarionewswatch.com/onw-news.html?id=604

  • ONW Insiders: Justin Trudeau’s First Week: Part II

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    19 Apr 2013 | 6:17 am
    April 18 ONW Panel on Justin Trudeau’s first week Part II: When Justin Trudeau fights the next election, the battlegrounds are clear: seats in Ontario’s “905″ belt and Quebec. Ezrin, Hampton and Bangs on what he needs to do to win. Posted date : April 18, 2013 http://www.ontarionewswatch.com/onw-news.html?id=584

  • ONW Insiders: Justin Trudeau’s First Week Part I

    hershell.ezrin@gmail.com
    19 Apr 2013 | 6:10 am
    ONW Panel on Justin Trudeau Part I: Justin Trudeau made his debut as Liberal leader in Ottawa this week. He stuck to his theme of championing the middle class. Ezrin, Hampton and Bangs on the strategy behind that and what kind of a threat Trudeau poses to the Government. Posted date : April 18, 2013 http://www.ontarionewswatch.com/onw-news.html?id=585
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    The Muqata

  • History of Israel: The Legend of Summer Snow

    17 May 2013 | 1:52 am
    Had it ever snowed in Israel in the summer?  Two people have reported snow in the month of Sivan (late May-early June), though in both cases, it was hearsay.The first is Rabbi Moshe Basula (Moses ben Mordecai Bassola), who visited the ancient synagogues in Bar'am in the early 1500s and wrote as follows (translation mine):On the lintel of the smaller entrance it is inscribed in Hebrew "May G-d give peace to this place and to all the places of Israel".  And I was told that on another stone which had fallen down was written "Don't be surprised about snow in the month of Nissan, we've…

  • Forget Hawking - Invite someone MUCH better!

    13 May 2013 | 1:12 am
    Follow the Muqata on Twitter. Wherever I am, my blog turns towards Eretz Yisrael

  • BOYCOTT STEPHEN HAWKING

    8 May 2013 | 3:59 am
    Hawking is free to boycott whomever he wishes. But so are we.If you are outraged by Hawking's promotion of hate and his support for the anti-Israel BDS campaign -- then don't reward him for it. Don't support him. DON'T BUY HIS BOOKS OR HIS FILMS. And encourage others not to either. Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of IsraelVisiting Israel? Learn to Shoot at Caliber-3with top Israeli Anti-Terror Experts! Follow the Muqata on Twitter.Wherever I am, my blog turns towards Eretz Yisrael

  • Heinz Introduces Customized Labels...

    30 Apr 2013 | 4:40 am
    Now HEINZ lets you customize ketchup bottles...link hereh/t: Special EdVisiting Israel?Learn to Shoot at Caliber-3with top Israeli Anti-Terror Experts! Follow the Muqata on Twitter. Wherever I am, my blog turns towards Eretz Yisrael

  • Waqf Orders, Bibi Folds, Feiglin Blocked from Temple Mount

    28 Apr 2013 | 11:41 pm
    I received a Breaking News email last night from JewishPress.com.The gist of it was, the Waqf, which sits on Har HaBayit, called up Netanyahu's office, and threatened to start "World War 3" if Moshe Feiglin is allowed to go up onto Har HaBayit (Temple Mount) today.Netanyahu apparently gave the order to the police forbidding Knesset Member Feiglin from going up.This order is in violation of so many Israeli laws (well, 3 at least).Feiglin responded that he won't go up, but he no longer feels the vote with the Likud, since Netanyahu has trampled all over the law, instead of protecting and…
 
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    Green Prophet

  • The Real Jordan River Will Flow from the Sea of Galilee Once Again

    Karin Kloosterman
    18 May 2013 | 11:21 pm
    The Lower Jordan River, the baptismal river of Jesus, has been dead at its source for some time. For the first time in ages, Israel is releasing native waters via a pump back to the historic waterway. Christian pilgrims to Israel may be thrilled to have a chance to bathe in the historic Jordan River, believed to be the original baptismal river of Jesus. It’s clean, safe and totally free. Pilgrims arrive to the southern tip of the Sea of Galilee (where mysterious objects are still being found) at Yardanit, get off the bus and within a few hundred yards are themselves in the river in…

  • Big Oil’s Saudi Aramco Builds LEED Certified Homes in Riyadh

    Margaret Stoner
    18 May 2013 | 1:49 pm
    The irony here is clear: the first international LEED certified housing complex is built by an oil research facility in Saudi Arabia. Though in some ways, the construction of the King Abdullah Petrolum Studies and Research Center (KEPSARC) is not so surprising. Pioneering the sustainable and green building movement in a country with a growing population and dwindling resources seems like a smart economic move for any industry. In addition to 191 houses with 11 house types, the residential campus boasts conference areas, a data center, four utility buildings and communal areas such as library,…

  • Dubai Readies Law to Let Home Owners Feed Energy to the Grid

    Brandi Brands
    18 May 2013 | 1:33 pm
    With Dubai’s government close to finalizing legislation, property owners in the Emirate may soon have the option to feed solar power into the grid so they can make money from feed-in tariffs. As of recently, there has been much encouragement from industry sources for the use of solar power on rooftops. Mounting photovoltaic panels on rooftops of residential and office buildings or industrial facilities can be beneficial for they can provide electricity and create a surplus that can be fed into the grid. “In the next 12 months, we will see a constant increase of solar infrastructure. Not…

  • Solar Mamas Shows Sustainable Engineering for Bedouin Women (Film Review)

    James Murray-White
    18 May 2013 | 12:24 pm
    They can’t read or write but a couple of brave Bedouin women from Jordan travelled far and wide to help their villages become solar powered. The biggest struggle yet may be with their husbands: We’ve covered this hopeful story of Solar Mamas, Bedouin women from Jordan who went to Barefoot College to learn how to solar power their villages. We’ve interviewed the women from solar mamas, and have reviewed the film Solar Mamas, a documentary movie about their journey. We’ve even covered their plight as these women face pressures in their village from this “wild…

  • Powerful Middle Eastern Graphics from Kuwait’s Mohammad Sharaf

    Laurie Balbo
    17 May 2013 | 7:59 am
    Kuwaiti graphic designer Mohammad Sharaf serves up powerful pictures based on current events, salted with modern Middle Eastern humor and instantly provocative. Take a look at his image of a veiled woman on a bike with a man riding behind her, a reference to the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Vice’s recent decision to allow women to drive motorcycles as long as they were accompanied by a male guardian. “I read about the announcement in a newspaper and couldn’t believe it.  I thought it was really funny and far-fetched so I decided to create this artwork,” he told the…
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  • Global Multilingual SEO Book Just Published

    AIMS Internet Marketing
    29 Apr 2013 | 5:02 am
    My book on Global Multilingual SEO was published on Amazon recently. It is a short, hands on, practical guide based on our 15 years of managing global campaigns.   The main chapters are: Should You Market Globally? Should You Translate The Entire Website? Letting The Search Engines Know What Country You Are Targeting For Your Website Additional Factors To Consider With Geolocation Selected Language/Country Scenarios Additional Language Issues Localization Issues Not Related To Language Interacting With Your Global Customers Search Engines With Most Traffic By Country Organic Search…

  • A Shortcut for Batch Adding Countries to AdWords

    AIMS Internet Marketing
    27 Mar 2013 | 6:58 am
    Creating a global AdWords campaign that excludes a few countries is something that should be simple to do, but for some reason Google does not allow you to create a campaign and delete a few countries from it. Rather than spend a lot of unnecessary time manually adding each country, we recommend this workaround. The first step is to get a list of all countries listed by continent copied into Excel. You can access a Batch Countries List for AdWords here. Next, you will need to delete the countries that you want to exclude from the spreadsheet. List of countries by continent, with the locations…

  • Shopping Cart Usability

    AIMS Internet Marketing
    25 Dec 2012 | 12:22 am
    One of the first things we do when we start working with a new ecommerce client is check out the shopping cart. In general, they are much better today than they were a few years ago. However there is usually lots of room for improvement. One of the best ways to demonstrated the problems is to do a usability test and show the video to the shopping cart owner and development team. That is usually enough to convince everyone there is a problem. However now there is a shorter way.  If you need to convince people to improve their shopping cart, try showing them this parody of online shopping as…

  • How to Beat Panda and Penguin Updates

    AIMS Internet Marketing
    24 Dec 2012 | 2:36 am
    There is no doubt that this year’s Panda and Penguin updates have caused significant changes. We found that the best strategy is to understand Google’s goals and how they might implement them in their algorithm. One major goal is to increase the relevancy of the search results. Incorporating backlinks in their algorithm was their major breakthrough to increase the quality of their search results. Many of the updates have to do with getting better at downgrading links that are for manipulating the search engine results. However there are also updates that related to the quality of…

  • Web Analytics – A Great Way to Help You Make the Wrong Decisions

    AIMS Internet Marketing
    5 Dec 2012 | 8:22 am
    It is well known that you have to be super careful when making decisions based on web analytics. It is so easy to make web analytics mistakes. Common mistakes such as not having analytics code installed properly are well known. 14 years of analyzing websites has exposed us to many of the possible mistakes. In order to avoid problems the most important think is to use common sense. If something doesn’t make sense, start digging to find the problem. If you dig deep enough you will most likely find the problem. Of course, in many cases there is no problem and there really is something…
 
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  • Airbnbroken

    myblog@ohayon.name (Ouriel Ohayon)
    13 May 2013 | 6:05 am
    Airbnb is supposed to disrupt the Hotel industry. Who will disrupt Airbnb? Because there is a lot to disrupt in this service that has a very poor conception from the user/renter point of view Yes, i know. Airbnb is super successful so there is nothing wrong about it…wrong! Behind the growth there are so many huge design and conceptionmistakes the service makes that i am not sure it can keep on being so bad. I mark my words It all starts with the browsing experience which i find so tedious. For example you have to relog every time you come back to the website (usually once a day when you…

  • The follow mechanism of social services is broken

    myblog@ohayon.name (Ouriel Ohayon)
    8 May 2013 | 2:22 am
    Every or nearly every single new service coming out to consumer has some sort of social layer where you need to "follow" people or topics in order to get fresh content updated all the time. That's how the web works today. It's not just about a frame and static content but a content stream of news and information coming your way: Facebook, twitter, pinterest, Flipboard, Pulse,…obviously but also all the new generation of games with social integration. Show me who you follow and i will tell you who you are. There is a major problem though: all the follow mechanisms in place are just dumb…

  • Over $15bn of internet exits in the next 3-5 years

    myblog@ohayon.name (Ouriel Ohayon)
    16 Dec 2012 | 8:57 am
    I don't know if those private valuations are right or not. But they should be an approximate ballpark and i focused only on the rock stars. it s likely those companies get acquired at some point. What this means is that in the next 5 years the amount of "near certain" exit volume in the internet space should be superior to 15 Bn$ airbnb - 3bn$ Twitter - 5bn$ Uber - 1bn$ Spotify - 1.5Bn$ Etsy - 1Bn$ Evernote - 1Bn$ Whatsapp - 1Bn$ Dropbox - 2Bn$ Deezer - 1Bn$ That's a lot of money note: i purposefully ignored all the new games corporations because their trajectory is still uncertain as we saw…

  • The problem with Bluetooth (headset) devices

    myblog@ohayon.name (Ouriel Ohayon)
    4 Dec 2012 | 10:32 pm
    I have a lot of bluetooth devices connected to my iPhone and iPad. Mostly headsets, speakers or keyboards. They are getting really good these days. For example i love my logitech slim keyboard for the iPad or my new Parrot Zik headset. No Wire, No Fire... The problem is simple though. Once you have paired a bluetooth device to more than 1 destination device (let's say your iPhone and then your iPad or your iPhone, your wife's Phone and your computer), you can't easily decide and control which of those 2 or more devices are going to get connected first. For example my i will turn on my headset…

  • The new face of consumer internet - mobile apps

    myblog@ohayon.name (Ouriel Ohayon)
    26 Nov 2012 | 2:50 am
    Fred Wilson has a terrific post on how the face of the Web, as a business is changing. It is harder to build mega web properties today than it used to be. And VC money is flocking more to new verticals like enterprise (long time forgotten) and even hardware related businesses. It's a Cycle thing.  But That is far saying that it is not possible to build today a very healthy, non VC backed consumer business. Why? because the web, as a business has become so large that it opens the door for thousands of very profitable consumer facing businesses. You don't need any more VC money to fund a nice…
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    VC Cafe

  • Words of Encouragement for European Startups

    Eze Vidra
    15 May 2013 | 8:44 am
    The Eurozone is in crisis - GDP numbers point to the worst recession since 1999 and major economies are shrinking. That said, the startup ecosystems are growing and have lot to be optimistic about. I urge founders to also consider the good news and take on a more positive outlook based on "this is water"' by David Foster Wallace. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Invest in Israel – May 2013 Edition

    Eze Vidra
    14 May 2013 | 6:36 am
    As every month, VC Cafe is re-posting the “Invest in Israel” Newsletter, published by the investment promotion center of Israel’s Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor, which offers many helpful tools for prospecting investors.  For the Invest in Israel archive, click here.  This edition doesn’t [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Video: How can your startup make use of Campus London?

    Eze Vidra
    14 May 2013 | 6:28 am
    I had a great pleasure to host Don Dodge at Campus last month for our one year anniversary to speak with the venture community in London about Campus, startups and Google. Don is a senior developer advocate with years of experience as an influential Microsoft startup evangelist (like Guy Kawasaki did [...] [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • Lean Market Research for Startups

    Eze Vidra
    12 May 2013 | 1:43 pm
    Most startups will fail in their first two years of operation and only one percent of the startups that pitch to VCs will end up receiving funding. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

  • 2013 is My Year of Learning – What Have I Learned This Week?

    Eze Vidra
    16 Mar 2013 | 7:15 am
    I decided to make "Learning", my top new year's resolution for 2013. Because things can get a bit hectic at work and life sometimes, we don't always register what we learn on a daily basis. This is an attempt to capture my lessons from the past week. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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    The Radical Moderate

  • If more people had guns

    19 May 2013 | 5:05 am
    More people would be dead.Yet another recent news articles help show that. A college student was shot by a police officer "protecting her." A trained police officer fired eight times in a crowded situation, hitting both the gunman and the victim. Eight shots. The real surprise is he didn't hit more people in the house.When trained officers fire that many shots in a scary situation and kill victims, it's insane to claim that more armed civilians firing away when threatened is somehow going to make it a safer country. There are people who claim that, if only more people were…

  • Riding and life

    18 May 2013 | 7:53 am
    I've only been riding for four years, and today was my first time with this. I have no idea how frequently this happens to others.All I know is that I sometimes have pebbles kicked up at me while riding. That's nothing new. Today, I felt something small hit my arm. I looked over. It wasn't a pebble. A bird left a gift.Yes, even when I make myself a moving target, I can't seem to avoid life's shit.

  • A key difference between Left and Right

    14 May 2013 | 6:10 am
    Is again shown on last night's Daily Show. Jon Stewart cuts deeply at the government for the IRS and phone records scandals. It's a Democratic administration and he hassles it for violating our constitutional rights. The problem is that you don't see that on Faux Snooze or any of the other regular right wing shows. They only hassle the other side and their own is always ignored. We should not attack a president during wartime, unanimously back his constitutional violations and ignore his crimes -- unless he's a black guy from the other party.Most liberals believe in freedoms.

  • Islamic "moderation"

    13 May 2013 | 9:45 am
    I've constantly railed against the west thinking that mainstream Islam is moderate in any sense used by the West. Jibril Rajoub is the Deputy Secretary of the Fatah Central Committee. He's regularly called a "moderate" by apologists in the West. However, as an article on Palestine Media Watch shows, this moderate said ""I swear that if we had a nuke, we'd have used it this very morning."Notice the apologists for terror repeatedly whine about Israel's nukes. They will not discuss that invasions by the Arab League stopped once they thought Israel had…

  • The weeks to come

    12 May 2013 | 6:22 am
    It will decide a where I'll be next month. My lease ended in April and I was going to move to the Boston area to job hunt, but two leads drifted in mid-last month so I extended by a month. One lead died and the other's still dragging on. Two weeks ago, another came up and I had a good interview with a third on Friday, so now I'm back at the same place.That is, except that I stopped by the apartment office yesterday and was told my place was rented. The young woman was new and I know the place next to me is open and ready to be rented, so I'll wait until Monday and double check…
 
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    Six Kids and a Full Time Job

  • Lapid's Un-innovative Budget

    Michael Eisenberg
    9 May 2013 | 7:46 pm
    Up until he presented his budget, I admired Yair Lapid and was impressed by his entry into the Ministry of Finance. He built a great management team starting with Yael Andoran. Hiring the right team is always the first step to success. I still admire his ability to make tough choices and stand up like a man and tell the public this is going to be tough. Tough choices are necessary and Yair was going to make them.So you can imagine my surprise when I saw that not only did he not make tough choices but he reverted to the spineless budget cutting of old, the horizontal cut. This is essentially a…

  • New Politics v. Old Politics

    Michael Eisenberg
    18 Feb 2013 | 1:56 am
    When Prime Minister Netanyahu looks at the results of Israel's recent election, he sees a different outcome than the voters see, or at least an outcome he is unwilling to live with. The outcome of the elections was clear. Israeli voters voted to change Israeli politics. They voted to put social issues front and center and they voted to bring ideals and respect back to the Knesset. Most importantly, they voted against the politics of divide and conquer that has been the hallmark of the last two decades of Israeli politics.This clear decision by Israeli voters is at the heart of the "New…

  • Connected Economics - Part 2 - Wasteful Spending, Corporate Taxes and Obama's Threat

    Michael Eisenberg
    6 Feb 2013 | 6:55 am
    Three economic events threaten to rattle the Israeli Economy in the coming 3-24 months and they can either be very negative or a catalyst for positive change.1. Israel's budget deficit and the required reduction in government spending2. A pending increase in the corporate tax rate3. President Barak Obama's support for the Start Up Visa  Well publicized budget cuts are on the way. And they should be. However, we should not let this next round of cuts pass in the same pathetic way that the last round of budget cuts was executed. Last time, by cutting equally across all ministries…

  • Filling Stanley Fischer's Unpredictable Shoes

    Michael Eisenberg
    2 Feb 2013 | 11:33 am
    Much has already been written of Governor of the Bank of Israel Stanley Fischer's resignation. It is not secret that I have been a big fan of Fischer's throughout his term and the way in which he completely changed the role of the leading banker in a financial system. I want to focus on what I think was Fischer's most important contribution to the stability of Israel's economy, his unpredictability.Stanley Fischer kept the markets guessing. He bought dollars when nobody expected it, he raised and lowered interest rates against conventional wisdom and he held the Israeli Government's…

  • New York Times Editorial: Israel Cannot Be a Normal Country

    Michael Eisenberg
    24 Jan 2013 | 10:37 am
    Today's New York Times editorial on Israel's elections is somewhere between obnoxious, patronizing and offensive. We are already used to the fact that the New York Times patronizingly thinks that it understands Israel's security better than our Prime Ministers and governments understand it that Prime Minister Netanyahu has sacrificed Israel's security because of his approach to negotiations with the Palestinians. We are already used to the fact that the Times always thinks Israel is responsible for the fact that Palestinians do not have a state yet. The NYT's black ink never smears the…
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    Blonde 2.0's Blog

  • Join Me at LeWeb London!

    Ayelet Noff
    13 May 2013 | 8:12 am
    After the fabulous time I had last year, I cannot wait to go back. The second edition of LeWeb London will take place June 5th and 6th. It is, as always, one of the industry’s great international gatherings, bringing together the leaders and influencers defining a movement. I’m always amazed at what Geraldine and Loic Le Meur can put together. The focus of this year’s lineup is “The Sharing Economy”.   This new movement is not only a shift from consumerism, but an adjustment of social values altogether. While on the surface the sharing movement consists of peer-to-peer…

  • What Mad Men Can Teach us About Social Media Marketing

    Jessica Young
    8 May 2013 | 8:31 am
    Don Draper and the team at Stanley Cooper.   I have just discovered Mad Men. Where has this amazing television series been hiding? Ok, it’s been on my watch list for some time now, (about 5 years) but I have finally crawled out of the pile of Real Housewives of Atlanta and Keeping Up With The Kardashians (Oh, the humanity!) and started watching some quality television. Not surprisingly, I have noticed some parallels with the work that is done at Blonde 2.0 and by the Sterling / Cooper gang.     Ok, so Joan Holloway isn’t swanning around and there is significantly less…

  • The BEST apps for Pizza lovers

    Gal Perelman
    22 Apr 2013 | 5:28 am
    Everyone is a lover of pizza. And if you say that you’re not- well, you’re lying. Even as a former health fanatic, I still remember the month that I consumed pizza, every day for 19 days in a row.  The hot dough, crispy crust, perfectly burned cheese on top with an assortment of toppings; just thinking about it makes me drool a little [excuse me while I wipe up my keyboard]. Luckily for me, the advancements in technology managed to include pizza in their to-do list along with computers, smart phones, and other great innovations. Now, ordering pizza is just as fun and exciting as playing…

  • Who Needs to Pay for a Personal Trainer When you Have a Smartphone!?

    Yonina Bailen
    17 Apr 2013 | 8:14 am
    There are many excuses not to work out: Gym memberships are expensive; you don’t have time; you can’t work out alone; and so many more. I know them, because I’ve used each at least once. Well these days,  with the endless amount of health and fitness apps out there, it seems like all the excuses have boiled down to the only real one out of all of them- laziness. So what do these workout apps have to offer? There is a large variety of health-focused apps available these days and they range from dieting to body building. Still, according to The Huffington Post’s health trends article…

  • Marketing with Facebook’s New News Feed

    Maria Green
    10 Apr 2013 | 5:51 am
    Facebook finally started rolling out the new Facebook news feed. I don’t know about you, but I’m happy with the new redesign. It’s cleaner and more fun to look at. To put it simply, it’s just a lot easier on the eyes. For marketers, Facebook’s new ‘news feed’ is both a challenge and an opportunity. It’s a challenge  because now Facebook users can block out pages from their main feed and focus on their friends. Meaning, there’s a chance they might not even see your publications. On the other hand, Facebook gives marketers a better chance to stand out when posting…
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  • Time is Money

    Esther
    17 May 2013 | 12:55 pm
    Imagine you are driving on the freeway and see hundreds of dollars passing by every moment. You can’t grab the cash as you drive, but you see it get completely wasted, $100 at...

  • First Legal Women’s Prayer Service at the Western Wall in Decades

    TheJewishChannel
    17 May 2013 | 7:56 am
    Protest gets violent at Women of the Wall’s first prayer service at the Kotel after landmark court decision; will conflict escalate in the Middle East after Israel’s strike on Syria?; Meredith Ganzman speaks...

  • Hipster Glasses? Not Kosher!

    ck
    17 May 2013 | 1:43 am
    Oh hipsters. Time Out New York begged us to kill them in 2007. Indeed, hipsters have suffered a slow and lingering decline since – dying but not quite dead yet. The snarky art...

  • Girl, Wake The F$@K Up!

    Esther
    15 May 2013 | 9:46 pm
    I am sick and tired of your insecurities! I wish there was a way for me to give you confidence; but I am aware that life is not that simple. Too many women (and...

  • Shavuot: Bedtime for Bibi

    Guest Post
    14 May 2013 | 10:48 am
    Guest Post by Yonatan Sredni Last Friday night, Israel’s Channel 10 reported that, as per the Prime Minister’s office’s specific request, a special “rest chamber” was installed in the airplane which took Prime...
 
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    JobMob

  • 3 Things You Must Say At Every Job Interview

    Jacob Share
    16 May 2013 | 9:45 am
    A few unique job interview tips to make you the one they want. This is a guest post by Thomas Taylor. If you’d also like to guest post here on JobMob, follow these guest post guidelines. Job interviewers read and hear so many clich?s these days that they just about walk and talk in their sleep during the recruitment process. No more “I should get the job because I’m honest, hardworking, and reliable” — it’s time to say something different if you want to them hire you. In job interviews, you’ve not just got to talk the talk. You’ve got to walk the walk. Here’s how with these…

  • #CONTEST: Leave a Comment, Win Professional Video Resume Help

    Jacob Share
    8 May 2013 | 6:00 am
    Here’s a contest you can win with a single blog comment. Join in before Sunday night, ok? This comment contest is sponsored by Powtoon.com. Powtoon is “the best free animated presentation online software tool and PowerPoint alternative that supercharges your business presentations and animated video marketing.” Put more simply, it’s an easy-to-use website for making professional-looking animated videos that you upload to YouTube. How is that relevant to job search? Check this out: Click here to view the embedded video. Besides making a creative, animated video resume,…

  • How To Claim Your Free Job Search Consult Call

    Jacob Share
    30 Apr 2013 | 1:14 pm
    Looking forward to helping you. As promised in last week’s article about JobMob’s 6th anniversary – you can still wish us happy birthday – May is going to be special. How special? For the first time ever, I’m offering free job search consult calls to a small number of readers, so you’ll need to act fast. My hope is to speak with a different JobMob reader almost every business day through the month of May. The calls will take place over Skype so that you won’t have any calling charges. Another benefit is that I can record Skype calls and make the…

  • Happy 6th Birthday to JobMob

    Jacob Share
    24 Apr 2013 | 6:29 am
    Another big year. Read all the way through, you don’t want to miss the special announcement… When JobMob launched on March 21st, 2007, I never thought it would last this long. Back then, I wanted to learn about blogging while I was looking for a job, so it wasn’t hard to think of blogging about my job search. I suppose the idea would have been to stop once I found a job, or when I didn’t feel there was more to learn – or like most people who start blogging – when I’d simply had enough and couldn’t find the time or effort to blog anymore. But…

  • 160+ More Beautiful Personal Logos, Monograms and Wordmarks For Your Inspiration

    Jacob Share
    10 Apr 2013 | 12:25 pm
    Make your job search documents stand out with a personal logo or monogram. Get inspired by the best. I’ve already shared with you 123 Beautiful Personal Logos, Monograms and Wordmarks For Your Inspiration. Here are 163 more. Enjoy! Question of the article Quickie question – which is your favorite? Tell us in the comments. Personal logos Angela Light, Designer Enrique Engels, Insect Photographer Luke Kirkwood, Web Designer and Developer Nigel Ortega, Photographer Sally Barrett, Editor and Writer Julia Demetriou, Bead Creation and Patterns Jason Grover, Photographer Harvey Esparcia, Graphic…
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    יינות ישראל

  • ביקורת – הגנה חזקה נגד החברות

    admin
    17 May 2013 | 11:31 am
    באופן כללי, כפי שמראה בפועל, מרווח הזמן המתאים ביותר בין Enterprise בדיקות שגרתיות להיות 1 / 4. לקופה לביקורת רשאי, באופן עקרוני, בשיתוף עם היקף לחלוטין בכל תחומי החברה וכמובן המחלקות הרלוונטיות, או סתם חלוקה מסוימת הארגון. בכל דרך באמת לסמוך על יישום מוסמך של כל בדיקה. בנוסף לאספקת שירותי ביקורת, כגון חברה הוא מסוגל לבצע חשבונאות מכל…

  • כלי יעיל לניהול תהליכים עסקיים

    admin
    13 May 2013 | 7:34 am
    בנקים מסחריים הם עכשיו זקוקים פתרונות יעילים כדי למכן תהליכים עסקיים. מצד אחד – האוניברסליות של הפעילות שלהם כוללת מספר רב של תהליכים פנימיים, שחלקם שמטרתן עשיית רווח, חלקם נועדו לספק הפעילות של הבנק. מצד שני – פורמליות קיצוני של הבנקים המסחריים על ידי הבנק המרכזי דורש פיקוח מתמיד של זרימה של תהליכים עסקיים ניטור הביצועים…

  • "תוכנית שותפים – שאלות ותשובות!"

    admin
    7 May 2013 | 4:35 am
    ההשתתפות בתוכניות שותפות עם עולים חדשים רבים מעלה שאלות רבות, אשר באופן עקרוני לא כל כך קשה לענות. מאמר זה יעזור newbies מנסה להרוויח על ידי השתתפות תוכניות שותפים לענות על שאלות נפוצות. איך לבחור את תוכניות שותפים הטובה ביותר, כיצד לבדוק ועוד. # 1. כיצד אני יכול לבדוק את העבודה הקישור שלי? כדי לבדוק את הקישור שלך הוא עובד או לא, מה שאתה…

  • תקרת מתיחה – עסק משתלם

    admin
    30 Apr 2013 | 10:15 pm
    צהריים טובים, חברים יקרים! היום יציג לך את סוג העסק כארגון של תקרות המתח של המשרד. הרבה אנשים מחפשים רעיונות לעסק שלהם, הם רוצים zarabotka.No מהירה וקלה לעתים קרובות האנשים האלה להסתבך או מאבדים את כספם, או במקרה הטוב יש להם אף לא אחד מהם אינו משנה. מביאים את תשומת לבכם לפרק את סוג העסק: תקרות. הבה נבחן את היתרונות העסקי: 1. מינימום עלות על…

  • היתרונות של מיקור חוץ

    admin
    29 Apr 2013 | 8:54 pm
    מיקור חוץ – כאשר אתם שוכרים איש מקצוע או שירות יבצע עבורכם את העבודה. אולי כדאי לעשות זאת כאשר אתה טעון מדי עם משהו שאין לך זמן, אתה צריך מומחה או רוצה להגדיל את הפרודוקטיביות ואת לייצר מוצרים יותר, כאשר יש לך כבר מוכנים הזמנות. באינטרנט, זה קורה לעתים קרובות. למעשה, למשל, להזמין כמה עבודות מזדמנות: כתיבת תסריט, הנהלת פורום, צ'אט…
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    Cross-Currents

  • Infestation Inspiration

    Avi Shafran
    13 May 2013 | 1:20 pm
    The thought, a staple in the writings of the celebrated Jewish thinker Rabbi E. E. Dessler (1892-1953), is best known to people unfamiliar with his thought and writings from a famous and evocative paragraph written by Ralph Waldo Emerson. “If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years,” Emerson mused, “how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of G-d which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile.” Rav Dessler, who wrote poetry too but was above…

  • Shavuos: Yom HaDin For Bloggers?

    Yitzchok Adlerstein
    12 May 2013 | 1:13 am
    The Shalah HaKadosh’s take on Shavuos would appear to be tailor-made for those who hang around the blogosphere, whether as authors or consumers. His idea might strike some terror in the hearts of some of us, which would not be a bad idea. Citing the Tolaas Yaakov (R Meir ibn Gabai, the early 16th century mekubal whose work was also cherished by the Maharal), he writes: Just as on Rosh Hashanah Hashem wishes to providentially scrutinize Man’s actions…He similarly does so on the day of the giving of the Torah. This, too, points to the Creation of the world; on it, He oversees the running…

  • Political Provocation Not Welcome

    Yaakov Menken
    10 May 2013 | 11:01 am
    When a “movement” has more media appearances than members, do we notice something amiss? When a group claiming to favor prayer calls for dismantling a place of worship, do we smell smoke? And when leaders of an organization demand “Ahavat Yisrael” and then express outright revulsion for all who oppose their agenda, do we finally penetrate the veneer? This is the tragic saga of the “Women of the Wall,” which portrays itself worldwide as advocating for “women’s rights,” but in Israel is known primarily for dishonoring a Holy Site with…

  • Jerusalem, City of Unity

    Guest Contributor
    9 May 2013 | 6:59 pm
    by Moshe Hauer This week the Jewish world will celebrate the 46th anniversary of the liberation and reunification of Jerusalem in the Six Day War. This miraculous event restored unity to the city that symbolizes Jewish unity, described by the Psalmist as “the city that is united together” (Psalm 122). In fact, King David only established Jerusalem as Israel’s capital after mending the divisions within the Jewish People and gaining their unified support (Samuel II, chapter 5). As such, and with keen awareness of all that continues to divide our People – especially in Yerushalayim…

  • Understanding the “Other”

    Avi Shafran
    7 May 2013 | 6:34 pm
    It’s a story I tell a lot, since, well, its point comes up a lot. Blessedly, my audience, at least judging from its response, hadn’t heard it before. The psychiatrist asks the new patient what the problem is. “I’m dead,” he confides earnestly, “but my family won’t believe me.” The doctor raises an eyebrow, thinks a moment, and asks the patient what he knows about dead people. After listing a few things – they don’t breathe, their hearts don’t beat – the patient adds, “and they don’t bleed very much.” At which point the psychiatrist pulls out a blade and runs it…
 
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  • Sunday Links

    19 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    From Ian: Howard Jacobson: It’s official: thanks to Stephen Hawking's Israel boycott, anti-Semitism is no more Why is Israel alone of all offending countries to be boycotted? Perhaps because it's that offending country which also just happens to be Jewish? And now, with Stephen Hawking announcing, by means of an Israeli-made device, that he no longer wants to talk to the scientists who invented it, or to Israeli scientists who invented or might invent anything else, or indeed to Israeli historians, critics, biologists, physicists of any complexion, no matter what their relations to…

  • New wave of blasphemy charges - and hypocrisy - in Egypt

    19 May 2013 | 7:00 am
    From AP: The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, “All except the Prophet Muhammad.” The case against Dimyana Abdel-Nour in southern Egypt’s ancient city of Luxor began when parents of three of her pupils claimed that their children, aged 10, complained their teacher showed disgust when she spoke of Islam in class. According to the parents, Abdel-Nour, 24, told the children that Pope Shenouda, who led the Egyptian Coptic…

  • Poor Gazans suffering from a glut of consumer goods (photos)

    19 May 2013 | 5:00 am
    Last night I noted that the price for construction materials in Gaza have gone way down, mostly from increased imports through Kerem Shalom. Now, we are learning that pretty much everything else in Gaza is cheap as well. Goods that are selling at a discount in Gaza now include chocolate, nuts, beans, meat and both Feta and Bulgarian(!) cheeses. The reason seems to be because the Egyptian pound has lost so much value so smuggled goods have become cheaper. Keep in mind, though, that these price discounts are even after the recent Egyptian crackdown on smuggling tunnels. Here are recent photos,…

  • Palestinian Arabs hijack Easter

    19 May 2013 | 2:22 am
    Palestinian Media Watch translates a May 6th article from the official PA daily, Al Hayat al Jadida: Easter... is not a holiday for Christian Palestinians only but a holiday for Palestinian nationalism, because Jesus, may he rest in peace, is a Canaanite Palestinian. His resurrection, three days after being crucified and killed by the Jews - as reported in the New Testament - reflects the Palestinian narrative, which struggles against the descendants of modern Zionist Judaism, in its new colonialist form, that conspires with the Western capitalists who claim to belong to Christianity. Jesus,…

  • "Siege " news: Cement prices in Gaza plummet

    18 May 2013 | 7:21 pm
    Gaza tunnel owners are complaining that the price of cement has plummeted, because of Israel allowing far more construction materials into Gaza in recent months. The price per ton of cement has gone down to 370 shekels (roughly $103.) This is about the same price that cement costs in the US. Israel has allowed organizations like UNRWA to import construction materials for projects in Gaza, in an attempt to ensure that Hamas doesn't use it to build weapons bunkers and tunnels to kidnap Israelis. As a result, there are more apartments available and the demand for homes and cement has gone down.
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  • Why Russia supports Iran

    Vic Rosenthal
    17 May 2013 | 11:40 am
    Still dangerous Recently, PM Netanyahu traveled to the Kremlin to try to talk Russian President Vladimir Putin out of sending advanced weapons, including the S-300 air defense system, to Syria. Although I wasn’t there, my guess was that Netanyahu said something like, “don’t do this, because if you do we will have to bomb them.” In particular, the S-300 would make it much harder for Israel to interdict arms transfers to Hizballah, or prevent possible chemical attacks against Israel by Syrian rebels or Hizballah, if they should get control of some of Assad’s…

  • Real Zionists use Bing

    Vic Rosenthal
    15 May 2013 | 8:21 pm
    News item: Internet giant Google has changed the tagline on the homepage of its Palestinian edition from “Palestinian Territories” to “Palestine”. The change, introduced on 1 May, means google.ps now displays “Palestine” in Arabic and English under Google’s logo. This was noted in most media outlets, but generally treated as unimportant: “Google can do anything they want. They’re not a diplomatic entity so they can do Google La-la Land if they want to and that’s fine,” says Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor.

  • The Jewish lobby made them do it

    Vic Rosenthal
    14 May 2013 | 4:02 pm
    Sunday I discussed the way the IRS targeted Jewish and Zionist organizations that applied for tax-exempt status, in the same way that they have done to conservative groups like the Tea Party. We know why the administration had a problem with the Tea Party, which strongly opposes its candidates and policies. But why jump on Zionists? The mainstream media are just beginning, after three years, to notice this story, so let me help them understand it better by quoting something that I wrote back in August 2010: In the past few months, we’ve seen the development of what could be called “the…

  • Zionists targeted by IRS, too

    Vic Rosenthal
    12 May 2013 | 10:11 am
    Tax-exempt organization CODEPINK suborns treason against the US What’s he trying to do, say that we can’t play politics with IRS?… Just tell George [Schultz] he should do it. – Richard M. Nixon, August 1972 With a great deal of sound and fury, Americans are discovering that the IRS is being used for political purposes by the Obama administration. Readers of FresnoZionism knew this back in 2010, when we discussed (here, here and here) the way the IRS targeted the pro-Israel group Z Street when it applied for tax-exempt status. At the time, I wrote that So, for example, the Islamic…

  • Pro-Israel professor harassed and defamed

    Vic Rosenthal
    8 May 2013 | 8:30 pm
    Tammi Rossman-Benjamin For some years, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin has been almost the sole faculty voice in the University of California system speaking out against harassment of Jewish students who support Israel. Here is an excerpt from a complaint she filed with the US Department of Education Office of Civil Rights in 2009: Professors, academic departments and residential colleges at [The University of California, Santa Cruz] promote and encourage anti-Israel, anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish views and behavior, much of which is based on either misleading information or outright falsehoods. In…
 
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  • אסגר פרהאדי: "תמיד אשאר יוצר קולנוע איראני"

    19 May 2013 | 9:47 am
    אחרי שסרטו "פרידה" התמודד מול "הערת שוליים" וזכה באוסקר לסרט הזר, הבמאי האיראני אסגר פרהאדי מציג את "העבר" - סרט נוסף על תסבוכת משפחתית, טוב לא פחות מקודמו

  • הצליל נפלא העיצוב נפילה: אנדרש שיף בהיכל התרבות בתל אביב

    19 May 2013 | 3:08 am
    האקוסטיקה המשודרגת בהיכל תרבות בתל אביב עשתה טוב לפסנתר הכנף של אנדרש שיף, שהגיע לשם בסוף השבוע כדי לנצח על הפילהרמונית ולחגוג את השיפוץ. הצלילים הדהדו ברזולוציה גבוהה, אקסטזה הורגשה על הבמה וביציעים, ורק הקירות והכיסאות בלטו בכיעורם. רשמים מההיכל המחודש

  • למה "גטסבי הגדול" פשוט לא עובד?

    19 May 2013 | 12:50 am
    הציפיות לקראת הקרנת "גטסבי הגדול" בפתיחת פסטיבל קאן הרקיעו שחקים, אבל הבמאי באז לורמן לא הצדיק את הבאזז

  • "שישי" של ערוץ 10: שיא של גסות רוח

    18 May 2013 | 11:45 pm
    הניסיון של ניב גלבוע למתוח קו בין הגזירות הכלכליות בישראל לבין ארוחת הצהרים הפרטית של סטנלי פישר בריביירה הצרפתית, היה מופת לכיעור ושיא חדש של גסות רוח

  • דנמרק היא הזוכה בגמר אירוויזיון 2013

    18 May 2013 | 4:05 pm
    הנציגה הדנית אמילי דה פורסט זכתה בגמר תחרות הזמר עם שירה "Only Teardrops" והביאה את הנצחון לדנמרק בפעם השלישית
 
 
 
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  • Iran's Car Industry - A Big Sanctions Buster

    16 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    (Forbes) Mark Dubowitz and Emanuele Ottolenghi - Iran is exploiting industrial sectors that are still free of sanctions to procure sensitive technology needed to complete its dash to a nuclear bomb. One such sector is Iran's automotive industry, which accounts for 10% of Iranian GDP. Both technology and raw materials for car production can be dual-use. Increasingly, it appears that Iranian carmakers' vast overseas procurement network is being used to supply the nuclear and missile programs. The car industry is an avenue for profit to Iran's Revolutionary Guards, religious foundations, and…

  • Russia Upgrades Position on Syria

    16 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    (Institute for National Security Studies-Tel Aviv University) Zvi Magen - Russia's intention apparently is to use the missile issue as leverage to prevent foreign military intervention in Syria, and also to obtain additional concessions in negotiations with the West on formulating a settlement on Syria in the framework of an international conference. During Netanyahu's visit, Russia apparently took a sympathetic approach and appeared willing to make various concessions. However, it is clear that concessions are not made without receiving something in return. The writer is a former Israeli…

  • Born Under Fire: The Dawn of Israel, 1948

    16 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    (LIFE Magazine) Sixty-five years ago on May 14, 1948, the State of Israel was born. This series of pictures by Frank Scherschel of LIFE Magazine looks at the immediate aftermath of Israel's independence.

  • Russia Raises Stakes in Syria, Sends 12 Warships

    16 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    (Wall Street Journal) Adam Entous, Julian E. Barnes and Gregory L. White - Russia has sent a dozen or more warships to patrol waters near its naval base at Tartus in Syria, a buildup that U.S. and European officials see as a newly aggressive stance meant partly to warn the West not to intervene in Syria's civil war. Russia's expanded presence in the eastern Mediterranean represents one of its largest sustained naval deployments since the Cold War. "It is a show of force. It's muscle flexing," a senior U.S. defense official said. "It is about demonstrating their commitment to their interests."…

  • The One-Armed Warrior: An Israeli Soldier's Tale of Struggle and Perseverance

    16 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    (Fox News) Cristina Corbin - New York-born Izzy Ezagui joined the IDF in February 2008. In 2009, during Israel's "Operation Cast Lead" in Gaza, a mortar shell landed nearby, tearing off most of his left arm. Others with him were also gravely wounded. "The mortars should have killed me and all my friends that were right there," he said. "Yet when I woke up after surgery, I had this intense desire to go back." His request was met with strong resistance from Israeli officials. "I thought, 'What's the most amazing thing I can do with my situation?' And I realized right away it was going back. And…
 
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  • Top 10 best eye-popping views to see in Israel!

    Ashley
    19 May 2013 | 3:31 am
    There are some spectacular views in Israel, some of which might just blow you and your camera away. Just for a start there are those desert vistas, mountain top sunrises, and historic rooftop views across holy Jerusalem… So yes, we’ve come up with a list of the TEN very best views in Israel, the views that you will quite possibly find yourself drooling over, and definitely beating yourself up over if you forget to charge your camera batteries before checking them out… In no particular order… Sunrise and early morning at Masada Photo: Nicolas Leistenschneider Perhaps…

  • The 2013 Jerusalem Light Festival returns to light up Jerusalem!

    Ashley
    15 May 2013 | 10:10 pm
    The hugely popular Jerusalem Light Festival returns to Jerusalem’s Old City this June for the FIFTH time! We’ve been to this festival a couple of times, and it’s no wonder it’s one of Jerusalem’s much anticipated festivals. There’s nothing quite like strolling through some of those Old City lanes and coming across some amazing light art! It returns this year on June 5-13, and over 250,000 people are expected to visit this unique FREE event. The action takes place every evening, starting at 20:00, and ending at 24:00. As always, expect to be wowed by some…

  • The return of the Tel Aviv Jazz Festival 2013

    Ashley
    12 May 2013 | 2:50 am
    Now in its 24th year, the Tel Aviv Jazz Festival returns once again to jazz up Tel Aviv for a three day festival! This year you can expect three days of some of the world’s very best jazz musicians, taking place at the Tel Aviv Cinemateque over 29-31 May. The Tel Aviv Jazz Festival has become one of the city’s, if not Israel’s, major musical events and has become extremely popular. Tickets typically get snapped up quickly, so grab yours now (see the official site for details – only in Hebrew unfortunately). Some of the hot jazz talent lined up for this year’s…

  • The annual Wine and Jazz Festival at the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens

    Ashley
    9 May 2013 | 10:10 pm
    Those of you in search of some true art and culture in quite possibly the world’s greatest city Jerusalem, should head to the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens for the annual Wine and Jazz Festival! This year the festival takes place on May 30, and will showcase wines from the Yoav-Yehuda region around the lake at the Botanical Gardens. The action kicks off at 19:30, and will cost 60 shekels, which also gives you a free glass and a round of tastings. For more details call 02-6794012. The Judean hills region has become a real hive of wine-making and wineries in recent years, and the main…

  • TEN terrific ways to enjoy Shavuot 2013 (and don’t forget the cheesecake)!

    Ashley
    8 May 2013 | 10:05 pm
    The holiday of Shavuot is here once again (officially May 14-15) and we’ve come up with TEN ways to really enjoy the holiday! Just so you know, most Israelis will be on holiday for this two day holiday (and many will take additional days off), so many tourist spots will be fairly packed. Ideally, you’ll eat some amazing cheesecake and stuff yourself silly with dairy products, as this is what Shavuot is traditionally about, but here we’ve listed some great alternative ways to get the most out of your Shavuot experience… Head to a Kibbutz or Moshav! For the ultimate…
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  • Rousseau, Melody, and Mode

    Ben Elton
    16 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    Though best remembered today for his political philosophy, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was also a careful student of music.  But his conclusions are undermined by the liturgical music of Ashkenazi Jews.

  • Was the Torah Really Given on Shavuot?

    David Glasner
    13 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    In Jewish tradition, the holiday of Shavuot is said to commemorate the giving of the Torah at Sinai.  But, as the Talmud often asks, mena hani mili, how do we know this?

  • God the Economist

    Joshua Berman
    12 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    The Occupy rallies of 2011 were the largest Israel has ever seen.  As I looked at the young couples in Tel Aviv protesting the inaccessibility of housing they could call their own, I thought of the land tenure reforms of Leviticus. 

  • Beyond the Giants

    Robert Nicholson
    9 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    Strange as it may sound, my idea of Israel did match reality.  I’ve never imagined it to be some spotless utopia where everybody knows your name.  It is a land haunted by terror and tragedy, fear and doubt.  And yet it’s the land where God has chosen to reveal Himself to man. 

  • High Concept in Dialogue With Tradition

    Diane Cole
    8 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    The artifacts of Jewish cultural history have never looked so freshly inviting or unexpectedly contemporary as in a provocative new exhibition at New York's Jewish Museum.
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  • Quote of the Day

    Rafi G.
    19 May 2013 | 6:50 am
    There is an ancient tradition of women wrapping in tallit and donning tefillin, for they desire to fulfill the mitzva even if they are not obligated to - they want to do so out of closeness to Hashem. This is well known to us from the sources. Beginning in ancient times, through the Middle Ages and up to the New Age...  Also the haredim know very well that there is no prohibition involved, but the act seems to them to be provocative, and specifically because of that one must tread carefully between the action and the protest..   -- Rav Benny Lau…

  • Bimba injuries

    Rafi G.
    19 May 2013 | 5:36 am
    Yes, those little innocent bimbas, with little innocent children on them, can be dangerous. They go flying down roads on Shabbos at high speeds. Until now the main form of damage caused was to the kids shoes that are used as brakes. There was possibly the occasional injury as well. The main problem until now has been complaints about the noise caused by these bimbas, disturbing people resting in their homes. This past Shabbos in Bnei Braq an 80 year old rav was involved in a bimba crash. As he was on his way home from shul on Friday night, was hit by a speeding bimba. The rav was knocked over…

  • soon there will be [more] Haredi farmers

    Rafi G.
    19 May 2013 | 4:07 am
    Due to the difficulties of graduates of the Nahal Haredi army units to integrate back into the regular haredi communities after the conclusion of their service, a combination of government offices are investigating the possibility of forming a new community for these graduates. The new community would be a haredi agricultural kibbutz, and different locations are being considered in the eventuality that this idea is finalized. Obviously as more and more haredim finish their army service, more such communities would need to be established in the future, along with room for growth…

  • Picture of the Day

    Rafi G.
    19 May 2013 | 2:53 am
    yes, that is Amar'e Stoudemire wearing a big black kippa.. Stoudemire, who claims to have Jewish roots, donned the kippa for a practice on Shabbos hoping it would bring some spiritual luck for game 6 of the playoffs against the Pacers. The Knicks went on to lose the game, and the series, last night despite Stoudemire's kippa for practice. Maybe he should not have practiced on Shabbos, instead of just wearing a kippa... ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on Life in Israel…

  • Prime Minister Netanyahu meets the Foreign Minister of Germany, Guido Westerwelle (video)

    Rafi G.
    19 May 2013 | 1:45 am
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    This Ongoing War: A Blog

  • 19-May-13: In France, they prefer their terrorists to be of the 'lone wolf' kind, irrespective of the facts

    This Ongoing War
    18 May 2013 | 2:44 pm
    Mohamed Merah, the one-man murdering band whose accomplices keep getting discovered [Image Source] Keep in mind the murder spree carried out in Toulouse, France, during March 2012 by Mohamed Merah, a 23-year-old French-Algerian Islamist terrorist and (until his brief and bloody moment of infamy) a petty criminal.  He attacked and killed several French Army personnel, blaming it on the war in Afghanistan. Then at 8 in the morning on March 19, 2012, he rode up to the gates of the Ozar Hatorah school in Toulouse, part of a national…

  • 18-May-13: Kabul. The faces of terror's victims

    This Ongoing War
    18 May 2013 | 1:38 pm
    With no sign of body parts or of smoking car wrecks, the powerful news photo below from this past Thursday conveys nothing more or less than the human dimension. A father and two children, dressed like us more or less, caught up against their will in something so grotesque that it defies rational explanation. Kabul is presumably where they live. For us, it might just as well as be Mars. For them it's home, the place where they live their lives. The terrorists understand that. The caption to this Associated Press photograph reads in full: An Afghan man directs his children away from the scene…

  • 17-May-13: Gaza's gates to Egypt are now chained and padlocked. Could this too be Israel's doing?

    This Ongoing War
    17 May 2013 | 7:50 am
    Image Source: FirstPost.com where the headline above it reads "Egypt police close Gaza border to protest kidnap of colleagues" Those who hold fast to the Gaza-is-the-world's-largest-prison-and-the-Israelis-made-it-so meme can skip the report that follows. Angry Egyptian policemen close crossing with Gaza | GAZA (Reuters) Friday, May 17, 2013 | Egyptian policemen blocked the crossing into the Gaza Strip on Friday to protest against the kidnapping of Egyptian security forces in the Sinai, witnesses and sources said. Locals said police had placed barbed wire across the entrance to…

  • 17-May-13: Quote of the Week: How can there ever be peace...?

    This Ongoing War
    17 May 2013 | 3:50 am
    From Fatah's Drive Against "Normalization",  Khaled Abu Toameh, writing on the Gatestone Institute website today  

  • 17-May-13: Prof. Karabus, according to news reports, has been released and is on a flight to Cape Town at this hour

    This Ongoing War
    17 May 2013 | 12:58 am
    [Image Source] For those interested enough, there will soon be a plethora of news reports fleshing out the missing details of what is happening right this minute, in the final stages of the Karabus scandal. The hitherto-captive paediatrician is reported to have departed the UAE in the small hours of this morning ["Karabus on his way to SA" via SAPA, 8:45 this morning] and to be on a nonstop flight to Cape Town, South Africa right now. The hope is he will be on home turf before noon today, Friday. If there is justice in the world there will be a cheering crowd of well-wishers and a…
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