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Posted in History on August 28th, 2008 
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Yoel Marcus asks of Benjamin Netanyahu, “What is the secret of this man, who flubbed up as prime minister, who suffered a stinging defeat after three years in office, but is back again, nine years later, topping the charts?” But Aluf Benn has his own theory.
Gideon Levy, looking at the “demonization by the Anti-Netanyahu Defense […]
Posted in History, Beliefs on August 27th, 2008 No Comments »
On the way out of work yesterday, I was a little dazed — possibly by the sun, possibly by the fact that I’d been sitting in front of a computer all day and suddenly, the world was in three dimensions.
I put on my archaic CD player, started to listen to some Northern State, and just […]
Posted in Culture on August 27th, 2008 No Comments »
A friend sent me the following hilarity…
Posted in History on August 26th, 2008 1 Comment »
The Jewish Agency releases a new plan for attracting 1,000 American high-tech professionals to Israel by 2010, but “Just 30 minutes after its unveiling … immigration absorption officials and high-tech bosses criticized the blueprint as unviable and misguided.�
The Kibbutzim in Israel want you to come, but for leisure, not labor – including “holistic workshops […]
Posted in Practices, Texts on August 26th, 2008 7 Comments »
Recently, we received a letter in the office from a person in jail, asking if we can send him a copy of the Torah. It wasn’t actually for us — MJL does a lot of things, but print media is, unfortunately, not one of them.
Now, I’m a firm believer in teshuvah, the ability to turn […]
Posted in History on August 25th, 2008 1 Comment »
NPR reports that refugees from Sudan, Eritrea and Kenya, fleeing the economic and health crises in their own countries, are pouring into Israel. But they must cross the border into Egypt in order to traverse into Israel, and Egyptian border patrols have become increasingly vigilant in recent days, killing five Africans, and possibly several more.
[Jerusalem-based […]
Posted in History on August 25th, 2008 No Comments »
A recent issue of the Economist had a fascinating review of Edna Fernandes’ new book The Last Jews of Kerala: The Two Thousand Year History of India’s Forgotten Jewish Community.
Mattancheri is Indian Jewry’s most famous settlement. Its pretty streets of pastel-coloured houses, connected by first-floor passages and home to the last 12 sari- and sarong-wearing, […]
Posted in Practices, History on August 25th, 2008 No Comments »
I went home for Shabbat. Home meaning my parents’ house, which despite knowing I shouldn’t — I have an apartment I pay rent on and a wife and kid I come home to — I still I think of when I say the word “home.” I’ve put my parents through a lot of forced changes, […]
Posted in History on August 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
“The whole idea of Chefs for Peace is to show that here we are, working in one kitchen, Muslim, Christian and Jew, working with one of the most dangerous utensils, a knife, and we don’t kill each other. Instead we cook with loveâ€?, for their semiannual dinner in Haifa. (Jerusalem Post)
Rabbi Melissa Weintraub talks to […]
Posted in Culture on August 22nd, 2008 11 Comments »
Okay, remember when we learned about the Jewish heritage of various comic-book characters yesterday? Now, we’re going to see it in action.
Okay, admittedly, this is a Friday thing. But, hey, it’s a Friday. And any comic that has the line “Let my people go, ya mook!” is worthy of being included in *my* canon.
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