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Fellow Jerusalmite Esser Agorot has posted Haveil Havalim #382 - The Dual Elections Edition in honor of the interest generated by the US elections and the Israel elections to be held Tuesday,...
This coin was found at the archaeological dig at Gamla in the Golan Heights, often called the Massada of the north. The coin says "For the redemption of Jerusalem the (H)oly". It is from the Great...
This morning I began my studies at Matan, an institute for Torah studies, founded by Rabbanit Malka Bina in 1988. Rabbanit Bina is one of the pioneers of learning and teaching Torah to women,...
A lot of water has flowed in the Jordan since the last time I wrote. That would give me an excuse to continue not writing, since there's no way I can make up for all the events I didn't post about....
Last Wednesday the country celebrated Tu B'shvat, the new year of the trees. The very next morning my daughter-in-law and son were in the nearest hospital delivering a new baby girl to the world....
Well, there it is ~ my new banner! The kids grow so quickly, thank God, and the photos get outdated. Haveil Havalim is meant to be a roundup of posts from the Jewish blogsphere. I didn't get many...
What really defines me? I'm working on a new banner since some of the photos in the present one are really outdated. (Some change faster than others!) I also noticed that the subtitle really needed...
Batya has been busy doing lots of interesting things as well as hosting the newest Haveil Havalim and Kosher Cooking Carnival. Leora posted J-Pix a review of photos on our Jewish blogs. Yasher...
Risa, coming to you from beautiful downtown Rehovot reporting on a historic "find". A genuine relic of a bygone age. You heard it here first. (maybe) This post box is a reminder that from the end...
Nothing says Israel more than Friday noontime downtown. People are coming and going with their last minute purchases and there is a general feeling of rushing to get ready. By 3 PM (summer or...
It is painfully clear that Israel needs a strong well equipped army in order to defend the country against threats from our enemies. Some countries, like the United States have professional armies...
Chuck Hornstein hy"dEli Solomon hy"d (left) Thirty-eight years ago our country was engaged in a war of survival and we came pretty close to not winning. You can not avoid the association of Yom...
My granddaughter Tamar singing new year greetings learned in kindergarten The month of Tishrei brings a whirlwind of celebration, soul searching, stock taking, resolution and renewal. I was...
report here: Rabbi Hanan Porat Passes Away Over the years that I have lived in Israel there has been no one person who I felt ideologically closer to than Rav Hanan Porat. His total commitment to...
Bryant Park is located behind the famous 5th Avenue Library in Manhattan. Before I left New York in 1967 it was a place you walked past quickly or avoided (if you can avoid walking around 6th...
I always feel empowered when I am surrounded crowds of Jews in Israel. How much more exciting can it get than two thousand Jewish women converging on the site where the woman who taught us all what...
Like my sisters and brothers around the world I am busy getting ready for the upcoming Rosh Hashana holiday. This year the New Year begins on Wednesday night and on Thursday and Friday we gather in...
This post is part of a memorial project called Project 2,996 Read more about it here. a memorial post about Ronald John Hemenway who was killed when a hijaced commercial jet was purposely crashed...
The streets have the same names and numbers as then but close to fifty years have passed since we moved out. I recognize Liberty Avenue and the deafening sound of the "A" train over our heads is,...
Bunji Thats my almost 6 year old granddaughter Bunji jumping at a local shopping center this week. She is getting ready to go to the first grade. Just two weeks away!They came to say lhitraot (see...
It would have been nicer if we didnt have to fast on Tisha BAv this year. But since we did not merit the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem we fasted and mourned the destruction of the first two...
On Shabbat in synagogues around the world we announced that on Monday we will be marking Rosh Hodesh (the first day of the month of) Av. We are already in the midst of the three weeks marking the...
Last night the Jbloggersphere welcomed Hadassah of In The Pink and William Daroff. Also there were many folks from my sidebar like the Medads of me-ander, Shilo Musings, My Right Word etc. and Mom...
These last few weeks have gone by in a haze of almost normalcy here in Israel.The New York Times even ran an article showing Israel in a downright positive light proclaiming: Where Families Are...
This weeks Haveil Havalim is here. I love the theater. There is something magical about seeing real live people on the stage. Movie theaters on the other hand are noisy places where I usually dont...
Tonight we mark the 44th anniversary of the re-unification of Jerusalem.For a poignant account of the war that led to the liberation of the city you really must read this account by Chanan Porat....
This weeks Haveil Havalim is here.Chaviva of Kvetching Editor fame is doing a series called The Tzniut Project where Jewish women are answering questions about " their practices, peoples...
Eli Solomon H"YDTonight we went to Rehovots memorial service held in the "Defenders Park" where there is a memorial wall on which the names of Rehovotites who gave their lives for our country are...
A blushing zebra?No, in the old days the answer was "a newspaper" Reading is no longer black and white, nor are newspapers.The JBlogsphere is up to its eyeballs in color as witness this weeks...
Oz Avraham Finishing a Tractate a few months agoOn the Shabbat before Passover my whole family all my children and grandchildren were in Mitzpe Ramon where we enjoyed each others company and had...
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