Archive for September 15th, 2004

Shana Tova!

Rosh Hashana, the start of the Jewish new year, commences tonight, and lasts for two days. As opposed to the regular new year, the Jewish new year is a time for self-introspection and repentance.
Here is a summary of what Rosh Hashana is about:
Rosh Hashanah is the first and second days of the first Jewish month [...]

Hold that Plane!

Missing your flight can be a real hassle. But then again, so can dealing with a non-existent bomb.

Police arrested a man Wednesday who called Arkia airlines and falsely reported a bomb aboard a flight from Jordan to Israel to avoid missing the flight, Israel Radio said. 
 
The passenger, a 65-year-old man from the center of the [...]

How Most American Indians Identify With Israel

A Nation, A People, A Land
 
Though arguments about how to define a Jew have become au courant among Jews in the past 100 years, a full blooded Apache Indian named Santos Hawk’s Blood supports the traditional view-that the Jews are a Nation, a People connected to their homeland. Son of a WW2 Silver Star recipient, [...]