Archive for July 30th, 2009

Well Qualified to Talk

In his latest column, Shmuley Boteach comments on the Rabbis in New Jersey accused of wrongdoing. I won’t reproduce the whole thing here, but rather some interesting excerpts: 2. Our community needs a moral and spiritual renaissance. We are good, law-abiding, generous people, but money is becoming too important to us. You mean like “Rabbis” [...]

Palestinian children prepare to fly kites during at an event organized by UNRWA on the Mediterranean beach in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 30, 2009. Thousands of children in the Gaza Strip attempted to set a new world record Thursday by flying colorful homemade kites amid the ruins of Israel's bruising offensive earlier this year a rare display of joy in the isolated seaside territory ruled by Hamas militants. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

The Day In Israel: Thurs July 30th, 2009

Click refresh to see new updates during the day According to Israel’s Channel 10, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has frozen a project for the construction of approximately 900 apartments in East Jerusalem, a day after his meeting with George Mitchell, Barack Obama’s special envoy to the Middle East. This news comes out on Tisha [...]

Surprise Article of the Day

Believe it nor not, I found this next piece on Ha’aretz. Tisha B’Av will last forever,” promised Kamal al-Khatib, deputy head of the Islamic Movement in Israel, to thousands of cheering Muslims at the Temple Mount a few days ago. Even the hearts of Jews far from the mountain saddened. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas mocked [...]

Tisha B’Av Takeaways

Tisha B’Av Takeaways

Today is the Jewish fast day of Tisha B’Av (the 9th day of the month of Av), on which a whole host of calamities befell the Jewish people (and the world), including: The sin of the spies causing G-d to decree that the Children of Israel who left Egypt would not be permitted to enter [...]