..have a whole farm of them! Gujarat is all set to have a ‘cow farm’ if the Israeli company planning to set it up in the State gets the neccessary clearances from the Union Government. The Israeli company which has been leased 143 hectares of land for the farm by the State government for a [...]
“Well, it could be worse. We could be in a Gaza smugglers’ tunnel.”
After previously claiming that the Mumbai Chabad House massacre was “a theatrical statement of hate” whose intended audience was India, with the attackers “cynically exploiting anti-Semitism in order to further inflame world opinion and curry favor with the Muslim jihadi set,” clueless blogger Richard Silverstein admits he may have been wrong. Well, kind of: http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2008/12/01/did-mumbai-terrorists-torture-jews/ [...]
In an MSNBC report on some Muslim reactions to the Mumbai terrorist attacks: Many Muslims said they are worried such carnage is besmirching their religion. “The occupation of the synagogue and killing people in hotels tarnishes the Muslim faith,” said Kazim al-Muqdadi, a political science lecturer at Baghdad University. “Anyone who slaughters people and screams [...]
The Mumbai terrorists reportedly gave some special attention to their Jewish victims (hat tip: LGF reader Anand). They said that just one look at the bodies of the dead hostages as well as terrorists showed it was a battle of attrition that was fought over three days at the Oberoi and the Taj hotels in [...]
As I prepare to go off to morning prayers, the picture in Mumbai is still unclear. Indian commandos are carrying out an operation to free the hostages at the Chabad center. You can watch developments live here. In the meantime, please say Psalms for Gavriel Noach ben Freida Bluma, Rivka bas Yehudis and Moshe Tzvi [...]
Scroll down for updates. You have all probably already heard about the devastating terror attacks in Mumbai, India, which have left at least 101 people dead and 314 injured. My prayers go out to the families of the victims. In addition, some people have been taken hostage, including Chabad Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his family. [...]
If you are having a bad day, just keep this boy in mind (hat tip: Solomonia). A 2cm long fish apparently found it’s way into the penis of a 14-year-old boy from India in a bizarre medical case. The patient was admitted to hospital with complaints of pain, dribbling urine and acute urinary retention spanning [...]
