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• Aviv Gefen Praises the Haredim

  In an interview with Dana Weiss today, Israeli iconic performer Aviv Gefen related an incident that happened recently. At a recent concert he announced to the... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• the Healthy Person Hospital

  I had to be in the hospital today for a short visit. When walking in, as is done everywhere, the guard scanned my forehead with a thermometer gun to see if I ha... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• the Haredi IKEA

  So it looks like the new IKEA Eshtaol (just outside of Bet Shemesh) will be opening this coming Sunday. In the article announcing the opening on a local Haredi... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• It is a Two-way Street

  Yamina sent/went into the Opposition has brought about something interesting very quickly. The job of parties in the Opposition is, on the one hand to protect... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• German City of Fulda Purchases Old Shul Buildings

  

  This post was very difficult to write. I never thought I would be interested in, or care about, actions by Germans meant to "do right" by the Jews, or to someho... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The NY Cantors - Yerushalayim Shel Zahav (video)

  

  Written by Naomi Shemer in 1967. The original song described the Jewish people's 2000-year longing to return to Jerusalem; Shemer added a final verse after the... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Headline of the Day

  Abbas: PA no longer bound by accords with Israel and US, including on security -- Times of Israel This is the most underwhelming announcement ever... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Pindrus Bad Mazal Strikes Again

  Remember Yitzchak Pindrus? I once described Pindrus as having the worst mazal ever... Everything was looking set for Yitzchak Pindrus to get into the Knesset... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Which Came First? the Chicken Or the Egg...

  Rav Shalom Ber Sorotzkin was given permission to open his yeshiva without the limitations of the "capsules" as it has been over the past couple of weeks. Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Picture of the Day

  

  This is the "changing of the guard" ceremony at the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, as Minister Tzippi Hotoveli hands off the ministry to the new minister,... Read more

  Posted on 20 May 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• If He Could Stop the Holocaust He Can Stop the Pandemic

  

  The following ad was in the Hamodia newspaper last week: I am wondering what this means - the tzaddik who stopped the Holocaust? What is the story here? How... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Tweet of the Day

  Hi Mr. Mayor.You gonna start rounding up Jews outside NYC as well? Because mass deportations tend to mess with my schedule.You'd think by now, after 2,000 years... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Quote of the Day

  It is far less safe to go to buy Vishznitz challas in Bnei Braq than it is to fly to Cyprus or one of the Greek Islands.. -- Airports Authority Spokesperson Ofe... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Gafni and Porush on Annexation

  There is a bit of a tizzy with UTJ and the revelation that they are not quite as right wing as they sold themselves during the recent elections. Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Corona Fashion

  Who knew that sending the kids back to school would raise a new problem of them now wanting more stylish masks??? They now have very specific requests for... Read more

  Posted on 19 May 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Coalition Curiosities

  The new government coalition as presented yesterday has some curiosities. The most glaring, for me, are: - MK Nir Barkat being left out without a ministry. Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Returning Insurance Money

  Here is a nice story out of Telshe Stone being reported on Behadrei (it was blasted on Twitter by a few sources earlier in the day)... 7 years ago a resident... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• If You Thought in the Elections That UTJ Was Now Right Wing....

  I am curious - Has there been any response from Yamina (or any of the factions) or from leaders like Rav Dovid Chai Cohen, regarding the revelation today that... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Swedish Meatballs Coming to Bet Shemesh

  The news is reporting that the government has decided in, light of the Corona crisis, to grant the permits to IKEA Eshtaol (the new branch just outside bet... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• A Celebration of Israel's 72nd Independence Day | #Israel72 (video)

  

  funky (I only watched from the minute marker I embedded from - not earlier. no idea what happens earlier)... Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2020 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY