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• More MOT Mazel Tovs!

  

  and mazel tov to two more members of the tribe, and Israelis, for winning the Nobel prize in chemistry.. Arueh Warshel and Michael Levitt are both Israelis... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Bet Shemesh Elections Guest Post: Don’t Tell Anyone…

  This article was originally circulated around the neighborhood last week by the author himself. He had it printed up on a double-sided piece of paper and had... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Bet Shemesh Elections Guest Post: Kol Shachar for City Council: Why? Who?

  A guest post by Zev Kaplan-(#2 on list of Kol Shachar) With all the attention being given to the important election for mayor, it is easy to overlook the fact... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Haredi MKs Demand Less Torah Learning

  A very strange demand was made yesterday in the meeting of the Knesset Committee for Sharing the Burden (led by MK Ayelet Shaked). Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Headline of the Day

  Restraining Order served against Jerusalem Central Bus Station: the worst air pollution in the history of Israel has been measured -- NRG I am not quite sure... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Apple Tish in Sanz Klausenburg (video)

  This video has started to go "viral", so here it is... those young men sure know how to scramble! ------------------------------------------------------ Reach... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• 300 Year Old Jewish Manuscript Discovered in Garage

  And I thought this only happened with baseball cards in an old shoebox in the basement... not old Jewish manuscripts (a haggada) from the BBC: A 300-year-old... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Jewish Francois Englart Wins Nobel Prize

  

  Mazel tov.. we have another Jew winning a Nobel Prize... Francois Englart, a Holocaust survivor who is a professor at Tel Aviv University, has won the Nobel... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Quote of the Day

  I definitely support people going abroad for a few years as part of shlichut or in a business framework. The two-way flow helps the Israeli economy a lot. They... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• The Masses at the Funeral of Rav Ovadia

  

  I went to the funeral of Rav Ovadia Yosef, zt"l. Rav Ovadia was one of the gedolim and a great leader to his followers, and the massive crowds that attended... Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Torah Entertainment

  I enjoyed this description stated about the parsha sheets that populate our shuls. They provide some [sometimes or even often] interesting reading material for... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Netanyahu on Iran and Syria (video)

  PM Netanyahu really should be Israel's ambassador to the world.. Netanyahu recently on Face the Nation with bob Schieffer on Iran.. and Netanyahu on Charlie... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Rare Color Film of the Jewish Quarter in Warsaw, Sunny Day, June 1939 (video)

  fascinating look at the Jewish ghetto of 1939 ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with your ad by advertising on... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Bet Shemesh Elections: Moshe is Nice but I Am Voting Eli

  I admit that I am a bit surprised by the number of people in the haredi-anglo community who have sent me comments saying they are supporting Eli Cohen but can... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• BS Elections Guest Post; Meeting Eli Cohen, Beit Shemesh Mayoral Candidate

  A Guest Post by A.. During Chol HaMoed Succot the challenging candidate for mayor of Beit Shemesh, Israel, publicized an "open succah - succat shalom - public... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• New Imax Movie: Jerusalem (video)

  a teaser from the stunning new Imax video by National Geographic called "Jerusalem" ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Bill Cosby- Noah's Ark (video)

  the now obligatory pre-parshat-Noach Noach routine from Bill Cosby... ------------------------------------------------------ Reach thousands of readers with you... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• BS Elections Guest Post: Neglect is Not a Torah Value

  A Guest Post by Nili Phillip As a pianist, over the years I had the privilege to volunteer in a variety of musical fundraising events initiated by Anglo haredi... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Will UN Recognize Yom Kippur as Official Holiday?

  It seems that the United Nations recognizes 10 holidays as official holidays. Such recognition allows UN employees to take those days off without having to... Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Racism in a Cellcom Ad (videos)

  Racism is still a problem in Israel. And not just in certain religious sectors. It is a general problem. The following ad is a good example.. Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY