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• Hot Dog Eating Contest Vs Bible Quiz (video)

  This is actually disgusting, but the annual hot dog eating contest in honor of Independence Day was won again by Joey Chestnut, for the 7th year in a row. He se... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Dipping Craze: Hummus Grows in Middle America, the Official Dip of the NFL...

  Sabra Hummus has partnered with the NFL.. Hummus is now going to be the official dip of the NFL... and here are a couple of the most recent commercials.. Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• SAVE EMEK HAELA!!! Details of the Demonstration

  Bet Shemesh/ Ramat Bet Shemesh Residents Our beloved Emek Haelah is in danger If 15,000 housing units are built in Emek Haelah it will be the destruction not... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Egged Canceling the "free" Bus from the Kotel on Motzei Shabbos Due to Lack of...

  

  With it being Thursday, I have decided that it is time to report on an article I saw a few days ago and have been sitting on. Egged has been very forthcoming... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Even the Best of Hechshers Make Mistakes. Here Rav Rubins Hechsher Made Two

  

  Mistakes happen in every kashrus organization, including the ones people consider to be the best, the creme de le creme of hechshers. Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Israel Electric Going Kosher!

  The Israel Electric Company has announced that it is going kosher. By "kosher" I do not mean the cafetaria, but they have already begun implementing a plan... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• MK Porush's Anti-school-violence Bill Rejected

  This post will be brief and is really only being posted as a follow-up to a post from 2 months ago. MK Meir Porush (UTJ) announced that he would be proposing a... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Picture of the Day

  

  digging on a construction site led to the discovery of a Russian tank buried underground in Holon. At this point authorities have no idea how it got there and... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Facebook Status of the Day

  

  MK Erol Margolis (Labor) gets today's Facebook Status of the Day award! (translation after the images) the status was accompanied by the following picture:... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• State of Emergency!

  Did you know that we are in a state of emergency? It is actually a perpetual state of emergency. The government declared a state of emergency after the State wa... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Law Proposals: Child Sensors, Noise, Sexual Harassment Payments, Good Government

  There have been a few interesting law proposals in the Knesset over the past couple days. Here is a brief compilation of the ones I found particularly... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Government Overstepping Its Bounds in Attempt to Disqualify Rav Shmuel Eliyahu

  

  Some politicians have called out a hit against the expected candidacy of Rav Shmuel Eliyahu, Chief Rabbi of Tzfat, for Chief Rabbi of Israel. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Picture of the Day

  

  the following picture is from the New York Times article about the Yankees drawing smaller attendance this year in Yankees Stadium... somehow these 3 yeshiva... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Tweet of the Day

  And here is today's Tweet of the Day.. הצעת חוק: מי שהצביע... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Foreign Ministry Dumps Its Responsibility on Chabad

  The striking of the Foreign Ministry workers should be stopped. I don't know what their problem is, except for wanting more money which is always the case, but... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Is Aliza Bloch's Candidacy in Bet Shemesh Part of a Shas-Bayit Yehudi Deal?

  Disclaimer: I support Eli Cohen for mayor of Bet Shemesh. I know little about Aliza Bloch, and have seen no reason to support her over Eli Cohen. I have... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Pilot of Bikes on Trains from Bet Shemesh to Jerusalem This Friday

  According to bike.org.il ( I do not see a similar announcement on the website of Israel Railways), the Israel Railways Authority has decided to run a pilot,... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Law Proposal: Jewish and Arab Students Must Meet

  

  MK Issaouwi Frij (Meretz) has proposed a new law, with the encouragement of Minister of education Shai Piron. Frij's law has been dubbed "l'Kiruv Levavot" -... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 LEGAL, RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Interest Psak: Kashrus of Medical Marijuana

  According to Rav Efraim Zalminovitch, the Chief Rabbi of Mazkeret Batya, has paskened that medical marijuana is kosher. He qualifies his ruling by stating that... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY

• Here Lives a Chardak

  

  This is probably not significant enough to be considered an effective response to the "Chardak" campaign. I do not see something like this having any effect,... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2013 RELIGION, SOCIETY, SPIRITUALITY