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• Letter From Israel

  elinor אלינור The Learning Curve, Part IIOne of the first things I learned after making aliyah was how to get lost in Jerusalem. Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Kangaroo Valley Torah

  

  geoffffThis is a true story.Kangaroo Valley is a small rural community in the Kangaroo Valley in the Southern Highlands of NSW about 160 kilometres south of... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Smug American Jewry

  Mike L.{Cross-posted at the Times of Israel.}Arutz Sheva has an interesting article by Orit Arfa entitled, American Jews: Expel Yourselves. Read more

  Posted on 11 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Ziontruth

  Mike L.One of our best and most prolific writers at Israel Thrives was Ziontruth.Between May 6 and June 24 of this year "Ziontruth," a brilliant opinionator fro... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Israeli Arab Christian Political Party Seeks Integration

  Mike L.The snippet below was published by Dror Eydar at Israel Hayom:"The New Alliance" supports national service, including in the military, and recognizes... Read more

  Posted on 10 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Say Hello to Free News of the World

  Mike L.I recently received an invitation from a Mr. Le Thuy, of Free News of the World (FNOTW), to participate as a pro-Israel commenter on that website. Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Hope for the Future

  Mike L.A video of a 12-year-old Egyptian boy named Ali Ahmed eloquently and passionately criticizing the last year of president Mohamed Morsi’s rule has become ... Read more

  Posted on 09 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Shocking Indifference of American Jews

  Mike L.{Cross-posted at the Times of Israel.}Laurie and I held a party at our house in the Oakland hills on Saturday. It was probably, in fact, one of our more... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Obama Administration Demands Israeli Concessions

  Mike L.The snipped below was written by Khaled Abu Toameh and Tovah Lazaroff for the Jerusalem Post:US Secretary of State John Kerry’s plan to resume peace talk... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Say Hello to Emet m'Tsiyon

  I just became aware of this blog via Ted Belman over at Israpundit.Here is a sample:Promoting political Islam has been the real foundation of Obama's Middle Eas... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Fall of the Brotherhood

  Mike L.We make a terrible mistake if we underestimate the significance of this historical moment. The Muslim Brotherhood is an anti-Semitic organization with... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Unmentionables

  

  geoffffI was sorely tempted to decorate this post with cheap shot images of Australia's new Prime Minister-Again Kevin Rudd sitting under a picture of Yasser... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Morsi in Hiding, Massive Celebrations in Cairo

  Mike L. Morsi rejects takeover; whereabouts unknownBy Abigail Hauslohner, William Booth and Sharaf al-Hourani in the Washington Post. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Egypt Is Falling.

  

  Doodad The military has announced a coup; Morsi is out, the constitution has been suspended and a "code of ethics," has been issued for all media. This may be... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Siding With The Oppressor

  

  Mike L.The One Law for All Campaign (pdf) was launched on 10 December 2008, International Human Rights Day, to call on the UK Government to recognise that Shari... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Say Hello to David Werdiger

  Mike L.I received a very welcome heads-up from our friend Shirl in Oz pointing to this article by Mr. Werdiger entitled Lies, Damned Lies, and Body Counts,... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• General Choomin: Anti-Zionist

  Mike L.Every once in awhile it is not a bad idea to try to actually engage the enemies of the Jewish people in discussion so that others can see who they are. Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A Question for General Choomin

  Mike L.The person who goes under the moniker "General Choomin" was booted off Daily Kos apparently for racism toward Jews. Although I was a Daily Kos regular fo... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Egypt is a Holy Mess

  Mike L.{Cross-posted at the Times of Israel.}The snippets below were originally written and published by Reuters and the Jerusalem Post staff:Youths hurl... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Letter From Israel

  elinor אלינור Leaving HomeWhen I finally decided to cut my ties in the USA and make aliyah, I went through stuff that current immigrants don’t ever have to do. Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2013 SELF EXPRESSION