Meir Panim: Lighting Up Life for Israel’s Neediest Residents Across Israel, Meir Panim responds to the growing needs of the country’s 1.75 million impoverished residents through various food and social service programs.
Posted on: September 14th, 2012
Blogs → This Ongoing WarIn the past seven years since the Disengagement from Gaza, we have been witness to the conversion of Gush Katif into an armed camp, an arsenal from which some 9,400 rockets and missiles have been fired at the Israeli civilians and communities on the other side of the fence.
Our Egyptian Ally: More Confusion from Obama
Posted on: September 14th, 2012
Blogs → HADARSoon after the attacks on American embassies in Egypt and Libya, Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney and his running mate Paul Ryan criticized President Obama for lack a clear and forceful message to the world. Soon after, the administration provided another example of why this was true, with Obama stating that Egypt was neither friend nor foe, while the State Department confirmed that Egypt is indeed an ally.
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Feel Frightened and Depressed? Be Happy!
Posted on: September 14th, 2012
Blogs → Felafel on RyeSimply put, to the initiate, the pain that comes with t’shuva is scary. The baal t’shuva is the man of courage. He is the true hero. He is the one prepared to set out on the greatest journey in life.
No Such Thing as a Bloodless Victory
Posted on: September 13th, 2012
Blogs → Sultan KnishThere are no bloodless victories, but we can choose whether to bleed our enemy or to bleed our hearts. And when our hearts bleed for the enemy, than the blood sooner or later stops being a metaphor and becomes a sticky dark red liquid on the boots of the brave Afghan people, the brave Iraqi people, the brave Libyan people or the brave Syrian people and all the other brave peoples we will set out to save from the hells they make for themselves.
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The President Sends a Message of Submission
Posted on: September 13th, 2012
Blogs → Fresno ZionismThe Western media are not the only ones who fail to see the symbolism of raising al-Qaeda’s banner on 9/11. Our President missed it as well.
9-11: A Note with Five Words & Two Numbers
Posted on: September 13th, 2012
Blogs → CIFWatchRandy Scott’s family believed he had died instantly on September 11, 2001. Ten years after the attack, a note thrown out the window of the South Tower shortly after impact was discovered and identified using DNA tests. It was written by Scott minutes before he perished.
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Posted on: September 13th, 2012
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahThe Emes Ve-Emunah blog recently ran an internal poll as to readers religious leanings, here blog author Harry Maryles analyzes the results.
Barbara Boxer Bashing Bibi on Obama
Posted on: September 13th, 2012
News & Views → Yori's News ClipsIt's the stuff of early education: "my deep disappointment" and "contrary." The deep sense of betrayal oozing from every well chosen word...
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Latma’s Rosh Hashanah Music Video
Posted on: September 13th, 2012
Blogs → The Jewish Press BlogLatma's Rosh Hashanah greetings music video. Enjoy!
Jerusalem Demographics 1800-1922
Posted on: September 13th, 2012
Blogs → My Right WordOn the issue of demographics, the numbers make things quite clear that even before modern Zionism began, the city was Jewish and only Muslim repressive policies artificially kept the numbers of Jews down before the mid-19th century.
Posted on: September 13th, 2012
Blogs → Felafel on RyeOnly t’shuva can reconnect the sinner with God. Only t’shuva can restore the harmony between a man’s soul and the world. Only t’shuva can wipe away the sins which prevent a man from being a positive contributor to life.
How Not to Keep Israel from Bombing Iran
Posted on: September 12th, 2012
Blogs → Fresno ZionismUnwilling to issue an ultimatum, the U.S.will go no further than to repeat that “we will not allow Iran to get a nuclear weapon,” but it will not say — publicly or to Israel — how far it will allow Iran to go.
Posted on: September 12th, 2012
Blogs → Sultan KnishAfter Muslims killed thousands of Americans we did everything we could to learn about their religion, to celebrate it and soothe their ruffled feathers.
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Posted on: September 12th, 2012
Blogs → A Soldier's MotherOne inevitable fact I have learned after almost 20 years here is that tomorrow will come, as planned, as designed, no matter what I do.
Remembering and Forgetting on 9/11
Posted on: September 12th, 2012
Blogs → This Ongoing WarDespite President Obama's assertions at the 9-11 memorial that the fight against terror is only against al Qaeda, it was still good to hear him speaking about the enduring nature of a nation’s memory of its terror victims. Here in Israel, we (the bloggers behind This Ongoing War) waged a campaign for years to require the Jerusalem municipality to remember Jerusalem’s victims of terror.
UNRWA Gaza Head Blames Anyone but Hamas
Posted on: September 12th, 2012
Blogs → CIFWatchUNRWA Gaza chief Robert Turner’s “prescription” for saving Gaza’s Palestinians, set out in an article on the Guardian's Comment is Free site, is based on a severe case of historical myopia. For it’s the one word that Mr. Turner neglected to use in his anti-Israel screed that is in fact behind Gaza’s rapidly devolving state: Hamas.
Swing State Report: NC, VA, Leaning Romney
Posted on: September 12th, 2012
News & Views → Yori's News ClipsYou'll notice that I added North Carolina to the list of swing states. This is because the Romeny camp has declared it as such, probably not a minute too soon. With its 15 delegates, North Carolina broke McCain's heart in 2008 and went for the Democrats. It's good to know someone in the Romney camp is doing some thinking.
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If Rebbe Nachman were Alive Today
Posted on: September 12th, 2012
Blogs → Felafel on RyeWhen you are sick, do you go to the doctor, or the student of the doctor? So why go to Uman where Rebbe Nachman is buried, when you could go to the cities in Israel where his teachers are buried?
No Red Lines: The Prime Minister Strikes Back
Posted on: September 11th, 2012
Blogs → HADARThe U.S. reiterated its rejection of Israel's call for "clear red lines." Today, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded, saying those "who refuse to put red lines in front of Iran, don't have a moral right to put a red light in front of Israel." Here is the Prime Minister in his own words - responding to a reporter's question about the State Department's position:
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An Eis La’asos – The Time is Ripe
Posted on: September 11th, 2012
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahRabbi Eric H. Yoffie, the former president of the Union of Reform Judaism, has argued that the reform movement should look to Orthodox Judaism for guidance. Harry Maryles argues that this provides an important kiruv opportunity.
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