It’s My Opinion: Trash

Posted on: December 6th, 2012

Recently, a porcelain bathtub appeared atop a jetty off Miami Beach. The gleaming white object was perched upon craggy rocks. Ocean waves lapped around it. The origin of the tub was a mystery.

Miami Heat To Host Jewish Heritage Night

Posted on: December 6th, 2012

The NBA champion Miami Heat and the Florida Jewish community will gather on Wednesday, December 12at American Airlines Arena for Jewish Heritage Night and to celebrate the 5th night of Chanukah. Several thousand tickets are being made available exclusively to the Jewish community.

Classes, Activities At Young Israel Of Bal Harbour

Posted on: December 6th, 2012

Young Israel of Bal Harbour, located at 9592 Harding Avenue in Surfside, presents a wide array of classes and activities for the communities of Bal Harbour, Bay Harbor and Surfside. Talmud classes are held Monday through Friday before Shacharis at 6:20 a.m. Daf yomi classes are held Sunday through Friday immediately after Shacharis.

Chabad Of East Boca’s Chanukah Festivities

Posted on: December 6th, 2012

A hundred cars with menorahs on top of their roofs are expected to participate in Chabad of Boca Raton's annual car menorah parade on Monday December 10th. The fleet will depart from the Central Boca Chabad on Military Trail at 5:30 p.m. and then head across town for a Chanukah concert and menorah lighting hosted by Chabad of East Boca.

Calendar Of Events

Posted on: December 6th, 2012

What: Israel Bonds Aventura Turnberry Brunch (honoring Ursla Kersh and Myrna and Robert Kopf; guest speaker – foreign policy analyst Dr. Ralph Nurnberger) Where: Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center, 20400 NE 30th Ave, Aventura When: Sunday, Dec. 9 at 10:30 a.m. Cost: $36 per person Contact: 305-937-1880 * * * * * What: Chabad of Kendall/Pinecrest’s [...]

Average Israeli Salary Rises in September

Posted on: December 6th, 2012

The average Israeli salary rose by 2.2% in September to NIS 8,935, according to a report by the Central Bureau of Statistics on Thursday.

My Machberes

Posted on: December 6th, 2012

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Rivlin: Knesset Must Regulate Politicians’ Ability to Switch Parties

Posted on: December 6th, 2012

Speaker of the Knesset Reuven Rivlin (Likud) criticized the practice of switching between parties by various Members of Knesset and Knesset candidates , calling on the next Knesset to regulate such behavior, Israel’s Channel 10 website reported. “We need to ask ourselves what is transpiring in our political culture,” Rivlin said. “To my regret, what [...]

Israeli Startup Helps Kids Manage Hanukkah Gelt

Posted on: December 6th, 2012

Just in time for Hanukkah, an Israeli startup is helping kids to handle their gelt responsibly.

Amir Peretz, Formerly of Labor, Embraces Tzipi

Posted on: December 6th, 2012

Amir Peretz, former Histadrut union chief and former Defense Minister, is now a former member of the Avoda (Labor) party. He is moving over to the Movement (HaTnuah) party of Tzipi Livni (former head of Kadima, and former Foreign Minister). Also moving over to Livni’s party is former general Elazar Stern. Stern announced on the [...]

Rivlin Offers to Trade Spots With a Female Candidate

Posted on: December 6th, 2012

Speaker of the Knesset Rueven Rivlin (Likud) said Wednesday that he would be willing to be moved lower on the joint Likud Yisrael Beitenu (“Likud-Beitenu”) list in order to ensure that a female candidate were included in the list’s top ten candidates, Ma’ariv reported. Rivlin is number 10 on the joint list.  The first female [...]

Preserving Baltimore’s First Synagogue (Part I)

Posted on: December 5th, 2012

While it is not known precisely when Jews first settled in Baltimore, we do know that five Jewish men and their families settled there during the 1770s. However, it was not until the autumn of 1829 that Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, whose Hebrew name was Nidchei Yisroel (Dispersed of Israel), was founded. This was the only Jewish congregation in the state of Maryland at the time, and it was referred to by many as the “Stadt Shul.”

Clash on the Right: Eldad v. Feiglin

Posted on: December 5th, 2012

MK Aryeh Eldad (Strength to Israel) and Knesset candidate Moshe Feiglin (Likud) traded barbs today over ideological purity and compromise in politics.

Community Currents – December 7, 2012

Posted on: December 5th, 2012

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Yechimovitch: I’ll Raise Taxes

Posted on: December 3rd, 2012

According to a report on Israel Channel 10, Shelly Yechimovitch, the head of the Labor party, said that if she is appointed Minister of Finance, she would increase healthcare taxes, legislate an inheritance tax, and increase the corporate tax rate.

First-Time Israeli Voters Going Right

Posted on: December 3rd, 2012

This item in Hebrew from Israel’s Channel 2/Mako informs us that: 49% of all first time voters define themselves as right-wing. 20% as center but right-leaning. 5% as left and 9% as center but left-leaning. How are those stats? Visit My Right Word.

Australian Gas Giant Buys 30% of Israel’s Leviathan

Posted on: December 3rd, 2012

The operator of Australia’s Pluto liquefied natural gas project, Woodside Petroleum, will buy a 30 percent share in Israel’s Leviathan natural gas field for $2.5 billion, becoming a strategic partner in the drilling.

Spruce Up Your Website for the Holidays

Posted on: December 3rd, 2012

Make your website festive for the holidays with some simple graphic enhancements.

Tevye in the Promised Land, Chapter Twenty-One: Reunion

Posted on: December 2nd, 2012

The journey from Zichron Yaacov to Jaffa took almost three days. For Tevye, it was a chance to see another part of the Land of Israel, the sandy, swamp-infested coastline bordering the Mediterranean Sea. Most of the landscape was barren, with only an occasional settlement along the way. The colonies of Hadera, Kfar Saba, and [...]

Jerusalem Menorot

Posted on: December 2nd, 2012

The bronze, four and a half meter high Menorat HaKnesset stands in the Menorah Plaza by the main entrance to Gan HaVradim. This impressive menorah, in the shape of that which appears in the Arch of Titus, was created by Jewish sculptor Benno Elkan of England. It was given in 1956 by the English parliament as a gift to the State of Israel.