If you’ve been watching the news the last few days, you might think you are caught in a time warp. ‘Al-Aqsa is in danger!!” Raed Salah, screaming at the top of his lungs for Muslims to defend Jerusalem. You might think its 2000 again. You’d be wrong.
I don’t know where this blog went off the rails, but sometime in July of last year the fates or other circumstances conspired in my cessation of anything useful to post. I wish I had a better ‘excuse’ than that but as best as I can recall, I just stopped.
Needless to say, I am not looking to repeat that again with the current ‘re-launch’ of this blog/site. ‘Re-launch’ is probably not the best word as there is no pomp and fanfare this time around. I had been kicking around getting back to posting again around Rosh Hashana, but when I tried to get back into the site, the individual who graciously hosts Tzomet had taken this and another site he runs offline while he was upgrading his servers. So much for busting out of the gates.
I hope to again bring you insights into what is happening in the Holyland and the Jewish world in general and as always welcome your comments, insults, or whatever else you hurl this way.
Imagine you are with family, friends and acquaintances
Now, imagine that a lunatic happens upon your gathering with a gun and starts shooting into the crowd. Some of the shooting seemed directed at people personally while others were sprayed at random
Everyone is of course frightened shocked and horrified, ducking for cover and doing anything they can to get away. Many people at the party are armed as well, and while this madman walks around, people with the presence of mind Read more »
I can’t really think of any other place in the world that pays attention to the level of a lake as much as they do in Israel. The water level in the Kinneret is watched by like hawk by conservationists and Mekorot, the Israel national water carrier. The level is checked on almost a daily basis to determine how much water is left to be pumped and what its doing to the ecosystem in the lake itself. Read more »
Although we aren’t privy to the agreement signed by Olmert and Nasrallah, we can be pretty sure that the swap is on course. Today, the IDF Rabbinate confirmed they have begun exhuming the bodies of fallen Hezbollah fighters from a cemetery near Kibbutz Amiad. The deal is expected to go through very quickly with the culmination in about another week and 1/2.Read more »
Hamas seemed to be making gestures earlier this week vis a vis the ‘truce’ with Israel. Israel was making more regular *boom* supply deliveries *boom* to Gaza and *BOOM*.. HEY!! Can we stop those damn Qassams already…we’re trying to have a truce over here!!! Anyway, as I was saying, the ‘truce’ continues on and earlier in the week, Hamas had passed some signs of life regarding Shalit and Israel was attempting to open the crossing for more than a day while yet more rockets were being sent into Israel. Yes, I know..its only 11 of them, but there shouldnt be any flying in…right? Read more »
As a contrast to all the depressing news I’ve been posting about lately, I figured a chuckle was in order. Plus, its morning in America and I’m still tired. Enjoy!!
Starting Out: I would like to firstly thank my friend Michael for not only hosting this blog but helping me to get it started by uploading the software and getting the basic configuration down. I will obviously need to do a little more reading and searching around on the internet to find out the information I need to blog on my own, but I do appreciate the initial help. Thanks man!
Purpose: Unlike some earlier blog attempts, I really hope to keep this one on the straight and narrow. I won’t bore everyone by telling them this will be the BLOG to end all BLOGS. I don’t plan on posting on the most mundane things. I will mainly be posting on things that concern Judaism and Israel and, on occasion, some pictures and something that’s laugh out loud funny. Basically, I intend for this to be informative to those who care about what going on in Israel, what’s going on in Judaism in general, maybe a story or two of things I have seen or that have gone on in my life that somehow relate. I certainly welcome your comments, be it on what I have posted or what I can do to make this a better and more informative site. I’m pretty sure no one is reading this right now (except for me and maybe Michael), but I hope to get the word out soon.
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If you’ve been watching the news the last few days, you might think you are caught in a time warp. ‘Al-Aqsa is in danger!!” Raed Salah, screaming at the top of his lungs for Muslims to defend Jerusalem. You might think its 2000 again. You’d be wrong.
Imagine you are with family, friends and acquaintances
I can’t really think of any other place in the world that pays attention to the level of a lake as much as they do in Israel. The water level in the 
Hamas seemed to be making gestures earlier this week vis a vis the ‘truce’ with Israel. Israel was making more regular *boom* supply deliveries *boom* to Gaza and *BOOM*.. HEY!! Can we stop those damn Qassams already…we’re trying to have a truce over here!!! Anyway, as I was saying, the ‘truce’ continues on and earlier in the week, Hamas had passed some signs of life regarding Shalit and Israel was attempting to open the crossing for more than a day while yet more rockets were being sent into Israel. Yes, I know..