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.