10 of the Tenth Month 5769 By now, most in Israel have caught on to the election ploy that is the current Israeli Defense Forces' [IDF] action in Azza. Necessary and proper as this action is, there is no doubt that it is taking place now, and not three months ago, nor three years ago, due to our pro...

Zoth Hanukkah 5769 It is just passed the deadline for the submission of party candidate lists for the impending national elections. The National Union is back, leaving the Jewish Home Party, nicknamed the National Religious Party home, in the dust! Here are the first five candidates on its list (Isr...

Zoth Hanukkah 5769 Everyone else is jabbering on about the attacks in Azza, while I sit here in front of my computer screen in an area proving to be one of the safest places to be in Israel, b'il eyin hara: Efraim (Central Samaria), safe from rockets from Azza and Lebanon, safe from bomb attacks in ...

Second Night of Hanukkah 5769 I recommend reading Carolyn Glick's "Netanyahu's Grand Coalition." It confirms our fears of the dangers an Obama administration poses to Israel. In fact, according to her sources, it's worse than we thought. Who still thinks I'm crazy for suggesting that U. S. troops ar...

20 of the Ninth Month 5769 I saw some guy on the bus wearing a sweatshirt tonight... שומרים על הבית שלנו ( Guarding over our home - NRP ) Guarding over our home, huh? Well, you didn't do a very good job guarding over the homes in Azza (Gaza), did you? Oh, wait a minute,...maybe the s...

13 of the Ninth Month 5769 I wonder if Eli resident, Yehiel Leiter will be giving up his U. S. citizenship to run for Knesset, considering his poor showing (#39). That's the law, by the way, albeit selectively enforced, no dual-citizenship for K'nesseth members. Hmmm... I had a relatively pleasant e...

11 of the Ninth Month 5769 Tomorrow, members of the Likud Party in Israel will be voting in the party's primaries. Most of the Likud members I know joined in order to help Moshe Feiglin [and Shmu'el Sackett] enter the K'nesseth. Voting for the Likud in national elections is a completely different st...

Mossa'ei Shabbath Qodesh Parshath Wayeitze 5769 Reprogramming, brain-washing, call it what you like. Generally speaking the Left prefers to call attempts at bringing Jews back to Torah "brain-washing." I prefer to call Israeli secular education, "state religious" education, and [most] new immigrant,...

Mossa'ei Shabbath Qodesh Parshath Wayeitze 5769 IDF soldier assaults Haaretz photographer in Hebron by Amos Harel, Dec. 6, 2008 An Israeli photographer on assignment for Haaretz was assaulted by an Israel Defense Forces soldier in Hebron on Saturday. The photographer, Tess Scheflan, suffered light h...

Erev Shabbath Qodesh Parshath Wayeitze 5769 A month ago, I received an e-mail from a fellow blogger, living in Central Israel. Here is a snippet,...taken out of context, yet the gist of the message is clear: Why did the Israelis wear masks and throw stones at soldiers and cameramen on Friday? Do you...