You all might remember Daniel Pearl. He was murdered on Feb. 1st, 2002 by a militant Islamic group calling itself The National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty. They made a...
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Power, Faith and Fantasy by Michael Oren: Chapter 1
It was a precarious time for the United States. Americans overseas were being kidnapped by marauding Muslims while the government pursued a confused policy of both verbal admonishment and appeasement...
Where in Israel is Jewlicious?
Laya and I just got finished leading the 4th ever Jewlicious trip. This free 10-day trip across Israel, a gift from Taglit birthright israel was run in partnership with Oranim. Every time we do one...
Love Dogs?
Well, you can go to CuteOverload, a blog that offers a daily shot of cute doggie pics and comments from other dog lovers. If that’s not enough you can also go to Google Images, do a search for...
Power, Faith and Fantasy by Michael Oren
When did America’s involvement in the Middle East begin? Was it with the discovery of oil? The Suez Canal? The Cold War? The Arab Israeli conflict? Well, if you answered yes to any of those...
Neturei Karta Sucks Ass
I know the title of this post kind of overstates the obvious, like saying the grass is green and the sky is blue. Neturei Karta is a group of Chareidi Orthodox Jews who are actively opposed to...
Saturday Night – Tel Aviv – birthright israel
This is what over 1000 birthright israel kids partying in Tel Aviv look like. The party was sponsored by Momo of Oranim and is actually still going on around me (we’ll add photos later). Yes, I...
Jewlicious Trip – Day 3
Geopolitical realities are fun! Day 3 saw the Jewlicious/Oranim trip head to the Golan Heights. From our lofty perch we learnt about the events leading up to the 6 Day War in 1967. We looked down...