Okay, even as I write Rachel Bookstein is probably serving yet another tasty meal for the many hungry mouths, her indefatigable husband, Rabbi Yonah is probably running around organizing one more...
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Whatever These Flowers Are Called Shabbat
Okay, I’m half kidding. I think these are anemones and they flower beautifully in Israel. I don’t have a link but this photo was published at Ynet.com and the photographer is Tsafrir...
Letter from Father to Son
Mentalblog posted this wonderful letter from a father to his son (also available here), where the author, Professor Moshe Koppel of Bar Ilan University, attempts to provide some guidance to his son...
Hold on! Greater foolishness than that of the professor and filmmaker!
For this, we have to thank some German Roman Catholic bishops who came to visit Israel. As you’ll recall, we’ve described the sad foolish actions of Professor Ariel Toaff and filmmaker...
Wait, there is someone more foolish than the blood libel professor
That’s right dear readers, there is a person who has proven more foolish in his actions than Professor Toaff with his insinuations about the veracity of historic blood libels against Jews. If...
Chinese orphans adopted by Jewish couples reach bat mitzvah
Fascinating, if a little shallow, article in the NY Times today about Chinese orphans who were adopted by Jewish families and are now reaching the age where a greater sense of being Jewish is...