Until I attended the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibition in San Diego, I had never heard of David Harris. There is a photography gallery on the top floor of the museum which includes the work of some...
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19 Families control 34 percent of Israel’s income
This is not good for any society, but it should cause great worry in a small country such as Israel. This is a social fabric issue but also bad for politics where some people could influence the...
Are there any professional Jewish golfers?
I figure if we could find a couple of professional Jewish golfers, we would have an excuse to cover Tiger Woods, just like everybody else. Imagine the traffic we would get. Here are today’s...
Peres becomes President of Israel
Shimon Peres moved into the President’s House today, after a few decades of public service as a government official and politician. With hindsight, I think all the Knesset members who secretly...
BBC won’t remove anti-Semitic posting
The Jerusalem Post reports the BBC refuses to remove an antisemitic posting from one of its web boards. The offensive message, left by someone using the alias “Iron Naz,” reads:...
Sunset over Haifa Shabbat
Sunset over Haifa Shabbat shalom everybody. I am including those people who may have gone so deep as to have lost the forest for the trees. A restful shabbat to consider the manner in which they...