Author - themiddle

Yes, yes, you all thought terrorism was about sowing psychological fear among a larger population using minimal resources. You all thought terrorism was about imprinting upon and keeping in the...

With lots of simchat torah… This image comes from the Rhodes Jewish Museum website. They provide the following description of this sefer torah: The extraordinary story pertaining to this Sefer...

Hat tip to our own Esther To those who don’t know about this ritual, here is some info.

Abbas told Condoleeza Rice last week that he would work toward getting Hamas to recognize Israel. He then turned around and gave an interview in Arabic to an Arab reporter where he specified that...

How would you treat the hen? Okay, okay, I’m called TheMiddle, so let’s also ask what would happen if you’re a hen and the fox comes to guard the henhouse – how would you...

Both AFP (yuck!) and Deutsche Presse-Agentur are reporting that Poland’s Institute for National Remembrance (IPN), a Polish government-funded organization has studied a bar of soap from the war...

I thought this was an interesting viewpoint. In the Mideastern bazaar, diplomacy agreements are kept not because they are signed but because they are imposed. In addition, in the bazaar of the Arab...

She’s innocent until proven guilty! . There’s really little to add to this story. A group of haredi extremists suspected of being part of a pirate circumcision network that carried out...