Yom Kippur had come around again and I was feeling spent, empty, lost. Religion, my own beliefs of reward and punishment, weighed down on me to the point where I didnt know what to believe in anymore...
Tag - Kotel
A Shofar Story
Something to think about… Next time you’re at the Kotel or when you hear the shofar blowing think about these guys: Under a British law in Palestine passed in 1930, Jews were forbidden to...
Take a Stand
When I was 17, I had my first Israel experience. On our first Friday evening in Jerusalem, we danced and sang and got as close to the Kotel as we dared, slightly afraid of the crone-like ladies who...
Women of the Wall and the Israeli Police: Everybody Loses.
I’d be misleading you if I didn’t put it out there immediately — I can’t stand the Women of the Wall, including the queen bee herself, Anat Hoffman, who was recently arrested...
Kotel to no longer appear in British tourism ads
Just one complaint was enough for Britain’s Advertising Standard Agency to decide that the kotel should no longer be part of Israel tourism advertisements circulated in the United Kingdom. The...
Jewish Headlines
From the JTA: Woman wearing tallit arrested at Western Wall From the JPost: Woman wearing talit at Kotel detained From Haaretz: Police arrest woman for wearing prayer shawl at Western Wall From...
Zionists Make Up Story of 2nd Temple Coin Find In Order to Deprive Palestinians of their Legitimate National Rights
Charred coins my ass While digging wantonly under Al Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s 3rd holiest religious site, the Zionists usurpers conveniently claim to have discovered a trove of approximately 70...
I’m Feeling A Little Manipulated Here…
Remember how horrified you were as a Jew when you read that Barack Obama’s Western Wall note was snatched and then republished by Israeli newspaper Maariv? And then afterward, how touched you...