Poll indications

Three Arrested After Renowned Israeli Scholar Shouted Down at University of Minnesota

American Jews Growing More Religious, Poll Indicates

Video of Rabbi Meir Kahane HY”D in Lakewood Days before He’s Assassinated

Below is a question asked to the State Department Spokesperson during a briefing  today.

QUESTION: Moving on, let’s go to – in the Middle East. One of the major planks of the Secretary’s platform that he announced to reduce tensions between Israelis and the Palestinians was the installation of cameras to monitor the Temple Mount/Noble Sanctuary 24/7. At the time that it was announced, he said that they would be hopefully up and running soon, and then in subsequent comments you talked about how this video would be available to everyone live, 24/7. Now there are reports out of Jordan, which is an integral part of – an integral player in this, that not only will there not be any cameras in the two mosques up there but that the video will not be seen anywhere except in Amman, and that it could take another six weeks for this to actually come to that. Is this okay with you guys? Is this – does this – is this in keeping with the agreement that you thought had been reached?
http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2015/11/249221.htm#MIDDLEEASTPEACE

I received an email with a link to a daily emunah lesson which included these words.

Rabbenu Bahya writes (in Parashat Ekev) that prayer is so powerful it can even overturn nature. In fact, the letters of the word תפלה can be read as an acrostic for תפלה פועלת לשנות הטבע - "Prayer is effective in changing nature."



Some interesting comments posted at the end of a Blaze article titled Suspect in UC Merced Stabbings Identified as 18-Year-Old Faisal Mohammad — Here’s What We Know.

Gun free zone? Knife free zone? Blunt object zone? Hidden foreign object in your headband zone? No Free Speech Zone? Gender Identification free zone? Conservative thought free zone? God mentioning free zone?

Yet another well run California Institution of Higher Learning. Intelligence free zone!