Israel Matzav reports NJDC takes down Adelson campaign.
Richard Baehr writes Campaign Cash from Jews Is Bad Only if It Goes to Republicans.
Breitbart reports Chicago: Socialists Scream for Free Palestine and Free Abortion on Demand.
The Blaze reports Soros-Backed Super PAC Plans to Take Out Rep. West.
12 Jul 2012
Walking through the streets
The following is an excerpt from an Aish article titled Tears on Tisha B'Av.
The story is told of Napoleon walking through the streets of Paris. As he passed by a synagogue, he heard the sound of people weeping inside. He turned to his assistant and asked, "What's going on in there?"
"Today is Tisha B'Av," came the reply, "and the Jews are mourning the loss of their Temple."
Napoleon looked toward the synagogue and said, "If the Jews are still crying after so many hundreds of years, then I am certain the Temple will one day be rebuilt!"
Read full article: http://www.aish.com/jw/j/48957306.html
Fast forward to 2012.
The story is told of Napoleon walking through the streets of Jerusalem. As he was walking through the streets, he heard the sounds of laughter and discussions. He turned to his assistant and asked, "What's going on in there?"
"Today is Tisha B'Av (nidche)," came the reply, "and some Jews are meeting with Mitt Romney who is laying out his Midddle East policies.
"Oh," said Napoleon.
11 Jul 2012
Always for the best
Over the past few weeks, I have received e-mails from Michael
Rothschild from the Chofetz
Chaim Heritage Foundation, asking to daven for a man who has tremendous ahavat Yisrael.
Today I received the following email.
Today I received the following email.
"On Monday,
I asked a friend of mine to ask Rav Chaim Kanievsky, Shlita for a brocho for
the Landsman family. They asked that Yisrael wake up from his coma so they can
speak to him one last time.
R’ Chaim
sadly answered, “Tell the family that they should accept the gezeira (the
decree)”.
Yesterday,
less than a day later, Mrs. Landsman discovered a video of Yisrael that was
shot five years ago at a Purim seuda. She and several of her children had never
known of this video.
I have
attached a link to the video. Listen to the message (recorded 5 years ago!)
that Yisrael Landsman sent his family yesterday.
P.S. If
this email was forwarded to you and you don’t know who Yisrael Landsman is:
Yisrael is
a 54 year old talmid chacham, father of 13, who lived in Eretz Yisrael and
taught shechita and safrus. He lost one child to crib death and another,
Nechama, to a 5 year battle with cancer. His love of life, Hashem, His Torah
and His people is legendary. He is in the end stages of a ferocious battle with
an extremely rare and horrific skin cancer. He told me several weeks ago that
his suffering (which is impossible to describe) should be a kapora for Klal
Yisrael.
Please
daven for Yisrael Refoel ben Sora Nesha and do mitzvos as a z’chus for him,
particularly mitzvos of Ahavas Yisrael and Sholom."
Click here to listen to Yisroel Landsman's motto for Life. Be inspired and do something!!
The dinner and Tisha B'Av
Presumed Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney will host a fundraising event in Jerusalem at $60,000 or more per plate on July 29, The Jerusalem Post learned on Wednesday.
Read full article: http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=277050
My question is whether dinner will begin to be served at 8:04 PM, which according to this calendar, is when Tisha B'Av ends in Jerusalem.
Read full article: http://www.jpost.com/DiplomacyAndPolitics/Article.aspx?id=277050
My question is whether dinner will begin to be served at 8:04 PM, which according to this calendar, is when Tisha B'Av ends in Jerusalem.
The candidate
Adam Kredo writes, "A Democratic Party caucus chairman vying to become Missouri’s next secretary of state is a 9/11 Truther who has associated with a radical Muslim cleric and trafficked in anti-Semitic conspiracy theories."
...“That the DNC would in any way affiliate itself with a 9/11 Truther who spews such anti-Semitic lunacy, and defends and repeats such bile when confronted, is beyond deeply troubling, it’s simply wrong,” said Josh Block, a Democratic strategist and former spokesman for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
Read more: http://freebeacon.com/secretary-of-truth/
...“That the DNC would in any way affiliate itself with a 9/11 Truther who spews such anti-Semitic lunacy, and defends and repeats such bile when confronted, is beyond deeply troubling, it’s simply wrong,” said Josh Block, a Democratic strategist and former spokesman for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
Read more: http://freebeacon.com/secretary-of-truth/
10 Jul 2012
A sweet deal
This morning I read a fascinating article in the New York Times beginning with the question, "HOW much money do you need to be happy?"
Imagine walking down the street to work and being approached by our student Lara Aknin, who hands you an envelope. You open the envelope and find $20 and a slip of paper, which tells you to spend the cash on something for yourself by the end of the day. Sounds like a pretty sweet deal. Now imagine instead that the slip of paper told you to spend the cash on someone else. Being generous is nice, sure, but would using the money to benefit someone else actually make you happier than buying yourself the belt, DVD or apps you’ve been dying to get?
Yes, and it’s not even close. When we follow up with people who receive cash from us, those whom we told to spend on others report greater happiness than those told to spend on themselves.
Read full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/opinion/sunday/dont-indulge-be-happy.html?src=me&ref=general
This afternoon I was sitting in a room at the city hall, awaiting my turn to ask about a document a relative needed. A Chassidic woman approached me and asked me if I speak Yiddish. She then told me that she was missing a small amount of money for an official governmental card and could I possibly lend it to her. After I gave her the money, she asked me where I lived so that she could come and repay me. When she heard that I lived at the other end of town, she asked whether she could put the money in a tzedakah pushka, instead. When I nodded in the affirmative, she blessed me with "kol tuv." After she obtained the card, she made sure to stop by, once again, to thank me and to shower me with more blessings.
I can attest to what was written above in the NYT article. I sure was happy to use my money to benefit another person. And it felt great to be the recipient of a shower of blessings.
This afternoon I was sitting in a room at the city hall, awaiting my turn to ask about a document a relative needed. A Chassidic woman approached me and asked me if I speak Yiddish. She then told me that she was missing a small amount of money for an official governmental card and could I possibly lend it to her. After I gave her the money, she asked me where I lived so that she could come and repay me. When she heard that I lived at the other end of town, she asked whether she could put the money in a tzedakah pushka, instead. When I nodded in the affirmative, she blessed me with "kol tuv." After she obtained the card, she made sure to stop by, once again, to thank me and to shower me with more blessings.
I can attest to what was written above in the NYT article. I sure was happy to use my money to benefit another person. And it felt great to be the recipient of a shower of blessings.
Zionist militants but no Zionist victims
A New York Times article discusses the welcoming of a member of a designated terrorist organization to Washington.
"In his first major speech last month, Mohamed Morsi, the new Egyptian president, pledged to seek the release of a notorious Egyptian terrorist from a North Carolina prison. Not long before that, a member of a designated terrorist organization, Gamaa al-Islamiyya — who also happens to be a recently elected member of the Egyptian Parliament — was welcomed to Washington as part of an official delegation sponsored by the State Department."
An earlier precedent might be the Zionist militants who took part in terrorist acts against the British before the creation of the State of Israel, then became leading politicians who were warmly welcomed in Washington."
"In his first major speech last month, Mohamed Morsi, the new Egyptian president, pledged to seek the release of a notorious Egyptian terrorist from a North Carolina prison. Not long before that, a member of a designated terrorist organization, Gamaa al-Islamiyya — who also happens to be a recently elected member of the Egyptian Parliament — was welcomed to Washington as part of an official delegation sponsored by the State Department."
The New York Times makes sure to be politically correct by searching its archives for other instances where militants have been allowed into the country and uses the example of Gerry Adams as well as Zionist militants.
"A longtime supporter of the Irish Republican Army, Mr. King lobbied for years for a visa for Gerry Adams, head of what was the I.R.A.’s political wing, Sinn Fein, before it was granted in 1994.
“But that took years of negotiation, and it was done openly,” Mr. King said, by contrast with the visit by Mr. Eldin, which was not known about publicly until it was reported by The Daily Beast.
An earlier precedent might be the Zionist militants who took part in terrorist acts against the British before the creation of the State of Israel, then became leading politicians who were warmly welcomed in Washington."
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/10/world/middleeast/fast-changing-arab-world-is-upending-us-assumptions.html?_r=2&hp
So, in relation to being terrorists, Israel is warmly welcomed into the fold. But, when its citizens become victims of terrorism, that's another story.
Maria Otero, Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, delivered a speech in Spain yesterday.
Last September at the official launch of the Global Counterterrorism Forum, I had the privilege to introduce the premier of a film “Hear their Voices”,which tells the stories of eleven survivors of terrorist attacks from Pakistan, Jordan, Northern Ireland, Uganda, Turkey, Indonesia, India, Spain, Columbia and the United States. The film, which was produced by the Global Survivors Network, is a powerful plea for audiences around the world, especially those sympathetic to the grievances expressed by extremists, to recognize the human cost of terrorism and I am delighted that our Spanish hosts are planning on showing this film here later this afternoon.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1207/S00333/victims-of-terrorism.htm
Below is a question and answer session at a United States Department Daily Press Briefing regarding Ms. Otero's speech.
QUESTION: Under Secretary Otero was at a meeting of the Global Counterterrorism Coalition this morning in Spain (inaudible).
MR. VENTRELL: Okay.
QUESTION: She gave a speech or a short speech. Do you know about this?
MR. VENTRELL: I have no information on this (inaudible).
QUESTION: Okay. Well, it was released – it’s a tab on your website.
MR. VENTRELL: Okay.
QUESTION: Anyway, in it she goes through – this is a conference about victims of terrorism. And I’m curious to know why she doesn’t mention Israel or Israelis in her comments talking about victims of terrorism. Does the Administration believe that Israel and Israelis specifically have been victims of terrorism?
MR. VENTRELL: Well, of course, but --
QUESTION: Yes. But not --
MR. VENTRELL: Matt, I don’t have the details of the Under Secretary’s speech.
QUESTION: Well, this – this --
MR. VENTRELL: I know we have a forum with – let me finish.
QUESTION: -- grows out of the forum to which the Israelis have not been invited, which was talked about a little bit a month or so ago when the Secretary attended a meeting Istanbul.
MR. VENTRELL: Yeah, and I don’t have anything further for you.
QUESTION: Okay. So at the time the – someone came back and said that, yes, you were doing your best to get Israel included in these types of events. In the month that has passed, nothing has changed on that. Is that what you’re saying?
So, in relation to being terrorists, Israel is warmly welcomed into the fold. But, when its citizens become victims of terrorism, that's another story.
Maria Otero, Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, delivered a speech in Spain yesterday.
Last September at the official launch of the Global Counterterrorism Forum, I had the privilege to introduce the premier of a film “Hear their Voices”,which tells the stories of eleven survivors of terrorist attacks from Pakistan, Jordan, Northern Ireland, Uganda, Turkey, Indonesia, India, Spain, Columbia and the United States. The film, which was produced by the Global Survivors Network, is a powerful plea for audiences around the world, especially those sympathetic to the grievances expressed by extremists, to recognize the human cost of terrorism and I am delighted that our Spanish hosts are planning on showing this film here later this afternoon.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1207/S00333/victims-of-terrorism.htm
Below is a question and answer session at a United States Department Daily Press Briefing regarding Ms. Otero's speech.
QUESTION: Under Secretary Otero was at a meeting of the Global Counterterrorism Coalition this morning in Spain (inaudible).
MR. VENTRELL: Okay.
QUESTION: She gave a speech or a short speech. Do you know about this?
MR. VENTRELL: I have no information on this (inaudible).
QUESTION: Okay. Well, it was released – it’s a tab on your website.
MR. VENTRELL: Okay.
QUESTION: Anyway, in it she goes through – this is a conference about victims of terrorism. And I’m curious to know why she doesn’t mention Israel or Israelis in her comments talking about victims of terrorism. Does the Administration believe that Israel and Israelis specifically have been victims of terrorism?
MR. VENTRELL: Well, of course, but --
QUESTION: Yes. But not --
MR. VENTRELL: Matt, I don’t have the details of the Under Secretary’s speech.
QUESTION: Well, this – this --
MR. VENTRELL: I know we have a forum with – let me finish.
QUESTION: -- grows out of the forum to which the Israelis have not been invited, which was talked about a little bit a month or so ago when the Secretary attended a meeting Istanbul.
MR. VENTRELL: Yeah, and I don’t have anything further for you.
QUESTION: Okay. So at the time the – someone came back and said that, yes, you were doing your best to get Israel included in these types of events. In the month that has passed, nothing has changed on that. Is that what you’re saying?
9 Jul 2012
The Gaza Strip
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach writes, "Someone should tell Julie Hurley that kids are not a political katyusha to be fired against Israel in the ongoing effort to delegitimize the Jewish state."
Read more: http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/07/08/getting-the-story-wrong-on-the-plight-of-palestinians/
AGaza sniper on Monday night fired from the Gaza side of the border on Israeli cars near Yad Mordechai on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza south of Ashkelon, damaging a vehicle and a nearby restaurant.
A photograph provided by the IDF showed that the sniper bullets shattered the back windscreen of one of the cars, leaving broken glass on the car seat of a seven-month-old baby.
http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Arts/Article.aspx?id=276829
Read more: http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/07/08/getting-the-story-wrong-on-the-plight-of-palestinians/
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A photograph provided by the IDF showed that the sniper bullets shattered the back windscreen of one of the cars, leaving broken glass on the car seat of a seven-month-old baby.
http://www.jpost.com/ArtsAndCulture/Arts/Article.aspx?id=276829
Running for cover
Whether the weather be fine,
Or whether the weather be not,
Whether the weather be cold,
Or whether the weather be hot,
We'll weather the weather
Whatever the weather
Whether we like it or not.
Blessing for thunder shekocho u’gevurato malei olam.
Whose strength and might fills the world
Sometimes it takes a simple baseball game to show us who is really in charge.
The video below shows players running off the field after a huge clap of thunder and some lightning strikes down at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on 7/8/12 vs. Minnesota Twins.
The fast-moving storm came from the west; the sky turned suddenly black, and Indira Tursunova and her family were atop the sea wall, rushing to get off the beach when lightning struck, killing the 48-year-old woman.
http://www.app.com/article/20120708/NJNEWS/307080047/Woman-dies-after-struck-by-lightning-Monmouth-Beach?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFrontpage&gcheck=1&nclick_check=1
H/T NYPost
Or whether the weather be not,
Whether the weather be cold,
Or whether the weather be hot,
We'll weather the weather
Whatever the weather
Whether we like it or not.
Blessing for thunder shekocho u’gevurato malei olam.
Whose strength and might fills the world
Sometimes it takes a simple baseball game to show us who is really in charge.
The video below shows players running off the field after a huge clap of thunder and some lightning strikes down at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington on 7/8/12 vs. Minnesota Twins.
The fast-moving storm came from the west; the sky turned suddenly black, and Indira Tursunova and her family were atop the sea wall, rushing to get off the beach when lightning struck, killing the 48-year-old woman.
http://www.app.com/article/20120708/NJNEWS/307080047/Woman-dies-after-struck-by-lightning-Monmouth-Beach?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFrontpage&gcheck=1&nclick_check=1
H/T NYPost
8 Jul 2012
Arranged marriages
For the past eight years, Robert Epstein, the Harvard-educated Senior Research Psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, has studied arranged marriages, interviewing more than 70 people from a variety of backgrounds, including some Orthodox Jewish couples. His findings are in sharp distinction with the current air of suspicion that surrounds the practice of arranged marriage in many democratized societies.
According to Epstein, feelings of love in arranged marriages tend to gradually increase as time goes on in the relationship, whereas in so called “love marriages”, where attraction is based on passionate emotions, a couple’s feelings for each other typically diminish by as much as fifty percent after only eighteen to twenty-four months of marriage. In fact, according to a study conducted in India, arranged marriages appear to surpass love marriages in intensity at the five year mark, and to be twice as strong as love marriages within ten years.
Continue reading: http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/07/06/study-on-arranged-marriages-reveals-that-orthodox-jews-may-have-it-right/
Speaking about marriages, I just heard a story about a woman married for a short while who was accosted by two men in England. One grabbed her while the other bit her finger and removed her wedding rings. Asolutely vile.
According to Epstein, feelings of love in arranged marriages tend to gradually increase as time goes on in the relationship, whereas in so called “love marriages”, where attraction is based on passionate emotions, a couple’s feelings for each other typically diminish by as much as fifty percent after only eighteen to twenty-four months of marriage. In fact, according to a study conducted in India, arranged marriages appear to surpass love marriages in intensity at the five year mark, and to be twice as strong as love marriages within ten years.
Continue reading: http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/07/06/study-on-arranged-marriages-reveals-that-orthodox-jews-may-have-it-right/
Speaking about marriages, I just heard a story about a woman married for a short while who was accosted by two men in England. One grabbed her while the other bit her finger and removed her wedding rings. Asolutely vile.
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