Tuesday September 29 '09


Derry Journal: Derry scientist pinpoints gene to kill cancer
FoxNewsChannel

Man invades grizzly bear cage in California; thousands of paper airplanes fill skyline in Michigan

FoxNewsChannel

Iran flexes military muscles ahead of talks with world powers


Thursday September 24 '09


Article: Yom Tefillah/Prayer Day in NY


9/23/09 Video of Rav Don Segal Shlita leading the tens of thousands of children around the globe (via satellite hook-up) in the reciting of Tehillim.

At the same time (1:00PM EST), in different time zones - some in early afternoon, others in the wee hours of the morning - thousands upon thousands of innocent souls are raising their clear voices to Shamayim as, in unison, six kapitlech Tehillim (13, 20, 79, 121, 130, and 142) were recited, after which they will daven Mincha or Maariv, depending on their location.

The Yom Tefilla concluded with Avinu Malkeinu, the Selicha of the Shlosh Asrei Middos, and Shema Yisrael, beseeching thekisay hakavod for mercy on all Choley Yisroel

IsraelNationalNews

Jew Expelled from Gaza 90 Years Ago Meets 2005 Gaza Expellees: 94 year old Yosef Agiv was expelled from Gaza, the city of his birth, when he was a baby. Agiv visited the Gush Katif Museum in Jerusalem which documents the 2005 expulsion of Jews from the Gaza Strip as part of the Sharon Government Disengagement Plan
IsraelNationalNews

Time to Counter Global Pressure on Netanyahu: Yoram Ettinger, the former Minister for Congressional Affairs to Israel's Embassy in Washington, says that President Obama is holding the Netanyahu-Abbas-Obama summit in order to continue “cutting the wings of the state of Israel”. Ettinger says that it’s time for significant pressure to prevent Prime Minister Netanyahu from giving in to more American demands “the big pressure from outside must be answered by pressure from those who believe in the importance of the Jewish settlement enterprise in Judea and Samaria”. Regarding the Obama addministartion, Ettinger believes that the U.S. Congress and the decline in public support for Obama are two elements that can be used in benefit of Israel
CNN_International


Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi rips up UN charter in debut speech at the General Assembly - Obama and Brown also make speeches

AssociatedPress

In remarks at the National Press Club in Washington, Gen. David Petraeus said Al Qaeda is diminished over where it was several years ago. (Sept. 23)

FoxNewsChannel

Canadian foreign affairs minister explains why he walked out of Ahmadinejad's U.N. speech


Shabbat Shalom / שבת שלום
Have a peaceful Sabbath

Gmar Chatimah Tovah / גמר חתימה טובה‎
May your year be sealed with goodness


This year, Yom Kippur is on Sunday night Sept 27 until Monday night Sept 28 '09. The two videos below are in honour of this upcoming Yom Kippur


Excerpt from
Avinu Malkeinu prayer in the song (prayer for Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur)
Avraham Fried: Kol Nidrei
Kol Nidrei prayer (Words and Translation - This prayer officially ushers in Yom Kippur)



Wednesday September 23 '09

ABCNews: World News with Charles Gibson / Netanyahu: Can't Freeze Israeli Settlements
Israel's PM explains the challenge of Palestinian peace talk preconditions

FoxNewsChannel

Thief steals pastor's purse in Missouri; world record for most people set on fire in Ohio

FoxNewsChannel

A new law in Venezuela make it mandatory to teach that capitalism is wrong

AssociatedPress

President Barack Obama on Tuesday challenged Israeli and Palestinians leaders to do more. He used the U.N. General Assembly session to arrange the meeting, the same day he proclaimed a strong U.S. response to climate change. (Sept. 22)



Torah Portion for this Shabbat

Children's Parasha sheet




"Listen, O heavens, and I will speak! And let the earth hear the words of my mouth! My lesson will drip like rain; my word will flow like dew... " (Deuteronomy 32:1-2)

Sometimes our spirits are in the clouds; other times were feeling totally grounded. Sometimes we feel G-ds presence around us as strong as the driving rain. Other times He seems as elusive as the morning dew. But whether were up or were down, whether we are focused on our attachment to G-d, or were feeling distant and disconnected, G-d is here. Always. This message of the first Shabbat of 5770 will serve us well throughout the coming year.

Haazinu (Deuteronomy 32:1-32:52)
Parashat Haazinu is read on Shabbat:
Tishrei 8, 5770/September 26, 2009

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On the last day of Moses's life, he gathers the Israelites before they go into the Promised Land, clears his throat and lets it rip. Parshat Haazinu is his final song, and it's interpreted for you this week by the fiercely funky musician Anthony Rogers-Wright. Haazinu means "Give Ear!" and we hope you will

MESSAGE FOR YOM KIPPUR 5770

If you've ever made a mistake, watch this short message.
If you ever wished you could simply delete all the errors you made in your life, watch this video.

If you ever dreamed of a new beginning, guaranteed, no questions asked, this short video is for you.

If your heart is sincere, and you're willing simply to show up, to make a difference in your own life, and to get down to the task of being who you know you can be, this year will be the best year of your life.

Thursday September 17 '09

CNN Most Popular
Tooth helps restore desperate woman's sight

CNN's Elizabeth Cohen reports on a surgery where a tooth was used to save a woman's sight

IsraelNationalNews

Livnat Tours Judea and Samaria
IsraelNationalNews

Security Camera Footage Proves Jewish Version of Attack
(IsraelNN.com) Security camera footage has been released by Israeli Police showing a group of eight Arabs assaulting a Jewish man at the Givati parking next to Jerusalem's Old City last Friday. During the incident, the Jewish man fired shots at the Arabs, lightly injuring to of them. The footage shows the Jewish man and Arabs exchange words, after which some of the Arabs begin to kick him. The Arabs seem to leave the man alone, but can later be seen walking back in his direction. One of them is even seen spitting at the Jew

FoxNewsChannel

Failed home invasion in Florida; fire guts multi-million dollar home in Hollywood Hills

itnnews

A 26 year old from Turkey, who towers above everyone at a massive 8 foot 1, is now officially the tallest man in history..


Fringe groups have attacked the Toronto International Film Festival for featuring Tel Aviv in its new City to City program. The groups were so excited that some famous people signed their boycott petition that they threw a party to celebrate. The Jewish Defence League (JDL) of Canada picketed the party. Here are some scenes as party-goers entered the building


Message from Moshe Feiglin from Manhigut Yehudit with a summary of this almost past year 5969 (Hebrew)

(Below are from forwarded emails)
Coca-Cola Ad In Israel

A disappointed Coca-Cola salesman returned from his assignment to Israel. A friend asked, "Why weren't you successful with the Israelis?"
The salesman explained, "When I got posted, I was very confident that I would make a good sales pitch. But, I had a problem -- I didn't know how to speak Hebrew. So, I planned to convey the message through three posters:



First poster: A man lying in the hot desert sand .. totally exhausted and passed out. Second poster: The man drinking our Cola.
Third poster: Our man is now totally refreshed. And then these posters were pasted all over the place."

"That should have worked," said the friend.

"The heck it should have!" replied the salesman. "I just didn't realize they read from right to left!"

May you have a good, sweet new year, a year of satisfaction in all your endeavours, health, and growth



Wednesday September 16 '09

IsraelNationalNews

Is Obama Policy Violation of Global Treaties
Members of “Justice Now!” speak about the goal of their organization – to prove that the borders of the state of Israel, including all the lands liberated in the six day war, cannot be transferred to a different nation. On their website the members of “Justice Now!” report: “We have gathered the evidence necessary to file a case in the United States against the US Government's continued violations of the Treaties that recognizes Israel's rights to its internationally recognized legal borders, the prohibition against ceding any land belonging to the Jewish National Home, and supporting the right of Jewish settlement within those internationally recognized borders.”

israelnationalnews

Over One Million Olim and Counting
The Jewish Agency held an event to honor the numerous immigrants to the state of Israel from the Former Soviet Union

IsraelNationalNews

Vice Premier and Rabbis - Settle Negev and Galilee in Addition to Judea and Samaria
MK Silvan Shalom, the Vice PM and Minister of Development of Negev and Galilee, held a press conference with leading Rabbis of the national religious sector. The Rabbis, Rabbi Zalman Melamed (Rabbi of Beit El and Beit El Yeshiva) and Rabbi Haim Druckman (Head of Bnei Akiva Yeshivot) called on religious Zionists to join Shalom's efforts to bring 300 thousand new residents to the Negev and the same amount to the Galilee by 2020

AssociatedPress

AssociatedPress

Counterterrorism officials searching N.Y. apartments for explosives and possible links to al-Qaida operatives questioned a man extensively about his connection to a childhood friend who visited the area last week, the man said Tuesday

FoxNewsChannel

Coast Guard rescue in Washington; raccoon's high-wire act in Michigan


On Rosh Hashana, the birthday of all mankind, we receive from
G-d the greatest gift of all - the gift of life. Rabbi Chaim Richman shares his thoughts on Rosh Hashana, and extends his blessings to the entire House of Israel, and to all humanity.

Shana Tova!

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Tuesday September 15 '09

CNN Most Popular
Child bride dies giving birth

A 12-year-old Yemeni girl died during a prolonged childbirth that also killed her baby. CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom reports

CNN Most Popular
A new Facebook feature

Facebook's Randi Zuckerberg talks to CNN's Nicole Lapin about a new feature on the website called status tagging

foxnewschannel

Wrongly convicted convicts to get $80,000 for each year they spent behind bars

foxnewschannel

Flashflood rescue in Texas; cows crash convenience store in Washington

foxnewschannel

Muslim tradition banned in Belgium; mummies donated in Peru

foxnewschannel

New study about harmful radiation levels from mobile devices

AssociatedPress

Here's the latest news for Monday September 14th: President Obama makes major financial address in New York; Deadly stampede in Pakistan; Bond set for Phillip Garrido; Brian Urlacher out for the season with wrist injury

AssociatedPress

Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden says President Barack Obama is "powerless" to stop the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a transcript of a tape released by the terrorist organization's media wing. (Sept. 14)

CBSNewsOnline

FBI officials claim that they have foiled an alleged terrorist plot in the New York City borough of Queens. Katie Couric speaks with CBS News' Bob Orr about the latest developments in this case

itnnews

Prince Harry's wild days maybe over as he turns 25

foxnewschannel

Woman testifies on Capitol Hill that cell phone use caused husband's terminal brain tumor

itnnews

A child who is just 5, but already a great reader, opens a new library in London


Monday Sept 14 '09 - 25 of Elul



Today, 25 of Elul, is the anniversary of the first day of creation and Rosh HaShannah (Tishrei 1 & 2/Sept 18-20) is the anniversary of creation of Adam/man

The Third Jihad - The Movie - Free Online viewing until Sept 15th


In commemoraton of 9/11- Film also available at WeJew.com

Article from Reuters: United States Patent and Trademark Office Publishes Stemedica's Patent Application for the Treatment of Diabetic Retinopathy

idfnadesk

President Shimon Peres presented Assaf Ramon with the award for excellence at Ramon's graduation ceremony from flight school. On September 13, 2009 Ramon died when his F-16 crashed near Mount Hebron six years after his father, Ilan Ramon, the first Israeli astronaut, died re-entering Earth on the space ship Columbia

Asaf was killed in an IAF Training F-16A accident. This is very unfortunate. It can also be viewed as lightning striking twice in the family
Owner: RussiaToday

Israel says there's no time to waste and the moment to act on Iran is now. Tensions between the two countries seem close to the boiling point, with many experts saying Israel could be considering a nuclear attack

The video speaks for itself. I have to ask, who is responsible for this report and where is the editor/supervisor, if that exists within the newsroom and if so, where is his/her supervisor?
FoxNewsChannel

Pakistan arrests key Taliban figures; life sentence for former Taiwanese president

CNN_International

Researchers create cordless electricity, saying plugs and batteries could be obsolete soon. CNN's Josh Levs reports

If this creates no harm, this also may be a solution for many applications., specially electric cars charge ups!
B'nai Noach Corner
gdashdcast

Hats off to Mayim Bialik (aka TV's Blossom) for her profound yet totally practical look at Parshat Vayelech! Step right up and learn about how you can live a good life. Walk the walk, talk the talk, and actually write your own Torah! Instructions are in the episode

This newly created video is on one of the Parashiot that were read this past Shabbat. Since Rosh HaShannah this year, is on Shabbat, special readings are read instead and the Shofar is only sounded on the second day

Wednesday September 09 '09

RussiaToday

A new report from the United Nations recommends the role of the dollar as a reserve currency should be reduced. Instead, it proposes a new supranational currency

ABCNews: What Ants Are Saying
Scientists study ants to determine how they communicate

FoxNewsChannel

Paraglider plows into a crowd in Utah; sinkhole vs. fire engine in California

FoxNewsChannel

U.S. puts new pressure on North Korea

CBS

The battle over health care reform is moving into a new phase as President Obama is ready to lead the charge with an address to Congress and the nation. Chip Reid reports

Herald Sun article with video:
Australia's radio talk show host

FoxNewsChannel

TV industry exploring interactive applications

whitehouse

The President gives a speech directly to Americas students welcoming them back to school. He emphasizes their hope and potential but makes clear they will need to take responsibility for themselves and their education to reach that potential

Hear the beautiful cantorial music by Avraham Fried for Rosh Hashanah here

Page with more info (all in Hebrew):

Excerpt from the middle of the music.
The words are in the Machor/Prayer books for the occasion
B' Rosh HaShannah Tikatevu U'B'Yom Kippur Tichatemu
On Rosh HaShannah it is inscribed and on Yom Kippur it is sealed etc..
who will live, who will die and how etc... who will be ok, and who will not...etc and Tshuvah/repentance, Tefillah/prayer and Tzdakah/charity averts the decree...

Hashem created the cure before the disease

....Tshuvah means that one regrets what one has done, asks forgiveness from Hashem and the person(s) he hurt as well as restores the person and repairs the damage if it can be repair, all the while making sure to never transgress again by keeping the laws and always having Hashem, the One and only, in mind in all dealings.



Torah Portion

Parashat Netzavim - VaYelech / Standing - And so went

Haftarah:
Yeshayahu/Isaiah 61:10-63:9
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Moses lays it out for us this week in Nitzavim. We can choose life, or death. Blessing, or the curse. But, um, what's behind Door Number 3? Dahlia Lithwick knows

Children's Articles: Parashiot Netzavim - VaYelech


"and you will return to the Lord, your God... you and your children" (Deut. 30:1) The positive commandment and the Divine promise of repentance and reconciliation between G-d and His children is THE message of the days preceding the awesome day of Rosh HaShana.

Nitzavim-Vayelech (Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30)
Parashat Nitzavim-Vayelech is read on Shabbat:
Elul 23, 5769/September 12, 2009

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 09, 2009

Robot Teacher

Robot Teacher, obama, bibi, israel : Dry Bones cartoon.
Another cartoon fantasizing about how the future will see us.

Tues September 08 '09

IsraelNationalNews

Dissent in the Likud: Following the latest concessions by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu members of the Premier's own Likud party are coming out against some of Bibi's positions. As seen on Arutz Sheva

IsraelNationalNews

Cornerstone Event E1

IsraelNationalNews

Sharansky - Jewish Agency to Continue Helping Evacuees: Jewish Agency Chairman Natan Sharansky decided that his first tour as chairman of the Jewish Agency will be to the temporary communities of Gush Katif evacuees

IsraelNationalNews

IsraelNN brings you pictures from a visit to the “Peace on Israel” ancient synagogue in Arab-controlled Jericho. The visit is part of the activities promoting the idea of a Jewish reclamation of the site. Filmed by Chaya Witkin


IsraelNationalNews

Giving Assistance to Lone Soldiers: One of the hardest types of soldiers to be is a lone soldier, but a coalition of groups have banded together to help these soldiers return to civilian life following their term in the army

IsraelNationalNews

Comptroller Pollard Report – Just a Cover-up: Jonathan Pollard's attorney, Nitzana Darshan-Leitner, slams State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss's report on Pollard. In a report released Thursday, Lindenstrauss said the United States may not have given Pollard a fair trial, and accused Israeli officials of poor coordination

IsraelNationalNews

Yesha Council Assails Netanyahu Settlement Crumbs: Danny Dayan, chairman of the Yesha Council of Jewish Communities in Judea and Samaria says the 500 homes Prime Minister Netanyahu says he’ll build before the construction freeze takes effect are a form of ‘mocking the poor.’

CNN_International
CNN's Paula Hancocks reports on what Israel's leader calls a prelude to a freeze in settlement activity in the West Bank. (CNN's version of the previous report)

Why is false peace always thrown at our faces like taunting kids with candies? Did people forget what Arafat Y"M taught his people to do? To, along with other lies and tactics, wave the idea of peace and carry on with their agenda. Do people forget so quickly? Also, since when is Jerusalem on the table?
France_24english (Another version of the report)
Despite US pressure to halt settlements, Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has approved the construction of more than 450 new homes in the occupied West Bank. Some 2,500 settler homes are already under construction
France_24english
As a US deadline for Iran to respond to an offer of new nuclear talks looms, Iran's chief negotiator says Tehran has prepared an “updated nuclear proposal”. But a senior US official has dismissed the offer as containing "not a hint of substance"
Comedy video (Hebrew)

The skit begins with a person telling the other passerby not to step into a tile otherwise he would disappear. It continues later with another man who starts speaking to the woman who appeared previously and him acting as if they knew each other and evolving into an argument with him eventually calling over another stranger after he tells the original woman that he met another woman
Here is a list of places that offer free Rosh HaShanah Prayer Services near you

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 07, 2009

Netanyahu's Road Map

Netanyahu's Road Map : Dry Bones cartoon.
According to YNET:
Agreement reached between PM, defense and housing ministers to freeze building starts in settlements blocs and east Jerusalem until early 2010 enrages settler leaders. 'If Netanyahu implements Livni's policy – government's days are numbered,' Ariel mayor warns

"Settler leaders were furious Tuesday morning after learning of the agreement to freeze building starts in the territories, including in the settlement blocs and east Jerusalem" -more


Sunday September 06 '09

TIME

The Future of Green Cities in a Swedish Eco-Town

TIME

The Truth about Solar Power

TIME Article: A Stem-Cell Discovery Could Help Diabetics
TIME

The Next Big Biofuel?
CNN_International


FoxNewsChannel

Controversial book examines Muslim influence in Europe
FoxNewsChannel

San Francisco closes one of its biggest bridges; dive team recovers 500-pound brass bell in New York

(Also in the report, terrorists destroyed two radio station towers in Washington)
FoxNewsChannel

Holocaust survivors welcomed in U.K.; snow leopard cub makes first public appearance in Japan
AssociatedPress

Here's the latest news for Saturday, September 5th, 2009: Arson reward offered in Calif. Wildfire; Funerals for mobile home slaying victims today; Obama marks Labor Day with address; Fireworks competition in Berlin

IAF F16 Emergency Landing: A rare technical failure forced the crew of the Sufa the F16I fighter jet to land with its only engine no longer burning. During a training flight the rare technical fault was discovered, but thanks resourcefulness of the young pilot and navigator, the dangerous accident was prevented

Brachah Achronah/Blessings after a snack that comply with certain conditions. Below is specifically for products, other than bread, that are made from wheat, oats, barley, rye, and spelt. This particular blessing is for a regular day of the week and it is sang in the video above

Al HaMichyah

Baruch Atah HaShem, Elokeinu, Melech HaOlam,
Blessed are you, HaShem our G-d, King of the universe

Al HaMichyah, V'Al HaKalkalah, V'Al Tnuvat HaSadeh,
for the sustenance and the nourishment, and for the produce of the field,

V'Al Eretz Chemdah, Tovah U'Rchavah
and for the lovely, fine and spacious land

SheRatzitah, V'Hinchalta La'Avoteinu
which You desired and gave as a heritage to our ancestors

Le'echol MiPiryah, V'Lisboa MiTuvah
to eat of its fruit and to be sated with its goodness

Rachem Nah, Hashem Elokeinu,
Have mercy please, HaShem our G-d,

Al Yisrael Amecha,
upon Israel Your people,

V'Al Yerushalayim Irecha,
and upon Jerusalem Your city,

V'Al Tziyon Mishkan Kvodecha,
and upon Zion the home of Your glory

V'Al Mizbachacha, V'Al Heichalecha.
and upon Your altar and Your Temple's Sanctuary.

U'Vneh Yerushalayim, Ir HaKodesh, Bimherah V'Yamenu,
And build Jerusalem the city of holiness speedily in our days,

V'Ha'aleinu L'Tochah, V'Samcheinu B'Vinyanah,
and for we will come up into it and rejoice in its building

V'Nochal Mipiryah, V'Nisbah MiTuvah,
and eat from its fruits and be sated from its goodness

U'Nvarech'cha Aleha
and we will bless You upon it

BiKdushah U'Vtaharah,
in holiness and in purity,

Ki Atah Hashem, Tov U'Meteev LaKol,
For You HaShem are good and gives goodness to all

V'Nodeh L'chah Al HaAretz
and we thank You for the land

V'Al HaMichyah
and for the nourishment

Baruch Atah HaShem, Al Ha'Aretz V'Al HaMichyah
Blessed are You HaShem, for the land and for the nourishment

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