Mon Dec 27 '09

TheJerusalemCenter

Ambassador Dore Gold: Consensus on Defensible Borders and United Jerusalem - At a conference at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, former Ambassador to the United Nations Dore Gold argued that at the heart of the Israeli-Arab conflict lies the necessity for defensible borders for Israel and a united Jerusalem under Israeli sovereignty. He also discussed how in Israel, as well as the United States and in the Jewish community, there is a consensus about these two issues


Hamas weapons industry in Gaza: Apparently the siege in Gaza is not so tight... See how Al Jezzira reports on the Hamas weapons industry in Gaza

YNetNews Article: Report: 1,200 smuggling tunnels into Gaza
Egyptian state paper al-Ahram reports on scope of smuggling tunnel industry in Strip, says single tunnel can cost some $50,000 to dig, but can yield profit of some $180,000 per day

CBS 60 Minutes

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Out Of The Shadows: Ex-CIA operative Henry Crumpton describes using local might to oust al Qaeda and their Taliban hosts in 2001, a strategy he says is needed in Pakistan, where terrorist are hiding. Lara Logan reports

IsraelNationalNews

Protest for Pollard near US Consulate

IsraelNationalNews
Bnei Akiva - short film on the BACHAD movement

Eretz Yisrael was built with love and dedication.


Torah Portion for this Shabbat
Parashat VaYechi / And he lived
Haftarah: I Kings 2:1-12

Children's Section
Akhalah: Puzzle on Parashah



Yaakov avinu promises his children a revelation of the end of days, and then proceeds to bless each of them. Was there a prophecy or not? It is said that prophecy is given to the broken-hearted and that Yaakovs prophecy to his children was as on as high a level as the prophecy of Moses.

Vayechi (Genesis 47:28-50:26)
Parashat Vayechi is read on Shabbat:
Tevet 16, 5770/January 2, 2010

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gdashdcast

After journeys, revelations, struggles and visions, our ancestors take stock of their blessings in this week's parsha, the last one in Bereshit - closing out the book of Genesis. Marcus J. Freed - poet, teacher, playwright and actor - gives voice - or is that voices? - to the whole thing


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