INN: Tuesday Night Live in Jerusalem - Caroline Glick, the deputy managing editor of The Jerusalem Post, the chief diplomatic correspondent for the Hebrew-language Makor Rishon newspaper, a senior fellow for Middle East affairs at a Washington D.C.-based center for security policy, and the creator of the brilliant parody on Israeli politics, Latma
"It's Your Story" - National Museum of American Jewish History
The new National Museum of American Jewish History (www.nmajh.org), opening in November 2010, is dedicated to telling the still-unfolding story of Jews in America, who embraced freedom with its choices and challenges as they shaped and were shaped by our nation. The Museum envisions its new home as a place that welcomes all people, inviting them to discover what they have in common with the Jewish experience in America, as well as to explore the features that make this history distinctive.
Rising five stories above Independence Mall, in the heart of historic Philadelphia, the National Museum of American Jewish History will join Independence Hall, the National Constitution Center, the Liberty Bell and other landmarks at the hallowed site of America's birth. There could not be a more fitting place for a museum that will explore the promise and challenges of liberty through the lends of the American Jewish experience
PuttingItMildly: Christians Under Attack in Gaza
At a previous posting, the original video was embedded here and now this is a copy with English translation
Quick Comment: What happened to the holiness that was there before the expulsion of Jews from Gaza/Gush Katif, Aza?
ZAMIRYAH
Parashat Yitro Shabbat Torah Reading
In the second video is the reading where the 10 commandments is uttered within the parashah. And within the Ten Commandments/utterances, is Hashem's gift of Shabbat to B'nai Yisrael/Children of Israel
שבת שלום ומבורח
Shabbat Shalom U'Mevorach
Wishing you a Peaceful and Blessed Sabbath
batzri: Ki Eshmerah Shabbat - Rabbi Hagay Batzri, Sam Glazer, Moshav band
Lyrics:
כִּי אֶשְׁמְרָה שַׁבָּת אֵל יִשְׁמְרֵֽנִי
Ki Eshmrah Shabbat Kel Yishm'reini,If I safeguard Shabbat, G-d will safeguard me,
אוֹת הִיא לְעֽוֹלְמֵי עַד בֵּינוֹ וּבֵינִי
Ot Hee L'Olmei Ad Beino U'Veini.It is an everlasting alliance between Him and me.
אָסוּר מְצֹא חֵֽפֶץ עֲשׂוֹת דְּרָכִים
Assur Mtsoh Chefetz, Asot DrachimIt is forbidden to seek personal pursuits, or engage in weekday activities
גַּם מִלְּדַבֵּר בּוֹ דִּבְרֵי צְרָכִים
Gam MiLdaber Boh Divrei Tsrachim,Even to converse concerning personal needs,
דִּבְרֵי סְחוֹרָה אַף דִּבְרֵי מְלָכִים
Divrei Schora Af Divrei Mlachimnor about commerce nor weekday related issues (ie politics, history)
אֶהְגֶּה בְּתוֹרַת אֵל וּתְחַכְּמֵנִי
Ehgeheh B'Torat Kel UTchakmeiniI shall meditate in G-d's Torah and it will make me wise
Originally composed sometime in the end of the 11th & begining of the 12th century by Rabbi Avraham Evan Ezra
Shabbat is a day to be engaged in Shabbat's Torah Laws, in holiness and away from anything that is not Shabbat nor Torah related. Hashem commanded to us to be set apart from other nations and keep the laws that He specifically gave to us, the Children of Israel while the other nations are obligated to keep the 7 Noahide laws -- "The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 'Speak to the congregation of the Children of Israel and say to them: You shall be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy'" -- Va'Yikrah/Leviticus 19
Most of the translation the above lyrics is as per The Family Zemiros page 69. Full Lyrics to Ki Eshmerah Shabbat here.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 03, 2010
Goldstone Poison
According to Alan Dershowitz:
"The Goldstone Report is much more scurrilous than most of its detractors (and supporters) believe. According to the report, Israel used the more than 8,000 rocket attacks on its civilians merely as a pretext, an excuse, a cover for the real purpose of Operation Cast Lead, which was to target innocent Palestinian civilians -- children, women, the elderly -- for death. This criminal objective was explicitly decided upon by the highest levels of the Israeli government and military and constitutes a deliberate and willful war crime. The report found these serious charges "to be firmly based in fact" and had "no doubt" of their truth.In contrast, the Mission decided that Hamas was not guilty of deliberately and willfully using the civilian population as human shields. It found "no evidence" that Hamas fighters "engaged in combat in civilian dress," "no evidence" that "Palestinian combatants mingled with the civilian population with the intention of shielding themselves from attack," and no support for the claim that mosques were used to store weapons.
The report is demonstrably wrong about both of these critical conclusions. The hard evidence conclusively proves that the exact opposite is true..." -click to read more
And to see earlier Dry Bones postings and cartoons about the Goldstone Report click here.
