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Eastern Promises
But Zion said, “LORD has forsaken me, and Lord has forgotten me.”
“Can a woman forget her nursing child and have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you. Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms; your walls are continually before… Continue
Posted by Rav Yossie Bloch on July 2, 2008 at 2:33pm
Barack and the Prophetess
Then Barak said to her, "If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go."
She said, "I will surely go with you; nevertheless, the honor shall not be yours on the journey that you are about to take…"
(Shofetim 4:8-9)
These verses have been e… Continue
Posted by Rav Yossie Bloch on June 11, 2008 at 2:00pm
Immemorial Day
It's been a while since I spent "A Few Minutes with Andy Rooney." 60 Minutes isn't a big draw in Israel (a lot of us are still bitter about Bob Simon's Middle East coverage), and we barely get one station on our TV. But now that it's available in podcast form, I have renewed my… Continue
Posted by Rav Yossie Bloch on May 26, 2008 at 4:17pm
The Cyrus Proclamation
"It wasn't in a skanky way… I mean I had a blanket on. And I thought, 'This looks pretty, and really natural.' I think it's really artsy."
That was Miley “Hannah Montana” Cyrus’s original view of her provocative photo shoot with Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair. Eventually, she ba… Continue
Posted by Rav Yossie Bloch on April 30, 2008 at 9:00am
“The Month Which was Turned for Them…”
“…from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday”—that’s the famous line from Ester (9:22), but last night it was the reverse. On Rosh Chodesh Adar Sheni 5768, our gladness turned to sorrow and our holiday into mourning with the horrific news of the massacre at Yes… Continue
Posted by Rav Yossie Bloch on March 11, 2008 at 8:30am
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We Need a Hero
In the skies of Mea Shearim, is that a bird, a plane or Statusquoman? Is Shaul Mofaz running to be head of Meretz? Will premarital Internet access destroy your soul? Is Pinechas a good role model for a society?
Day 1,096
Will the Saints go marching in to finally free Gilad Shalit? Can you protect the Sabbath by forcing the city to open a for-pay parking lot? Does crime pay for Israeli ministers? Should Jewish girls buy kippot or snoods? When does Bilam (Balaam) get off his high ass?
Bambas Away!
Did Avigdor Leiberman strong-arm Hillary Clinton? Will Yosef Yosef be Jerusalem's next chief rabbi? Do you have to be Jewish or Muslim to riot in Israel? Can the same ticket get you in to the Dome of the Rock and the Third Temple? Why does God punish Moses for being a bad plumber?
Out of the Mouth of Bibi
Does Netanyahu's Bar-Ilan speech change anything? Could only Carter go to Judea? What are the '09 Parking Riots really about? Should Rabbi Joe enroll in the Israel Police Academy? Why does Korach's rebellion only get worse after his death?
The Purple Prose of Cairo
Thanks to Howard from Cherry Hill, NJ, for the donation. Our bandwidth is back! Is Barack Obama's middle name "Pharaoh"? Why are Jews so touchy about genocide? Can we get "pasus," "chadruta" and "schnorrorist" into the dictionary? Where does the president's favorite Talmudic dictum come from?
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