Entries from July 2009

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Hagon Rav Moshe Sternbuch” Violence In Yerushalayim”

“With regards to the lady from Yerushalayim being accused of mistreating her child;
What we have to strongly protest here, in a peaceful manner, are the barbaric actions of the police force in arresting a women who is allegedly sick according to their claims, and chaining her, putting her in a cell with dangerous criminals. If […]

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Two Tribes and Half of One

“Since the inheritance of Eretz Yisrael is a crucial aspect in the life of the Jewish people,[9] it follows that this too had to be connected in some way with Moshe. Therefore, although Moshe did not actually enter the land, it was necessary that he at least sanctify it by seeing it. With regard to […]

Friday, July 17th, 2009

Rebbetzin Grossman: The Charges Are Lies

“Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men gesture towards a mounted Israeli police officer during a protest against the arrest of a woman accused of child abuse in Jerusalem, Thursday, July 16, 2009. Ultra-Orthodox Jews clashed with police using horses and water cannon to control the crowd in Jerusalem on the third day of rioting over the arrest of […]

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Will EU Penalize Exports from Israeli Settlements?

“The Hamburg Finance Court must now decide whether Soda-Club devices made in Maale Adumim can be imported into the European Union duty-free, like all other Israeli industrial products. Brussels doesn’t want the company’s products to fall into this category because they are manufactured in Israeli settlements located in the occupied territories.The real question revolves around […]

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Lubavitcher Rebbe on How Gerim Had a Jewish Spark Before Conversion

via Dixie Yid

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Reb Amram Blau in Prison

“Immediately after the State was founded, several of our young men were arrested for “evading the draft”. They composed the song “Hashem Hu Malkeinu” while in prison. I view that as a miracle, because they knew nothing about music. ”
“I was in the Ramle prison for five months for demonstrating over the women’s army […]

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Chief Rabbi: Land Reform Violates Jewish Law

“At the behest of MK Zevulun Orlev (Jewish Home), Rabbi Metzger prepared a detailed, 20-page Halakhic [Jewish legal] opinion, in which he wrote that Netanyahu’s reforms “violate the Torah’s commandments that ‘the Land must never be sold forever’ and ‘not to allow foreign elements to gain proprietorship over the Land.’” “ more@IsraelNationalNews.com

Friday, July 10th, 2009

A Jewish immigrant from USA receives an Israeli flag

“A Jewish immigrant from North America (L) receives an Israeli flag upon his arrival at Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv July 7, 2009. Some 232 Jews from North America arrived in Israel on Tuesday. “DayLife.com

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Inside France’s ‘Barbarians’ trial

photo@DayLife.com
“On 29 April gang leader Youssouf Fofana, 28, took his seat in court, smiling defiantly and declaring: “Allah would be victorious.” After more than two months of closed-door hearings, Mr Fofana, rejecting any help from lawyers, was allowed to express his opinion in court for the last time.” more@BBC.co.uk

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

Breslov Books VS. Mendy Pellin


Monday, July 6th, 2009

Chabad Tries Court to Get Rabbis’ Books Back From Russia

“In January of this year, Russia’s lawyers at Squire, Sanders & Dempsey — including James Murphy, Alan Briggs and Jeremy Dutra in the Washington office, who declined comment — asked to be removed from the case. They had lost contact with their client, they told the court, and weren’t being paid. In March, they withdrew […]

Monday, July 6th, 2009

In Jerusalem, a Parking Lot War

“There is a difference between the desecration of the Sabbath on an individual basis and the cancellation of the Sabbath,” said Rabbi Shimon Weiss, a leader of the Eda Haredit movement, which has promised weekly protests until Mayor Nir Barkat reverses his decision. “The opening of the parking lot will bring about the opening of […]