Asheri is dead

For the Asheri family the worst has happened. Their son, Eliyahu, is dead. It is a sad day for the people of Israel - a member of our communal family is dead because of hatred. The Jerusalem Post opens their article by writing,
The IDF confirmed early Thursday a report the Popular Resistance Committees [...]

Operation Summer Rain

By now you are likely aware of the present situation in Israel - (on June 25th) Hamas/Palestinian Authority Terrorists kidnapped an Israeli soldier named Gilad Shalit and (on June 27th) a tennage settler named Eliyahu Asheri.
Here are pictures of them:
Gilad Shalit

Eliyahu Asheri

Gilad was taken after the PA soldiers dug a tunnel outside of the Gaza/Israel [...]

Source for Jewish Blogs and Jewish Bloggers

JBlog Central is a great way to find Jewish blogs and to list your site. (Of course, going through people's blogrolls also works.)
Thanks, JBlog for listing me.
UPDATE:  JBlog Central, started on June 12, 2006, also lets readers rate your posts. So, go, read and vote! 

Intra-Palestinian Fighting

A couple of months ago I heard a scholar speak about Israel. One of his concerns for the future at that time was fighting or, G-d forbid, civil war between the Palestinian factions. It would be difficult for the Palestinians and put Israel into an untenable situation - potentially requiring them to go [...]

Important Article on Judaism & Domestic Violence

My Jewish Learning has web-published an important article by Naomi Graetz on "Domestic Violence in Jewish Law: How Judaism views wifebeating." In her article you can learn some of the basics of Jewish law on this topic as well as how the biblical and rabbinic authorities understood halachah (Jewish law) in each time period [...]

Ann Coulter Calls 9-11 Widows Self-Obsessed & Harpies

Columnist Ann Coulter has recently published a new book. In it she calls a group of 9-11 widows "self-obsessed" and acting "as if the terrorist attacks happened only to them." She also writes, "I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' deaths so much," according to The Associated Press.
"And by the way, how do we [...]

Connecting, Planning, Collaborating and Working Together

I had a fantastic meeting today, acutally, two of them. The first I expected to go well, as it was a networking meeting with a non-rabbinic (non-Jewish, actually) colleague in LocalTown to talk about collaborative programming and community building.  We connected on so many levels, I look forward to continued work together.
This  afternoon I had [...]

New Blog Location

I've been getting tired on blogger, so I have now switched over to Word Press. Feedback is welcome.

Shavuah Tov

Shavuah Tov - a good week to you and yours.
May this second week of the month of Sivan be filled with hope, learning, Judaism, health and love.