Hatred in the USA - Gunman Opens Fire in Federation Office

Murder and hatred is still here in America too.  A man walked into the offices of Seattle’s Jewish Federation and openned fire, killing one and severly injuring at least two. What a nightmere. Read the details here.
What a world.
May peace, healing and security spread throughout the world.

New Links

With thanks to Le Lezard, I  have found more Lebanese blogs and linked them in a category “Lebanese Blogs”. In a comment to an earlier post, Le Lezard introduced the list by saying
there’s a wide diversity of bloggers opinions, some are a shame, some are great. 
Join me in reading and learning.
May the Holy One bring [...]

New War Blog - Israel-Hezbollah Blog

David Lisboa has an interesting blog on the war - Israel-Hezbollah Blog, writing from Haifa. He posts include numbers of katushas fallen and deep, critical analysis of the situation, reality and getting out of this mess.
Yesterday, a post titled The Accidental War concluded with these words,
What is needed now is a way for both [...]

Free Care for Lebanese Wounded in the Current Crisis - in Israel

The Jerusalem Post writes that
Lebanese children and adults wounded in the Hizbullah-Israeli crossfire in Lebanon have been invited to receive free treatment at Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer. The cost will be paid by Jewish and non-Jewish donors in Israel and abroad, hospital director-general Prof. Zev Rothstein said on Sunday.
“We are not to blame [...]

Video You Must See

What is the reaction of an average Israeli to what is happnening in Israel?  Take a look at a video posted on Current for an answer and for the recording of an experience you won’t soon forget. The piece is called “Dodging Katyushas” Thanks to If You Will it for the original link.
May peace, security [...]

Lebanese Bloggers

Lisa of On the Face links to some Lebanese bloggers in her post “The Most Blogged War?”
Some of the blogs mentioned are:
Lebanese Bloggers Forum Lebanese Political Journal
Read the lengthy back and forth in Hebrew and Arabic called Hello Lebanon, Hello Isarel.
Eyal Niv writes in Haaretz about conversations he had with some Lebanese over coffee.Please suggest [...]

Blogging (finally) on the War

Hakol b’moado - everything in its time.
I’m finally feeling ready to blog a bit on this current war. I am saddned in so many ways - that Hizbollah/Iran decided to attack Israel, killing & capturing soldiers and instigating a war - that so many people are being hurt on both sides and that the [...]

More Heartbreak, Pain and Worry in Israel Today

Oy.  More soldiers killed and captured. More families in pain, worry and heartache.  My prayers go to the Holy One for the soldiers killed & captured, their families and for the soldiers who are looking for them.
One excellent way to stay connected to what is happening is to read Aussie Dave’s blog, Israellycool, updated every [...]

Link to another translation of Jewish Bible

Today I found an additional web source for translation of Tanakh, Jewish Bible.  This one is a translation of Torah and N’viim (no Ketuvim [wriitngs] yet) titled The Living Torah and is trasnlated by Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, published by Moznaim publishers - thanks, Wikipedia! (You can also find a link in the Jewish text links [...]

“In Israel, We are All the Shalits” - David Brinn

David Brinn, editor of Israel21c, posted moving and heartfelt words about Israel’s captured & missing soldier, Cpl. Gilad Shalit. I share some of the beginning paragraphs here in hopes that you will read it, go to his site and read the rest. May the words within it reach your heart and soul.
“Parents attending last week’s [...]

Blessings of Life in My Corner of the World

Yesterday I experienced one of the blessings of life in my little corner of the world. I rent the house in which I live, and while downstairs in the (wonderfully cool) basement cleaning and doing laundry yesterday, I noticed a pool of water under the furnance/blower. I called the landlord and they sent [...]

RSS Feed for this blog

Shavuah tov (a good new week to you and yours).
A friend emailed me today asking about the address to use to subscribe to the RSS feed for this blog - here it is: http://1rabbi.wordpress.com/feed
Thanks!