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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

What airline should you fly on II?

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Today's Yated Neeman had a follow up ad which listed more recommended airlines. For the curious, US Airways is the recommended airline f...
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Thursday, August 14, 2008

Why Russia succeeded in Georgia and Israel failed in Lebanon

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The press here in Israel has been very focused on the war in Georgia and actually quoted Russian sources that Russia learned from Israel...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Historic event in Vilna taking place today

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The Kupat Hair Bnei Brak is sending a minyan of talmidei chachamim to daven at the grave of the Gra for the people who gave money to the Kup...
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Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Not eating meat during the 9 days

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There are a number of different reasons for not eating meat during the 9 days: 1. Aveilus - Meat is something that makes us happy (אין שמחה ...
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Monday, August 04, 2008

ערב ט' באב שחל בשבת when to take off your shoes?

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The Rama is clear, after Borchu you take your shoes off. This is the minhag that I remember when I was growing up. However, recently a new m...
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Sunday, August 03, 2008

Functionally illiterate Chasidim

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This weeks Hamodia had a very sad letter from a Chassidishe housewife living in Boro Park. It seems that her husband who was born in NY cann...
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Monday, July 28, 2008

In 5 years we"ll ask how this happened

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This was Olmert's comment in response to the report from GSS Head Yuval Diskin about the the weaponry that Hamas is smuggling in. There ...
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Thursday, July 24, 2008

The beginning of the end of the Kollel system in Israel?

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According to Mishpacha, 2000 Avreichim may lose their places in Kollel and the 5 biggest Kollels have suffered a 50% drop in donations. The ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Olmert's birthday wish to "Moish" Talansky

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Ynet has a video that Olmert sent to Talansky for his 70th birthday. מויש, אני אוהב אותך, אתה בן-אדם כיפי. תמיד מועיל להיות חבר שלך, אני מק...
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Kadima splitting?

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Globes is reporting that Tzippi Livni is thinking about forming a new party to run in the next elections. The reason for this is that Livni...
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Friday, July 18, 2008

Olmerts attorneys making another mistake

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So far they have tried to blacken Talansky's image, calling him a liar and a money launderer and a criminal. While this might be a good ...
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Thursday, July 17, 2008

The NY Times on Samir Kuntar - Raid went "horribly" wrong

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The New York Times writes the following about the child killer Samir Kuntar: Perhaps Israel's most reviled prisoner, Samir Kuntar, ...
Monday, July 14, 2008

It looks like the government will fall over Avishai Braverman

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Absolutely amazing. The government didn't fall after the disaster (war) in Lebanon, the 2 Winograd reports and Olmerts 6 investigations ...
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Where does ישמעאל fit into the ד' מלכיות?

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בלעם at the end of the parsha, discussed according to many, the Messianic era. The Ramban understands that he was talking about the ד' ...
Sunday, July 13, 2008

Olmert: Peace with Palestinians is closer then ever - Who does he think is fooling?

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This is the headline in Haaretz online today. How dumb does he think the people are? Gilad Shalit is still in captivity, Hamas is violating...
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Olmert's latest problem - double reimbursement for travel

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It seems that Olmert would travel abroad (18 times a year while Industry and Trade Minister) and then bill 2 or more charitable organization...
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Wednesday, July 09, 2008

Tzippi Livni and Resolution 1701 - disconnected from reality

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Tzippi Livni was the architect of UN Resolution 1701 which has completely and utterly failed (see Security Council resolution 1701 has compl...

Security Council resolution 1701 has completely failed

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Officials: 1701 on verge of collapse United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, passed to stop the Second Lebanon War, is on the verge...
Tuesday, July 08, 2008

What airline should you fly on?

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According to the ועד לעניני תחבורה the main criteria is whether or not the flight has movies shown. They split up the airlines into 3 groups...
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The dollar is still worth 4 shekels according to the Gedolim

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The dollar hasn't been anywhere near the 4 shekel mark in a very long time but Areivim is still insisting on pricing in dollars at 4 she...
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