Some informative quotes from the morning newspapers, magazines and blogs: Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak: Hamas controls Gaza and is responsible for everything happening there and for all attacks carried out from within the Strip. The goals of this operation are to stop Hamas from attacking our citizens and soldiers,” said Barak.”I would like to …
Snapshot of Israel during the Gaza Conflict
As the fourth day of the conflict in Gaza continues, Israel’s Ashkelon hospital moves its essential departments underground. (I remember seeing the Haifa hospital’s underground facility, created before the Lebanon II War, which saved so many lives during that conflict.) Fearing missile strikes from the Gaza Strip, Ashkelon’s Barzilai Hospital on Saturday moved its most …
Israeli Blogs with “Man on the Ground” Insights about Gaza
My blogger friend Ima on (and off) the Bima lists informative Israeli blogs which are writing about what’s happening in Gaza and Israel. And Jack is rounding up the Gaza posts right here. Jameel is live-blogging, but he’s resting right now. And of course, I’m following #gaza (although there’s a lot of misinformation and inappropriate …
#8 – Candle of Concern
Chanukah nears its end as we light this final candle. Although Jewish families around the world have increased the light each evening, we face a world still contains significant darkness. Though our homes shine with brightness: Skies over Southern Israel are streaked with dark exhaust trails of the hundreds of Hamas missiles sent to stir …
Festival of Rights: An Interfaith Call to Light
From the Progressive Jewish Alliance
Santa Monica Synagogue Attempts Guiness World Record on Dreidel Spinning
You keep the Stream of Humanitarian Aid flowing into Gaza and We will Keep Launching Rockets at Israeli Civilians
I am far from being a supporter of war. And yet, what does one do when rockets are streaming down (80 in one day) upon Israeli farms and cities? As I wrote previously, the last time I was in Israel – January 2008 – our group could NOT visit Sderot because of the daily barrage …
Gaza: Quotes that will be Remembered
Israel’s Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Saturday also said Israel “cannot really accept” a cease-fire with Hamas, rejecting calls by the United Nations and the European Union for a truce after Israel Air Force strikes killed at least 230 people in Gaza.”For us to be asked to have a cease-fire with Hamas is like asking …
The Worst Anti-Israel Charges You’ll Hear (and how to think about them)
Ha’aretz correspondent Bradley Burston (and twice-weekly award-winning Ha’aretz blogger), blogging about the beginning of the Israeli response to Hamas’ ending of the ceasefire (and, more precisely, its resumption of daily barrages of missiles into Israel’s cities and kibbutzim), refutes ahead of time the “the 10 most gratuitous, least productive, most resolutely ingenuous claims likely to …
Where I Get My News about Israel
With the onset of the Israeli response to the unending Hamas rocket fire into Southern Israel, many of us have been starved for news about the Israel Defense Forces’ Gaza operation. [Picture at left is from Jerusalem Post, of a border police officer inspects damage, after a rocket fired by Palestinian terrorists from within the …
Why Israel Had to Respond in Gaza
Time Magazine reports on The Gaza Air Strikes: Why Israel Attacked: Israel’s strike on Gaza had been expected for days, but it was still a surprise when it finally came. Taking advantage of good weather, which is forecast to last at least three days, Israeli planes bombed some 40 Palestinian police stations, posts and other …
#7: Candle of Cool Music
With just two more days left until Chanukah concludes, its time to jazz up your celebration. We all have old favorite Chanukah music and songs. Like our Cantor Doug Cotler does regularly, a group of Jewish musicians have taken old Chanukah songs and put them in exciting new musical vessels. Here are five newish songs. …
How Do You Show Restraint When Missiles Rain Down on Israel? Imagine San Diego Suddenly Coming Under Rocket Barrage
The last time I traveled to Israel – January 2007 – our Or Ami Adult Trip to Israel bypassed the southern city of Sderot because of the daily barrage of rockets raining down on it. Some days they saw four to five; other days 40 to 50. We deemed it just wasn’t safe to bring …
#6: Candle of Fulfillment (Or Review Your Chanukah “To Do” List)
Chanukah Candle #6. Sheish(Hebrew), sittä (Iraqi Arabic), settä (Moroccan Arabic), genep (Sudanese), six. Happy Sixth Night of Chanukah. Blog Thots: As the Festival of Chanukah moves toward its eighth day culmination, it behooves us to take a moment to double check that we have fulfilled all of the mitzvot and customs of this Festival of …
Israeli Singer David Broza: Banu L’khan
Broza in Concert at Masada in 1993.