All posts tagged "Land Of Israel"

• Steve

  Yoram Getzler 1938-2013 My Dear Friend and Co-host of Israelseen

    I am waiting for the train on my way to  my daughter’s house  in Kfar Sava so we can travel together...

• Blogs

  Tel Aviv Celebrates Purim in a Giant City Wide Street Party

    Friday afternoon we strolled on Rothchild Blvd, Chen Blvd and on Ibn Gvirol and Shaul Hamelech streets. Thousands were on hand...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Tetzaveh: Realizing Our Bond with the Creator

     By Ariel Ben Avraham . One of the definitions of the Sanctuary [Temple of Jerusalem], besides being a specific geographic location...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Prophet and Priest

       By Lord Chief Rabbi Sacks. The sedra of Tetsaveh, as commentators have noted, has one unusual feature: it is the only...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Israel – The Source of Hope for All Mankind

      Rabbi Sacks was in Israel last week and spoke at Tel Chai College in the Galil.  I strongly recommend everyone, Jew...

• Blogs

  Purim – An a capella Music Video Parody

    An a capella Purim music video parody by The Ein Prat Fountainheads, foheads.com, graduates and students of Midreshet Ein Prat, Israel....

• Blogs

  just some of the head-spinning events of the past few weeks in Israel

                       On Sunday, Jews across the world celebrate the festival of Purim, which features arguably the most momentous reversal of fortune in...

• Steve

  FIRST ISRAELI GUIDE DOG TO VISIT GREAT BRITAIN

      Since the revision of the British Pet Travel Scheme in 2012, that brought Great Britain in line with the rest of...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Essence of Ahavat Yisrael is the willingness to take responsibility for the future of the Jewish people

     Sculpture by Phillip Ratner commentary by Yehuda HaKohen,  “Speak to the Children of Israel and they shall take to Me a...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  Building Builders – Terumah

       Sculpture By Phillip Ratner. Commentary By Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks. As soon as we read the opening lines of Terumah we...

• Guest Contributors

  Hahafuch is Israel’s premier English-speaking comedy troupe

    Written by: Ayelet Dekel  for Midnight East: Everything is funnier in translation, and the Hahafuch English-speaking comedy troupe translates the idiosyncratic...

• Chelm on the med

  The 4th Annual “Chelm Awards” reveal the quirkier side of Israel

   What was the most memorable moment in 2012? Was it Bibi Natanyahu’s Looney Tunes™ bombshell at the UN? Or perhaps the spectacle...

• Good News from Israel

  This Weeks Good New from Israel Feb 10,2013

     In the 10th Feb 2013 edition of Israel’s good news, the highlights include:  Israel Technion’s unique cancer breath test device is...

• Blogs

  The Legacy of Rabbi David Hartman: Popularity is not important. Integrity is

  By David Bedein. David Bedein is a  dear friend who is devoted and dedicated  to understanding the “real” intent behind the language...

• Blogs

  YOUniversity Opens for Kids from Development Towns Israel

       Avi Ganon, CEO of World ORT Kadima Mada, at YOUniversity in Nahariya. Photo courtesy World ORT “I am convinced that...

• Weekly Torah Reading

  Learning to Live in God’s Love

    By Ariel Ben Avraham. Ego’s fantasies and illusions correspond to idolatry as Love’s ways and attributes correspond to real freedom. In...

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

  In The Details – Mishpatim

  Sculpture by Phillip Ratner. Commentary by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks. On the opening phrase of Mishpatim – “And these are the laws...

• Myth and Facts about Israel

  Inappropriate Use of the Fourth Geneva Convention

   Warsaw 1939 refugees and soldier  Background The language of Article 49 was crafted in the wake of World War II and the Nazi...

• Guest Contributors

  World’s First Shipping Container Bridge Over Tel Aviv’s Trash Mountain

    By Tafline Laylin Green Prophet. A new bridge called ECOntainer made from recycled shipping containers will render “trash mountain” unrecognizable to...

• Blogs

  What we’re watching today from Israel

    US Ambassador: “EU Stance On Hezbollah Blacklist “Undermines Security Goals”     US Ambassador-at-large Daniel Benjamin harshly criticized the European Union over the...