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Tell Me Lies Tell Me Sweet Little Lies

28-Feb-10

At least 30 Arab youths who barricaded themselves in the al-Aqsa Mosque plaza at the Temple Mount and hurled stones at passers-by, provoked Israeli Police last night and early this morning.
Stones were occasionally thrown at police officers in the alleys of the Old City, including near the Antonia Fortress, which is one of the [...]

Filed in Arab World, Israeli Music | Also tagged Al Aqsa Mosque, Antonia Fortress, Cave of Machpelah, Hebron, Islamic Movement, Rachel's Tomb, Waqf | Comments (0) »

These Flames Are Eternal

14-Nov-09

Last Wednesday a collection of coins burned and charred from the destruction of the Second Jewish Temple in Jerusalem in A.D. 70, were displayed for the very first time. Altogether 70 coins were found in an excavation site near the Kotel.
Gabriela Bijovsky, an antique coin expert from the Israel Antique Authority said:
“These really show us [...]

Filed in Trips in Israel | Also tagged Coins, Gabriela Bijovsky, History, Israel Antique Authority, Jerusalem's Archaelogical Garden, Second Jewish Temple in Jerusalem | Comments (0) »

What Would Jesus Do, Really?

12-Nov-09

As it stands, it is very taboo for Jews to visit the Temple Mount. When Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon went up there in 2000, it caused the second Intifada. Jews visiting the ruin, which houses the Dome of the Rock mosque, has been the cause of Arabs rioting in the past. And there have [...]

Filed in Daily Israeli, Oy Vey | Also tagged Bethlehem, Cave of Machpelah, christians, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, East Jerusalem, Intifada, muslims | Comments (1) »

Haredi Rabbi Elyashiv: Please Don’t Anger the Gentiles!

10-Oct-09

Here are some of the edicts that Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, who will turn 100 this coming April, has made lately. The internet is forbidden, Shabbat elevators are forbidden, women must acquiesce to every form of extortion from husbands they want to receive a bill of divorce from in order to be free to remarry, [...]

Filed in Daily Israeli, Jewish Life, Oy Vey, People | Also tagged Haredim, Jerusalem, Meah Shearim, Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv, Shimon Peres | Comments (1) »

No Perdone Por Il Papa

14-May-09

Criticism is still being heard following Pope Benedict XVI’s visit Monday to Yad Vashem, in which a short speech he gave appeared to be a bit lackluster. The Pontiff had begun his visit to Jerusalem with a formal call to President Shimon Peres at his official residence, followed by an entertainment program in which a [...]