Moshe

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Ashkelon resident Moshe Nissimpor decided that the best way to halt rocket fire from Gaza - in light of what he terms the government's failure to do so - is some vigilante justice. I have written wanting to know where the people of Israel were when it came to defending themselves when their government wont. Moshe Nissimpor seems to be up to the cause. If the Israeli government won't do it, then

Here is a description of the lecture given by Safdie from the TED website:Looking back over a long career, architect Moshe Safdie digs deep into four extraordinary projects to talk about the unique choices he made on each building -- choosing where to build, pulling information from the client, and balancing the needs and the vision behind each project. Sketches, plans and models show how these grand public buildings, museums and memorials, slowly take form.Safdie, who once apprenticed under Louis Kahn, is the architect of the Vancouver Public Library, the United States Institute of Peace and the Kaufmann Center for the Performing Arts among others.Moshe Safdie WikiMoshe Safdie Associates Link

In my late teenage years and early twenties I used to practice Karate in a group named Fujiyama. It was a non-profit group of friends so we didn't have any place of our own to use as a Dojo. Thus, we used this helicopter landing facility in Gan Saker park in Jerusalem, just a few minutes walk from the Israel parliament, which was just the perfect place when it was not too hot or too cold. I find

The Supreme Court president said the following:Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch said on Tuesday that the charge sheet against Vice Premier Haim Ramon was worse than the one against former president Moshe Katsav.Beinisch made the statement during a High Court discussion of petitions against a plea bargain signed by Attorney-General Menahem Mazuz, which erased Katsav's more serious charges in exchange for the former president admitting to sexual harassment and performing indecent acts.The problem with this here is that I cannot tell whether she said it for good reasons or not. But Ramon is certainly much more guilty of committing an indecent act than Katsav supposedly is.

Today is the anniversary of the death of one of the greatest kabbalists before the Arizal. R' Moshe Cordovero (RaMaK) wrote extensively on the Zohar attempting to resolve apparent contradictions in this text.After the Arizal brought his new methodology and kabbalistic insights, the RaMaK's writings became less popular (apparently the Arizal said of his writings that they were 'olam he tohu' - 'world of confusion'). However Tomer Devorah (Palm Tree of Devorah) is still learnt today, as one of the basic mussar seforim, and the pardes is still studied by those trying to come to a deeper understanding of the Zohar and kabbalistic worlds.This biography is from ascent.orgAmong the great luminaries of Kabbalah, Rabbi Moshe Cordovero holds a particularly important place as one of the most prolific and systematic exponents of the teachings of the Zohar as well as the writings of almost all the early Kabbalists.Moshe Cordovero - or Ramak (an acronym taken from the first letters of his titl

Jerusalem Post columnist Yehudit Collins writes about the rape charges that have been brought against former president Moshe Katsav and says that they make very little sense, if at all. Now, if these really are trumped up accusations for the sake of demonizing a politician simply because he may be "right-wing", then all I can say is that the plaintiff is doing a grave disservice to real victims of rape cases, as are any political feminists who take the whole case seriously. One of the most interesting things here is - how and why could this anonymous woman put up with any crap she might've gone through just for the sake of the benefits available in a job like this? I saw a report on TV, and you know what? I didn't believe a word of it. She didn't act like a woman who'd been raped, and she is doing a grave disservice to those who were.Go read the rest and decide for yourself about this.

This is some great dancing in Meron on the auspicious day of Zayin Adar, the birthday and yahrtzeit of Moshe Rabbeinu. (via Apple770) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPgfkG5jKvM [ visit A Jewish Blog to continue reading ]

Today is the 7th of Adar, Moshe Rabbeinu’s birthday (year 2368 from creation or 1393 BCE) ) and yahrtzeit (2488 or 1273 BCE). He lived 120 years. Moshe Rabbeinu was born circumcised, but his bris would be on Purim, the 14th of Adar. There are different minhagim in different communities... [ visit A Jewish Blog to continue reading ]

Moshe Feldenkrais was born at the beginning of the last century in Russia. At the age of 14 he moved to Palestine and worked as a labourer, going on to study engineering. He then moved to France, escaping to Britain on the eve of the second world war, where he worked on Sonar resarch in Scotland. Moshe was not only an engineer, but also a martial artist - practising Jujutsu and then Judo with it's founder Jigoro Kano. The combination of his martial and scientific background, along with an injured knee lead him to develop a method of bodywork which is gaining in popularity today. Feldenkrais wrote the Potent Self in the 1940's - though it was not published until the 1980's for various reasons. As I read it in 2006 I was amazed at how well the book stands the test of time. There are some details that research has shown to be not completely accurate, but the overall theme of the book and it's style holds true. But what is the theme? Feldenkrais talks about the development of the indiv