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Heartbreaking, Seifer Torahs taken away in Kiev, Ukraine 2007-02-20 02:16:49 CrownHeights.info reports on the heartbreaking story of a community’s Seifer Torahs being taken away by the government in Kiev. They posted a video there of the children in the day school holding on to the Torah as the guy takes it away in a garbage bag.
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Incoming Links Problem with Technorati 2007-02-19 21:54:01 Is anyone else experiencing problems with Technorati
not counting some incoming links, or counting it and then losing it. I have about 13 blogs linking to me but technorati only lists 7. And it keeps getting lower. I would love to hear back from other bloggers regarding this.
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Jewish Music Video: Ta Shma sings "Shine" 2007-02-19 19:22:04 Here’s a video of Ta Shma, a hip hop group comprised of two Lubavitchers. Both of them are good friends of mine, and are Chasidesheh guys. Here’s their debut music video for the song “Shine
.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71GMrGB1KKo
Life of Rubin had it up before me, but I...
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BBC Video: Will Israel Bomb Iran?, Iran's Nuclear Weapons 2007-02-19 09:45:27 We all know it’s coming to this. Eventually, either the US or Israel
will have to take out Iran’s Nuclear
weapons and facilities. Israel did it with Iraq, and Israel will do it with Iran. We mean it when we say “Never Again.”
Here’s the five part video of the...
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, Bomb Iran
Video: Mossad training with fight style, Krav Maga 2007-02-19 02:17:44 Krav Maga is the fight
ing style that was created for the Israeli intelligence (Mossad). It is one of the most effective fighting styles in the world.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mneiwSdsra8
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Big mistake to take on OrthoMom 2007-02-18 19:55:24 I’m a law student and I already know enough to know that this lawsuit against OrthoMom will fail miserably. It will probably not even survive a demurrer, which is a simple motion to file in response to the original complaint. Furthermore, as Life-of-Rubin points out, this Ms. Greenbaum...
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Attacking Chabad Lubavitch and the Lubavitcher Rebbe over Moshiach, Yechi Issue (Part 1) 2007-02-18 10:04:54 [This is the first in a series of posts on this issue. Stay tuned for the rest of the series.]
Why are there constant attacks on Chabad
Lubavitch, the Lubavitcher Rebbe
(Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson), and the Mishichists? Criticism is acceptable when it’s Lshmah and it’s done...
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Video: Anti Semitism in Iranian University 2007-02-16 07:40:09 I speak Farsi and what’s interesting is that the way he speaks is not like a typical raging antisemite. Rather, the hatred for Jews is veiled in calm intellectual talk. That’s even more disgusting because the students take him so seriously. Just watch and you’ll see what I mean....
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, Iranian
, University
Blog Statistics: Are there really 55 million blogs? 2007-02-15 16:21:09 The answer is yes. There are over 55 million
blogs by the latest count done by technorati, but not many of them survive long. I did a little research, and there’s only 1.3 million blogs with 3 or more blogs linking to them. There’s only about 440,000 that have between 1 to 3 blogs...
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Video: Dennis Prager speaks about Islam at Chabad 2007-02-15 09:48:38 Dennis Prager
spoke not too long ago about Islam
at Chabad
of Yorba Linda. Here’s the video of the speech. It’s about 45 minutes long. This was the speech that CAIR was all up in arms about.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5086395766834468199
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Video: Chabad Lubavitch, Merkos Shlichus of the Rebbe 2007-02-21 01:24:36 These are great videos created by Bochurim who are on Merkos Shlichus, making the Rebbe
proud and bringing Jews closer to the Abishter. Don’t be fooled by part 1. That’s just comedy. These guys do some serious good in parts 2 and 3. By the way, good work Yossi and Pinchas.
It is very...
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Video: Mossad, Israel did 911 attacks. 4,000 Jews missing from twin towers 2007-02-20 09:45:52 This video is part of a BBC special on the 911 truthers. About half way through starts the conspiracy theory of Israel
and Mossad doing the attack and 4,000 Jews missing from the Twin Towers that day. How did the conspiracy start? It was Hezbollah’s...
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Anti-Israel bias in Associated Press (AP) and media 2007-02-21 19:37:52 The AP recently published an article with the big headline, “Israel
i troops fatally shoot Palestinian.” Any reader would automatically think that the evil Israeli army killed another civilian. So how does the article start and who is this unfortunate victim of Israeli brutality?
Israeli...
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Internet use in the Orthodox Jewish community 2007-02-21 19:07:39 Recently, a conference was held in Jerusalem by the Jewishcommunity
to discuss the use of the internet within the Jewish community and the problems that it may pose. So should we use internet filters to block inappropriate content? A Kosher Mouse:
Nachtshtern believes that the solution is...
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, Orthodox
Arab population in Jerusalem growing rapidly 2007-02-22 10:45:52 This is bad news, and the government should take some action to make sure the Jews stay a strong majority in Jerusalem
, Judaism’s holiest city. Most J’lem kids Arab by 2020
The majority of Jerusalem’s children will be Arab by 2020 if current trends continue, according to a survey...
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State of Israel is on My Space 2007-02-23 07:11:36 It’s official, everyone’s on My Space
, including the State
of Israel
. Look them up to add Israel as your friend. There are notable Hollywood celebrities already on the list.
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Moshav Band at UCLA Chabad Purim Party on March 3rd 2007-02-22 21:17:45 The Moshav band will be performing at the UCLA PurimParty
on March
3rd, from 9pm till 1am. I just started listening to the Moshav Band, and I think they’re awesome. The party should be awesome with the Moshav Band rocking the house and a massive college crowd that’s all dressed up in...
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Chabad Lubavitch Kinus Hashluchim (5767), what makes a Shliack tick? 2007-02-23 22:29:28 The whole video is great, but the response of Rabbi Cunin at the end is priceless. (via crownheights.info)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdEyIcDYMPw
A big Yasher Koach to all the Rebbe’s Shluchim who have dedicated their lives to the Rebbe’s cause and the spiritual wellbeing of Jews...
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Video: Awesome Orthodox Jewish Rapper, Y-Love 2007-02-25 06:00:14 Y-Love is amazingly talented OrthodoxJewishRapper
. Don’t miss the rhyming at the end where he mixes English, Hebrew, Aramaic, and everything else together.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsBd52_6iB0
I love the Payes.
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Anti Semitism: Nazi symbols in Berlin Kindergarten 2007-02-25 23:20:40 Germany sure has changed. Jewish kindergarten in Berlin
defaced with Nazi slogans
A Jewish kindergarten in Berlin was defaced on the weekend with swastikas and other Nazi symbols
and slogans, police said Sunday.
The damage, which also included scrawled slogans like “Sieg heil” and...
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, Kindergarten
El Al angers Jews by flying on Shabbos 2007-02-25 23:07:43 It will be interesting to see what happens between the Orthodox Community and El Al. I expect a boycott if El Al doesn’t give in and apologize. Haredim outraged by El Al ‘trick’
Everything began when an El Al flight from Toronto to Tel Aviv was forced to land in London on Friday,...
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Chabad rejects Chavez's request to visit Caracas synagogue 2007-02-25 22:56:26 Good for Chabad
of Venezuela. Chavez
is a nut-case, and has found a friend in Ahmadinejad. He openly opposes Israel and America as evil nations. Chavez denied visit
to Caracassynagogue
A recent request by socialist Venezuelean President Hugo Chávez to pay an official visit to a Chabad synagogue in...
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France will support Fatah, Hamas unity government 2007-02-25 22:33:39 Shame on France
. France: We’ll back PA gov’t with Hamas
French Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy’s promise Saturday to work with a government including Hamas and Fatah
was the bright spot in Abbas’s four-country swing through Europe this week. Other European leaders...
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Moshe Rabbeinu's birthday and yahrtzeit 2007-02-25 19:55:59 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...
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Russia hosts Hamas leader, Khaled Meshaal 2007-02-27 03:40:34 Russia has sunk to a new low with its hosting of the terrorist leader, Meshaal. (via JTA)
Khaled
Meshaal landed in Moscow on Monday for talks that he said would help end a Western aid embargo imposed on the Palestinian Authority since the terrorist group Hamas
took power last year.
Russia is a...
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Eliyahu Hanavi by Moshav Band 2007-02-27 01:04:02 The Moshav Band is pretty good. I’m pretty behind with my Jewish music but I like this song, Eliyahu Hanavi. At 5 minutes in there is another great song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No5YoYeYJcU
The Moshav will be at Chabad @ UCLA on March 3rd for Purim. Check them out if you’re...
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Jewish Support for Jonathan Pollard 2007-02-26 23:43:55 There is a powerful push by Jews around the world to free JonathanPollard
. If you have not heard of Jonathan Pollard before, please visit Justice for Jonathan Pollard and do what you can to free him. Please note that he has received an unprecedented life sentence for spying for an allied nation...
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MKs against Shabbat soccer in Israel 2007-02-26 19:51:39 Israeli MKs discuss moving soccer games that are played on Shabbat
. This would be a great move. MKs against
Shabbat soccer in Israel
Saturday afternoon soccer could become a thing of the past as Knesset Members presented Israel Football Association (IFA) heads with a petition to move games to...
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