We prevailed and helped ISRAEL. Read this release from the LGBT CENTER IN NEW YORK CITY: HE LGBT COMMUNITY CENTER CALLS A “TIME OUT” IN RENTING TO GROUPS ORGANIZING AROUND THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT THU, JUNE 2 2011 Media Contact Cindi Creager, Director of Communications & Marketing (212) 620-7310, ccreager@gaycenter.org New York, NY June 2, 2011 — The…Read more »
Category: Israel
Do Not Lie about Gay Rights in Israel
Shame on the LGBT Center in New York City. They have chosen lies over truth. Recently the LGBT Center in New York hosted a group called Queers Against Israeli Apartheid. This group is part of a larger campaign to malign and delegitmize Israel. Earlier this spring the Center refused to let them meet. But they…Read more »
The Land is in Us
Posted by in Israel Parshat Behukotai Leviticus 26:1 -27:34 This week’s Torah portion is the last one in the book of Leviticus. Parshat Behukotai expresses a quid pro quo theology. If you obey God and follow God’s commandments you will be rewarded. If you do not obey God’s rules and you follow other gods and goddesses then you will…Read more »
Number 63
Posted by in Israel It’s Israel’s Birthday. Number 63! Well the Modern State of Israel is 63 years old today. It is Yom Haatzmaut, Israel Independence Day. Of course Israel is 1000’s of years old. It is an ancient land, the Promised Land of the Torah. And it is 63 years since the revival of the political entity of…Read more »
Keep the cause alive
Posted by in Israel Today is Yom Hazikron -Israel’s Memorial Day. It is a day to remember all those who gave their lives to defend the State of Israel. Throughout its more than 60 years Israel has had to defend its very existence from hostile neighbors. In 1948 it was Egypt and Jordan, Lebanon and Syria. And today Hamas…Read more »
Jerusalem bomb blast
Posted by in Israel My heart aches for Jerusalem. A bombing attack on Wednesday. Echoes of the Intifada when bus bombings happened all the time. Let’s pray this is an isolated event. But with the increase in mortar shells on the Negev and Southern coastal Israel and the interception of a boat on March 16 from Iran with weapons…Read more »
Rockets fire on Israel
Posted by in Israel Rockets are flying again in southern Israel. A barrage of rockets target Israel from Gaza over the last few days. On Saturday more than 50 rockets bombed southern Israel. Two Israelis were injured and there was building damage. Monday a grad rocket exploded in the port city of Ashkelon in an industrial area sending several…Read more »
Cross Talk
Posted by in Israel Tonight at the Luxe Hotel on Sunset just off the 405, The Jewish Federation and the Southern California Board of Rabbis will sponsor a wonderful discussion about the nature of civil discourse on Israel. On the panel will be Rabbis Laura Geller of Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills, Rabbi Ed Feinstein of Valley Beth Shalom…Read more »
Israel bound
Posted by in Israel Today I am off to study at my winter Rabbinic Session at the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem. As some of you know I am a part of the three year Rabbinic Leadership Initiative of the Hartman Institute. There are 30 rabbis of all denominations from North America who are engaged in intensive Jewish learning for the…Read more »
Who will be the next to recognize an independent Palestinian state? – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News
Posted by in Israel, Uncategorized This is an article from Ha-aretz. One of Israel’s leading paper. The Palestinian state on the ground is being recognized by nations. Including Russia. Even without borders that have been agreed upon. Even without security zone negotiations. Even without dealing with the Gaza/Hamas situation. The Palestinian (read West Bank) leaders are moving forward to try…Read more »
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