New York, New York, January 4th 2008 – The historic Jewish event will be a worldwide broadcast of eight Torah scrolls being dedicated in memory of the eight boys who were murdered while learning Torah. The event will take place on the one-year anniversary of the attack, February 24th, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel at Yeshivat Mercaz Harav. The event hopes to attract tens of thousands of people participating live at the dedication, while hundreds of thousands view the live broadcast online.
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Filed under Israel by Levi Ben Avraham
September 21, 2008
BLUE AND WHITE ON WILSHIRE -THE RAISING OF THE ISRAELI FLAG
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CONSULATE GENERAL OF ISRAEL
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Global
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Sunday, September 28, 2008
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12:30pm – 3:00pm
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CONSULATE GENERAL OF ISRAEL
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6380 WILSHIRE BLVD
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Filed under Israel by Levi Ben Avraham
September 4, 2008
Rabbi Leah Kroll Makes Aliyah
Rabbi Leah KrollRabbi Leah Kroll has been dreaming about living in Israel since she was a teenager at a Jewish summer camp in California, and now at 55, she has said goodbye to her mother, three adult children and one grandchild, boarded an El Al jet and made aliyah.
Filed under Israel by Levi Ben Avraham
August 3, 2008
South African Rabbi Says Israel Is Not An Apartheid State
(IsraelNN.com) South African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein has strongly defended Israel against charges that it practices Apartheid, which was the official policy of the separation of the black majority by the former white government in the country.
Writing in the Times of South Africa, he stated that the only analogy between Israel and South Africa is that both countries were forced into an armed struggle because there was no partner for peace.
He wrote that the accusations against Israel of Apartheid "defame the Jewish state and also diminish the victims of the real apartheid — the men, women and children of our beloved South Africa — who suffered for centuries under arrogant, heartless colonialism, and then for decades under the brutal apartheid policies of racial superiority, oppression and separation inflicted by the National Party. If everything is apartheid, then nothing is apartheid."
Former American President Jimmy Carter last year published a controversial book entitled Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid in which he accused Israel of practicing the policy of Apartheid by building the security barrier against suicide bombers.
"All citizens vote on the same voters' roll in regular, multiparty elections, and there are Arab parties and Arab members of other parties in Israel’s parliament," the rabbi told his readers.
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Filed under Israel by Levi Ben Avraham
July 25, 2008
San Francisco Premiere Of 'Praying In Her Own Voice'
Producer Ravit Marcus emails: Our official Cal premiere is coming up at the San Francisco Jewish Film festival on Thursday at the Castro at 3:15pm and at the Roda Theater in Berkeley on Sunday August 3rd at 4pm followed by a panel discussion with Yael Katzir, Rabbi Lisa Edwards and Anat Hoffman. For more details see our site: http://www.newlovefilms.com/film_detail.php?recordID=4
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Filed under Israel by Levi Ben Avraham
July 10, 2008
A Quiet Hero In Jerusalem
Andrea, who is from New York, a single mother of six and has the energy of several rowdy kids, is bracing herself for a difficult few months ahead. One question she'll need to resolve is what to do with the silver-and- gold bracelet. She's thinking that after the 30 days of mourning, maybe the girls can give it to Libby's daughter in a special ceremony at Shalva. She's not sure.
Filed under Israel by Levi Ben Avraham
Rabbi Benjamin (Benny) Lau does not look the part of a revolutionary.
At 47, his youthful appearance, warm smile and engaging personality have helped him become a popular Orthodox rabbinic figure in Jerusalem, where he has revitalized the Ramban community synagogue in Katamon and heads the beit midrash program at Beit Morasha, a communal and educational leadership institute for observant men and women.
Filed under Charedi, Israel by Levi Ben Avraham
July 9, 2008
Chief Rabbi Shouldn't Serve As Rabbinic Judge
Attorney General Menachem Mazuz yesterday told the High Court of Justice that Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger should cease to serve as a dayan (rabbinic judge) on the Supreme Rabbinic Court.
Filed under Israel, Rabbis by Levi Ben Avraham
A group of ultra-Orthodox passengers delayed for about 90 minutes the takeoff of a scheduled El Al flight from Kiev to Ben-Gurion Airport last month because their rabbi was late in getting to the airport, according to a passenger on the flight. El Al and its Ukrainian partner have a monopoly on the route.
Filed under Israel, Rabbis by Levi Ben Avraham
July 2, 2008
Prayer Rally for Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu
(IsraelNN.com) A large prayer rally for the health of the Former Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu was held at the Sanhedria Cemetery in Jerusalem Monday. The prayer took place at the grave of Rabbi Yehuda Tzedaka, Rabbi Eliyahu's uncle.
Filed under Israel by Levi Ben Avraham