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Your Jerusalem Is Back!
Welcome to the new website of Your Jerusalem. We have vastly upgraded our infrastructure and hope that you, our reader, will enjoy the difference. Please bear with us patiently as we expand our current site. After a hiatus of 7 years, 2 months, 7 days, 11 hours and 55 minutes, I am proud to announce
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Your Jerusalem is published on an ongoing basis on the internet at http://www.YourJerusalem.org and http://www.YourJerusalem.net. Submissions, letters, advertising inquiries and all other correspondence may be directed to inquiries@YourJerusalem.org.
| Publisher and Editor-in-Chief | Melech ben Ya'aqov |
| Editors-in-Chief Emeritus |
Alex Gray Raffi Dobrin |
| Senior Editors |
Olivia Worthy Tova Pasner-Center |
| Contributing Writers |
Daniel Pinner K.B. Shawnee |
| Advertising Account Executive | Mordechai ben Tzvi |
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Editor's Corner
A Worried Editor
I started publishing this newspaper in July of 1997 and, for the first time since I began taking on this task and this privilege, I can say that I am truly worried about the future of the nation of Israel. Never before have I seen so many lost, wandering and disconnected citizens. Perhaps the youth
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Featured Articles
Let the Sound Be Heard
THROUGHOUT THE LAND — BIBLICAL TRUMPETS AND SHOFAR There are numerous references to both a shofar and a trumpet being sounded in heaven above as
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Jerusalemite Restores the Holy Half Shekel
Editor’s introduction: Reuven Prager is a Jerusalem visionary. For years, he has worked relentlessly on restoring ancient Israelite traditions such as Biblical dress, which he
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Just Another Day in Sderot
(MENN – Sderot, Israel) On Tuesday morning, as I was getting ready to leave my home, a woman’s voice said “Tzeva Adom! Tzeva Adom! Tzeva
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Sharp Increase In Jerusalem Lunatics
by K.B. Shawnee This article is reprinted from the April, 1999 edition of Your Jerusalem. According to late-breaking reports, Jews across Jerusalem are becoming lunatics.
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Diet Coke Sweetener Called Dangerous Poison
This article is reprinted from the September, 1999 edition of Your Jerusalem. Aspartame, the artificial sweetener used in Diet Coke as well as in a
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Jewish Calendar is Slowly Drifting Off Track
If Trend Continues, Passover Will Be In May and Rosh Hodesh One Day Later Concept by Bruce Brill Written by Melech Ben Ya’aqov To start
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Sugar – White, Pure and Dangerous CARPATHIAN MOUNTAIN HOUSE 1) The average American consumes about 2.7 lbs. of candy per week (the equivalent of 6 chocolate bars). 2) In 1915, a typical person consumed 15-20 lbs of sugar a year. Today, one may consume his or her body weight in sugar. 3) Sugar is divested of all its nutrients in processing.
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The Day After … A Tale from an Israeli Bus GROSS UNDERSTANDING For twenty-five intense hours of Yom Kippur, Jews from around the world pour out their hearts to Ha’shem, asking for forgiveness for a long list of common sins, including speaking badly of others, desecration of G-d’s name, and more. This, combined with the custom of wearing white, men going to the mikveh (ritual
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Only In Israel EXPLORING THE LIGHTER SIDE OF ISRAEL Do you remember when you first made aliyah? When being a “friar” was actually kind of fun? Well, in case you forgot, this edition of “Only In Israel” is dedicated to the Oleh Hadash (new immigrant) in all of us. ADVENTURE BY FIAT When I first came to Israel,
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Kind Words: Your Identity THE ROAD TO KINDNESS The author wishes to remain anonymous. A neighbor has a heart of gold. She takes into her home (not into private apartments, but regular bedrooms, and even the sofas when necessary) several people who would otherwise be in the streets. Some are emotionally disturbed, some are old, sick or feeble. For
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Crazy About Crazy Heart AT THE MOVIES As the pomp and pretense of Oscar Night fade away, let me tell you about my favorite movie of the season. In contrast to the glamor and glitter of Hollywood, Crazy Heart has a real — almost gritty — feeling to it. Meandering and muddy at times, sharp and rushing at others,
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The Smile on the Satan’s Face A STORY FOR PURIM (AND TISHA B’AV) The Rebbe had reached the World of Truth, and had stood, like all other Jews, in judgment. It had taken a long time; after all, the Judge of the Universe is infinitely more exacting with the great tzaddikim than He is with anyone else. But eventually, He gave
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The Happy Quadriplegic by Olivia Love Worthy As a nurse I once had a patient who was paralyzed from the neck down, yet very happy. He was a Vietnamese boy, around 18 years old, and could only turn his head. He had been in this condition for just 6 months as the result of a bullet through his
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