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”...
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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 a reflection for sounding the shofar or the...
God did not create the universe, says physicist Stephen Hawking
LONDON (Reuters) – God did not create the universe and the “Big Bang” was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics, the eminent British theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book....
Researchers Discover Why Arabic is Hard to Learn
(Israel National News) Researchers at Haifa University have discovered why learning to read Arabic is hard – and it has to do with the “right brain.” Haifa University’s Professor Zohar Eviatar and neuropsychologist Dr....
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 calls “Beged Ivri”, and the Holy Half Shekel mentioned...
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...
Race is False Issue in Arab-Israeli Conflict
(MENN / Weekly Blitz) As the waitress whose family had come from Ethiopia put the pizza on the table at the Tel Aviv restaurant, I contemplated the ridiculous misuse of “race” as a factor...
Lebanon is a country that is unable to govern itself
The current explosive situation in Lebanon is sad, unfortunate and very dangerous. Meanwhile, the Lebanese people are marginalized and exposed to all kinds of terrorism, oppression, poverty, persecution, foreign interferences and fear. The Lebanese...
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 Adom!” over Sderot’s public speaker system. I had already...
This Year in Yugoslavia, Next Year in Jerusalem
by Melech ben Ya’aqov This article is reprinted from the May, 1999 edition of Your Jerusalem, and caused a bit of controversy at the time, for the obvious reason that it went square in...