http://abuyehuda.com/2016/12/israel-needs-a-constitution-but-wont-get-one/Israel’s Declaration of Independence states that a constitution for the State of Israel “shall be adopted by the Elected Constituent Assembly not later than the 1st October 1948.” Clearly they’re running a little late. And […]
https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2016/12/02/good-news-friday-190/This time last week I was writing about the devastating fires in Haifa and many other places around the country, and I had no time to write a Good News Friday post. This week I […]
http://abuyehuda.com/2016/12/welcome-to-the-world/On Monday morning at about 1:30 AM, I experienced the thrill of becoming a grandfather for the 9th time. A baseball team at last! Naturally I wonder what his life will be like. Will he […]
https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2016/11/30/kaf-tet-benovember-the-palestinians-want-a-do-over-and-the-un-cooperates/It’s that strangely titled day again, Kaf Tet beNovember, the 29th of November when Israel mixes the Hebrew letter-numbering system of the Jewish calendar to mark a civil calendar date. On this day in 1947 the […]
https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2016/11/27/haifa-fires-die-down-many-others-break-out-israelfires/The devastating wildfires in Haifa appear to have died down, and now one can see the level of damage caused to the city: Aerial footage of fire damage in Haifahttps://t.co/k2Vo1g1pQl pic.twitter.com/0LehzW4xkS — Ynetnews (@ynetnews) November […]
https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2016/11/25/shabbat-shalom-4/No time for a Good News Friday post today. My earlier post was delayed due to family health issues, but I can’t leave this blog for Shabbat without something positive on the front page. So […]
https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2016/11/25/israelisburning-while-arabsarecelebrating/A brush-fire which, aided by extremely dry weather and strong winds, turned into a wildfire, caused initially by negligence, set fire to large swathes of the picturesque town of Zichron Yaakov, and in the coexistence […]
http://abuyehuda.com/2016/11/the-rabbi-and-the-court/Some years ago I was in New York for my brother’s wedding. On Shabbat we went to a convenient synagogue (a Chabad shul), and the rabbi held a little study session before the service. The […]
https://anneinpt.wordpress.com/2016/11/24/all-about-amona/The community of Amona in the title has been the subject of much controversy over the past couple of years, reaching a head in the last couple of months. The background to the story is […]
http://abuyehuda.com/2016/11/film-review-hate-spaces-the-politics-of-intolerance-on-campus/#comment-666The failure of ordinary Americans to fight for their liberties, to increasingly self-censure and ignore the country’s laws, actively repudiate and wage war on one’s own culture–this is the sine qua non for the absence […]
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