Category Archives: Israel

Obama’s Pastor:

Posted on March 18, 2008 by Luke Ford

Robert J. Avrech writes: Here’s Barak Obama’s religious adviser, whoops, excuse me, former religious adviser, former pastor, on Israel. Hey, when did Wright become Barak’s former pastor? Wow, that was fast. And where’s Wright? In Africa. That’s convenient. But Barak … Continue reading →

Posted in Barack Obama, Israel | Tagged american jew, barak obama, blood libels, david duke, dirty word, dog catcher, jay leno, mdash, michelle wright, mosque, president of the united states, rabbi, religious adviser, s pastor, seditious speech, Synagogue, traitor, u s senate, uniter, wedding ceremony | Comments Off

Los Angeles Jewish Mother/Daughter Killed In Car Crash In Israel

Posted on March 13, 2008 by Luke Ford

From Haaretz: Devorah Levenberg and her daughter Aliza, 2, were not wearing seat belts when the car in which they were traveling crashed head-on into another vehicle. The Levenbergs – Devorah, her husband Moshe, and Aliza – hitched a ride … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel, Jews, Los Angeles | Tagged adelman, adelmans, arei, car crash, central jerusalem, chest wounds, devorah, haaretz, halevi, Hancock Park, har, hatzolah, head wounds, hellip, Jewish Journal, jewish mother, kosher market, levenberg, magen david, magen david adom, mashiach ben david, massive injuries, mercaz harav, mother daughter, motzei shabbat, narkis, neveh, old mother, rabbi yisroel, seat belts, sitting in the back seat, tragic losses, tragic scene, uzi, uzi narkiss, vista ave, yerushalayim, zeev | Comments Off

Israeli at center of Spitzer scandal

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Luke Ford

From JTA: The alleged procurer in the prostitution scandal surrounding New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer has an Israeli passport. A federal magistrate in New York ordered Mark "Michael" Brener held without bail after his arrest March 6 related to allegations … Continue reading →

Posted in Eliot Spitzer, Israel, Prostitution | Tagged allegations, citizen, elements, Eliot Spitzer, federal magistrate, gov eliot spitzer, lawyer, passport, prostitution ring, quot, scandal, york gov | Comments Off

Celebrating The Attack On Jerusalem Yeshiva

Posted on March 7, 2008 by Luke Ford

From a comment to NYCIndymedia.org: Come dance In front of the Israeli Consulate in downtown San Francisco Friday, March 7th, 2008 4:00 – 7:00 PM In front of the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco 456 Montgomery St. (at Montgomery & … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel | Tagged amp, bart station, california streets, goldstein, good tv, hamas, heroic act, high school students, israeli consulate in san francisco, israelis, Jerusalem, jewish voice for peace, killings, oy ve, palestinians, perpetrator, quot quot, recruitment center, school library, settlers, shine the light, Yeshiva, zionists | Comments Off

Proving You’re A Jew

Posted on March 3, 2008 by Luke Ford

Gershom Gorenberg writes for the NYT: One day last fall, a young Israeli woman named Sharon went with her fiancé to the Tel Aviv Rabbinate to register to marry. They are not religious, but there is no civil marriage in … Continue reading →

Posted in Israel | Tagged birth certificate, brown hair, chief rabbinate, civil marriage, gershom gorenberg, governm, government bureaucracy, government issue, israeli city, israeli combat units, israeli woman, issue id, jewish identity, jewish life, kibbutz, nyt, shoulder length, skepticism, small woman, tying the knot | Comments Off

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