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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Yisroel Pensack: 40 Die in Chanukah Forest Fire in Israel in Country’s ‘Biggest and Deadliest’ Blaze
The New York Times reports: JERUSALEM — A fire raging in a northern Israel forest on Thursday has left at least 40 people dead, caused the evacuation of thousands of people, burned some kibbutz houses to the ground and prompted … Continue reading
Posted in Aish HaTorah, Circumcision, Greece, Israel, Judaism, New York Times, R. Ari Kahn, Sabbath, Torah, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged chanukah, fatal, forest fire, Givat Ze'ev, hebrew calendar, holy land, Jerusalem, Kislev, Nadav and Abihu, Rafi Alkaly, rosh chodesh, sons of Aaron, Syrian-Greek empire, Tevet
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Holocaust Claims Conference
Background Professor Yitzchak Kerem emails: Noah Flug briefed Knesset Committee for survivors this week. He noted as “punishment” for Russian employee corruption (went on for 16 years with oversight and possible collaboration from Sol Kagan, Edgar Bronfman, Israel Singer, Julius … Continue reading
Posted in Holocaust, Yitzchak Kerem
Tagged art property, edgar bronfman, israel office, israel singer, shroeder, unnecessary documentation
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What’s Dennis Wilen Doing?
Dennis ran the JewishJournal.com for a couple of years. He blogs yesterday: As you probably already know, I’ll be joining AOL’s Patch.com next week to build, run and grow Los Angeles’ new Brentwood.Patch.com, which I plan to launch before the … Continue reading
Posted in Los Angeles
Tagged bird in the hand, community conversation, conversant, dennis wilen, health business, opinionated person
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Most Chareidi Jews In Israel Don’t Want To Work
Dennis Prager writes: The Wall Street Journal recently published a column about ultra-Orthodox (Charedi) Jews in Israel who do not work for a living. Sixty-five percent of ultra-Orthodox men ages 35-54 do not go to work. Instead, they study Torah … Continue reading
Posted in Dennis Prager, Haredi, Israel
Tagged david ben gurion, Dennis Prager, dominant lifestyle, israel work, orthodox jews, yeshiva students
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Yisroel Pensack: Happy Chanukah!
This is not a Lubavitcher chossid, obviously. The branches of Chabad-Lubavitch menorahs are straight and diagonal — not like this: or this: but like this: and this: and this:
Posted in Chabad, Hanukkah, Yisroel Pensack
Tagged alaska, happy Chanukah, lubavitch, menorah, Wilshire Grand Hotel, zebra
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