Rabbi Moshe and Miriam Levinger: All that is ours, is theirs April 26, 2013 Yesterday I heard a radio program about the upcoming holiday, on Saturday night and Sunday, Lag B’Omer. Part of the traditional celebration includes singing and Torah-talk around large bonfires. A question was posed as to why we light these bonfires. Again, traditionally, this is supposedly the […]
Read moreBeit Ezra: The government’s second test?April 23, 2013 Last December I wrote an article about Beit Ezra – the Ezra House – here in Hebron. “Presently, there is no doubt whatsoever that this is Jewish land, and that there are no real, justifiable, legal Arab claims to this property. However, the State Attorney General’s office has decided that Arabs […]
Read moreEssence, Remembrance and IndependenceApril 14, 2013 Late last week my wonderful wife of almost 34 years attended a mini-high school reunion. Ora grew up in Givatayim, on the border of Tel Aviv, in a ‘traditional’ Jewish family. Many Jewish customs were followed, but they weren’t religiously observant, or Orthodox. She attended regular public school. Last week she traveled to Tel […]
Read moreThe Palmer Conviction: Kudos for truthApril 3, 2013 Amazing. Something of a miracle. A couple of weeks ago a military court judge, Major Amir Dahan, was quoted in the Israeli press as saying that ‘rock throwing’ by Arabs was not necessarily attempted murder, rather a “prank” (as the phrase ‘ma’ase kundas’ is translated by google.) In other words, hurling […]
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