That Europe is full of anti-Semitic incidents doesn't surprise me.

That Israel finds neo-Nazis in our midsts from all the non-Jewish Russians we imported (due to a stupidly written law that should be changed) doesn't surprise me. That the neo-Nazis beat up old women because they are Jews or destroy Jewish structures doesn't surprise me, because the government and the police in Israel are known to do the same exact thing.

But when I hear of it happening in, of all places, New York. That surprises me.

One tends to think of New York as a safe haven for Jews. Where the Rule of Law is enforced (for real), and the rights of Jews to live in peace is protected and guaranteed by law.

But I guess, sometimes the rats come out of their holes, and don't get stomped on fast enough. Time for some rat poison, I'd say.


In the meantime, from what I've seen and from reports in the field, the 5 new Jewish villages seem to be coming along fine. True, in a few days the government will knock them down. But the Jews will go up again.

After all, when Abbas demands 100% of Judea and Samaria (and Olmert caves in), it will only be us that prevents the enemy from taking that next step to phasing out Israel.

We have no choice, but to continue to fight for our land.

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You know Sukkot is a strange holiday when...

Jews suddenly become carpenters and construction workers, and don't hire out laborers to add on a room for them (on the other hand the ceilings do tend to leak in the rain).

It used to be when you walked around Meah Shearim you'd see unusual (unless you grew up in America) winter-themes decorations being sold for the Sukkah.

Ho. Ho. Ho. Merry Sukkos.

With Sukkot coming up fast, there are tons of new archeological findings that have been discovered in the past few weeks. I hope they are open to the public and when you visit Israel you get a chance to see them.

City of David (open)
3000 year old bee hives (?)
Herodian (open)
King Herod's grave on Herodian (?)
Temple Quarry (?)
Secret Escape Tunnel under the Old City (?)

Other events this Sukkot include:

Kite Festival somewhere in Gush Etzion
Hebron Festival

If anyone knows of meore, please add them to the comments section.

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No, not the war with Syria, the other war.

The war for Eretz Yisrael.

Olmert and cronies are planning on selling out Israel (again), and a few people have dared to stand up and shout about it - prompting a new round of political arrests and persecutions.

Read this important article by Nadia Matar for more on what is going on.

My friend called me up and asked me what I think he will be eating before Yom Kippur.

I said, "I don't know".

He said, "Fast food."

bada boom!

Israel is increasing its forces along the Syrian border, in preparation for a potential attack over Yom Kippur.

I hope now that Syria failed in arming their chemical (nerve gas) warheads or prepare their nuclear weapons that the possibility of war has been reduced. But until after Sukkot, I'm not placing any bets on that.

Have an easy fast.

See you on the flip side.

I saw a link to this on Hirhurim.

Very funny.

How many seeds are there actually in a Pomegranate?

Answer. (and no cheating by looking at the title of this post.)

Surreal seems to be a word I use way to often when describing Left wing governments in Israel.

It’s now being reported that on July 23rd, dozens of Syrians died (horribly), when the nerve gas (Sarin) they were installing on a Scud (to be launched at us in Israel) exploded killing dozens of Syrian engineers and scientists (good).

This is being revealed on the heels of the reports that North Korean attempted to help provide Syria with Nuclear weapons.

Meanwhile (surreally) Olmert declares he has great respect for the wannabe Mass Murderer Assad and is willing to capitulate (out of fear) to his demands.

I’d say its election time in Israel, but do we really get a choice, and what does it change?

I wish Ha'aretz could decide.

First they report that IDF soldiers, during a mission in a West Bank town shot and killed an unarmed 16 Arab young man.

But as you read the article, you clearly see that the young man in question was hurling rocks at the troops.

Which one is it? Was he unarmed, or was he hurling rocks?

We're not yet in an active state of war with Syria, but don't think that the holidays passed without incident.

Arabs shot up a vehicle in the Shomron (injuring the Jewish occupants), an there was an infiltration attempt into another Shomron community.