Archive for September 2nd, 2009

by Rabbi Boruch Leff The secret to making lasting changes. My eight year old daughter, Ahuva, came home from camp very upset. “I’ve taken the deep water test a few times already this summer and I keep failing! I can’t take it anymore. It’s the last week of camp and I just have to pass that test...
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Agriculture Ministry publishes report detailing average consumption of High Holiday favorites Meirav Crystal The Agriculture Ministry published a report detailing consumption figures for traditional holiday foods, ahead of the High Holidays. According to the fish farmers' association, the average Israeli consumes about 24 lbs of fish a year – a quantity that doubles around the High Holidays.  The holidays see...
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The United States plans to pledge more than $900 million to help rebuild Gaza after Israel's offensive against Hamas and strengthen the Palestinian Authority, a U.S. official said on Monday.
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by  Chuck Norris Flying under the radar this past week was a new government report that forecasts that the national debt will double over the next decade. The White House has projected a cumulative $9 trillion deficit between 2010 and 2019, while the Congressional Budget Office estimates a more optimistic $7.1 trillion, based upon the expiration of Bush...
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In a Lebanese village 10 miles west of the Israeli border, black-capped Hezbollah militiamen stand guard in front of a suspected weapons cache. Even though they are unarmed, their presence deters United Nations peacekeepers from approaching the house in Khirbet Silim, preventing the UN troops from fulfilling their mission, which is to stop Hezbollah...
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I was watching "Jeopardy," sick, stretched out on the couch, feeling too poorly to do anything except watch daytime TV. The game's contestants were college students, and host Alex Trebek wanted the students to fill in this blank from Psalm 23: "The Lord is my _____." 

Not one of those three very bright college students, from three of the...
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Liberalism has given itself many different names over the years. The American Left and its political vehicle, the Democrat Party, are most accurately described as collectivists. The belief that unites the various factions within the party is their determination to accumulate power in the central government, which they believe is morally and intellectually superior to individual citizens and free...
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Taking their misinterpretation of international law to new heights, the Arab League this week accused the Jews of Israel of violating the rules that govern global behavior by praying atop Jerusalem's Temple Mount.
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Chief Palestinian Justice Slams rabbis as 'liars,' claims Jews have no historic tie to Jerusalem!
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An Israeli company has developed what it believes is a breakthrough device to aid in the early detection of skin cancer.
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