Monthly Archives: December 2011

Rabbi, MA, PhD student, IDF elite officer and Ethiopian

Rabbi Sharon Shalom is Rav in Kiryat Gat. Born in Ethiopia he made aliyah in 1982. He served as an IDF infantry officer, has a B.Ed and an MA from Bar-Ilan University and is studying for his doctorate. He also … Continue reading

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Israeli doctors treat wife of mastermind of Munich massacre

How bizarre – Abu Daoud’s terrorist gang murdered 11 Israeli Olympic athletes in 1972. Today, his wife is being treated in Tel Aviv’s Assuta Hospital. Her three daughters from Ramallah, Jordan and Syria have even been granted visas to visit … Continue reading

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Religious Jews teach safety to Arab women

For the first time, volunteers from the religious ZAKA organization have run a course to teach Israeli Arab women about home safety, accident prevention and emergency care. The group intends to extend the program to 12 other Arab towns across … Continue reading

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Religious students clean up Mosques

Students from a pre-Army Torah academy in Judea and Samaria are on a mission to literally clean up the image of nationalists, marred in recent vandalism by 50 extremist youths. Please publicise this, as mainstream media have ignored the campaign. … Continue reading

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My friend Hamza

In episode 5 of the series IS.REAL about real Israelis, tour guide Yair Tayar visits his Arab friend Hamza at his home in East Jerusalem. They plan to go into business together. http://www.youtube.com/user/IsReal2011TLV#p/u/0/kWpdMUk7d9A

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Israel trains Arabs rather than outsourcing

Some 140 Israeli Arabs have been trained as hi-tech engineers and are working at Galil Software, a company in Nazareth – providing the country with urgently needed sophisticated manpower, instead of outsourcing to engineers in India and Eastern Europe. http://www.jpost.com/Sci-Tech/Article.aspx?id=249865&R=R103

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“Light up the night

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The best Chanukah videos

Take your pick, but I think that these are pretty cool. Fountainheads – “Light up the Night” (probably the best song):- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzh-TKzXN2k&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyKWUpSMegE&feature=player_embedded# http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULtglogZbR8&feature=player_embedded http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZkdQ-dCue8&feature=player_embedded

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How artists see Israel

“Rising in Art 2011”, is the annual exhibition of works by new immigrants at Bat Yam’s New Gallery of Art Institute. This year, it also features works by participants in the Young Judean one-year arts track. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/150838 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7bwHTHre9Zo

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Great films at the Jerusalem Film festival

I hope many of you managed to see some of the movies. http://www.jer-cin.org.il/JJFF%202011/The%20Events.aspx

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