Rashi or Rabbeinu Tam?

I’ve been seeing the ads from the Israel Ministry of Immigrant Absorption targeted to Israelis living in America (of which I am one) calling on them to return to Israel.  The ads range from the young girl who is mourning the loss of life (and presumably friends) on Yom Hazikaron while her boyfriend things that she is interested in having a nice “candlelit” dinner at her apartment with him to the grandfather and grandmother asking their granddaughter at the start of Channukah what holiday is about to start to which she replies “Christmas!” (there’s one more but it escapes me at the moment).  While the Jewish Federations of North America may be all up in a stir about this campaign, I think one need only look at the following picture (found at The Muqata blog – an odd name for an Israeli blog) and realize that the Ministry is actually very correct (and yes, I know the picture is photoshopped but it does a good job in making the point):

Is Santa's Tefillin Rashi or Rabbeinu Tam?

(Original picture can be found at http://muqata.blogspot.com/)

An Amazing Land, An Amazing People, An Amazing Video

This is an awesome video about Israel.  Definitely a must see!

 

PLO Ambassador Calls for Apartheid

After many years of NGOs and other organizations trying to slander Israel by claiming it’s an apartheid state (all the while ignoring the fact that Israel has 1.3 million citizens who are Arabs – both Muslim and Christian – who enjoy the same rights and freedoms as the Jewish citizens and bending the definition of apartheid significantly in order to use it as a epithet against Israel) here’s an interesting little tidbit that recently came up.  The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) ambassador to the United States calls for the establishment of a Palestinian state that will be free of Jews – i.e. Judenrein.

USA Today reports that this statement was made on Tuesday, September 13th at a meeting with Christian Science Monitor reporters by ambassador Maen Areikat.   Ambasssador Areikat called for a Palestinian state that is free not just of Jews but of minorities of all other faiths as well!  So, who would be the apartheid state then?  The Palestinians want a state based on apartheid and ethnic cleansing – they apparently need this separation to “work on their own national identity.”   Where is the indignation and the outcry from the NGOs and the other organizations who repeatedly slander Israel?  They’re pretty quite about this idea…their silence is pretty deafening and damning.