1. If you are going to be traveling to Israel, check out Nes Mobile's great packages for renting cellphones with Internet for the duration of your trip.. they are really great people providing a great service at a great price.

2. Feldheim is having a sale right now - free shipping on orders over $50. Now wuld be a good time to check out their book selection, especially the books listed as special value books.. As well, A Taste of Challah is still on sale for a 15% discount.

3. reminder about the Mesivta Bet Shemesh pre-Shavuous cake bake/sale

4. Lakewood has no religious test for admissions?

5. Dov Lipman's problem with English

6. hair covering: an offhand comment vs a 179 page article

7. not all charedim are the same

8. running. a marathon. not really

9. memories of the six day war

10. drowning in pritzus

11. Rav Aharon Feldman's lament

12. when terrorists die

13. Yom Yerushalayim: the alternate ending

14. bnei avraham ahuvecha