Today is the 7th of Kislev. That means it is time for the monthly ascent to Har Habayit. It is difficult to arrange going every month, but t...

Ever wonder who started Jewish Geography? How it began? I think I found the first instance of Jewish Geography. In Parshat Va'Yetzei (th...

The shul I learn daf yomi in has decided to honor my daf yomi shiur in their upcoming annual dinner. My shiur has been meeting every day for...

The owner of the company I work for gets a mazel tov. His daughter got engaged a few days ago. Last night they had the engagement party. To...

This is a video clip shown on CNN explaining the history of the Middle East

I have used this platform a number of times to criticize the yeshiva community for their actions, methods, style, etc. Sometimes I did not d...

My shechita learning restarted tonight after a long break due to a number of reasons. We finally got our group back together to begin finish...

My brother is about to go under the knife for surgery on his spinal cord. Pretty heavy duty surgery. If you can have him in your prayers/tho...

This is an absolutely amazing update and brings renewed hope and optimism about Zachary Baumel as well as about the status of ther other MI...

Rav Druckman, a leading Rav of the National Religious, has caused a stir. He is quoted as having said that Ashkenazim should request to be b...

I saw this on an Israeli forum board. Somebody anonymously wrote this piece. I have translated it to English for you. If Arik (Sharon) would...

Arkadi Gaydamak is an Israeli billionaire. he made his money in Russia and lives between Russia and Israel, most of the time I think in Isra...

I just cracked my tooth. Eating a Mentos. What a waste of a tooth. What a waste of a Mentos (I did not even put it into a bottle of Diet Cok...

This is a direct quote from a post to our local neighborhood email list. "My husband mistakenly purchase adult diaper instead of baby d...

Watch Netanyahu's drasha at the 2006 General Assembly in Los Angeles from the other day..

I have had a very light blogging week. I apologize to all you readers who have gotten accustomed to more frequent posts and better material....