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Tzedek-Tzedek: On Your Marks...!
"Aba, are you running?", my 13 year old son Ariel asked me.We were standing around the start line for the first Lev Hatorah Yeshiva + Lema'an Achai 6km run."Of course not!", I said. "I haven't run since I was your age, and I can't run 100m, never mind 6km...
Dateline: 2013-05-24 5:22am -07:00T (425 words)
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Tzedek-Tzedek: Israel's Shame
Israel looks and feels like a highly developed country, with a thriving economy.This month's sale of 20% of Iscar to Warren Buffett for $2 Billion; the vast wealth newly discovered in off-shore gas reserves; and the billion-dollar sale now in negotiation ...
Dateline: 2013-05-19 8:37am -07:00T (500 words)
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Tzedek-Tzedek: Building A Nationwide Dental Aid Program
Dr Shmuel Katz with a volunteer "first patient" at the new clinic in RechovotI was privileged to attend the opening of the fifth Free Dental Clinic in a network started at Lema'an Achai in Ramat Beit Shemesh, and built up by Dr Shmuel Katz.This is a fine ...
Dateline: 2013-05-13 7:37am -07:00T (393 words)
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Tzedek-Tzedek: Rabbi Lipman Vilified
Rabbi Aharon FeldmanRabbi Dov Lipman's politics are not everyone's cup of tea.Rabbi Lipman has stated:The Israeli government should not fund institutions which don't teach basic math and English. Yeshivos which don't do so will not be closed down but the...
Dateline: 2013-05-09 2:37pm -07:00T (390 words)
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Tzedek-Tzedek: Beating Up Arabic-Speaking Policemen
According to the news reports this week, several students from Yeshivat Yerushalaim Letzeirim ("Yashlatz"), the yeshiva high school of Mercaz Harav Yeshiva in Kireat Moshe, beat up two policemen.These policemen were apparenty operating under-cover and wer...
Dateline: 2013-05-02 7:38am -07:00T (321 words)
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Tzedek-Tzedek: Ariel's Got "Yichus"!
This week is my youngest son Ariel's barmitzva.In his honour, I filmed and directed a dramatic 10 minute video which features Ariel's grandparents, their stories, and detailing his impressive ancestry. This was well received by family and friends.Ariel's ...
Dateline: 2013-04-30 12:52pm -07:00T (65 words)
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Tzedek-Tzedek: Ariel Morris Barmitzva Song - by Moshe Burt
It's my son Ariel's 13th Birthday, his barmitzva, and our friend Moshe Burt has produced this foot-tapping parody of the Beech Boys Sloop John B (which our family sings with the words of the shabbat song "Dror Yikra").Thanks Moshe!Anyone who would like a ...
Dateline: 2013-04-28 1:52pm -07:00T (53 words)
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Tzedek-Tzedek: Magen: Child Abuse Warning to Parents & Kids on Lag BaOmer
According to the Child Protection Center in Jerusalem, Lag BaOmer has become an annual nightmare – it is the worst night of the year for child abuse.The reason for this is OPPORTUNITY.With thousands of children out-and-about, generally with minimal or z...
Dateline: 2013-04-24 8:07am -07:00T (344 words)
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Tzedek-Tzedek: Just a Few Minutes from Beit Shemesh!
There is a wonderfully rich variety of historical and natural sites within just a few minutes drive from Beit Shemesh.This past Friday we went exploring, and chanced upon a system of large & spectacular caves close to Beit Guvrin, but outside of the natio...
Dateline: 2013-04-22 4:07am -07:00T (195 words)
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Tzedek-Tzedek: Delaying Bonfires on Lag B'Omer - Loving Our Neighbors
Rav Chaim Soloveichik made a shul announcement this past shabbat that the Chief Rabbinate had asked that everyone celebrate Lag BaOmer by lighting their bonfires on Sunday evening, rather than Saturday night (which is 33rd Night of the Omer).Rav Chaim the...
Dateline: 2013-04-21 9:52am -07:00T (452 words)
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Tzedek-Tzedek: Apology
I recently wrote an article about my feelings on seeing a photo of Women of the Wall. The intention was to share my feelings, and generate a discussion, even a debate, about the issues of acceptable boundaries in behaviour at our Holy Sites.However, it is...
Dateline: 2013-04-18 2:22am -07:00T (84 words)
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Tzedek-Tzedek: Just a Few Minutes From Home!
There are times when it's uplifting to join with a mass of people, doing the same thing at the same time.I guess it brings out some tribal group instincts, but honed to greater or at least more modern causes.A political demonstration can generate a surge ...
Dateline: 2013-04-17 1:52pm -07:00T (245 words)
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Tzedek-Tzedek: Women of the Wall: Stomach Churning?
I am going to be very politically incorrect.When I first saw this photo of Women of Wall, my stomach lurched.One might compare it with the feelings of many when they see homosexuals kissing:Or a 'rabbi' embracing Ahmadinejad:Or Ultra-Orthodox flag-burners...
Dateline: 2013-04-15 1:37am -07:00T (372 words)
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Tzedek-Tzedek: Memories of Maggie
Asking a Brit like me, brought up during the time of Mrs Margaret Thatcher, of his memories of "Maggie" and you'll evoke a melange of macro and micro. Of national and personal experiences. Buried passions, rusty disputes, and biographical snippets.I never...
Dateline: 2013-04-09 8:08am -07:00T (616 words)
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Tzedek-Tzedek: Offended by Islam
This is a very British outspoken response to Islamic intollerence.Brilliant.(Hat-tip: Life In Israel)...
Dateline: 2013-04-04 2:07pm -07:00T (13 words)
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