Thoughts on being Jewish

If one waits long enough..Miracles Can Happen! By Natasha Mozgovaya...Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service An American professor has become the first Jew to win the King Faisal International Prize in Medicine, popularly known as the "Arab Nobel Prize." Stanford professor Ronald Levy, who heads of the university's Oncology department, told Haaretz that as an American Jew married to an Israeli it never crossed his mind that he might in the Saudi-financed competition; After he was informed of... Sign in to see full entry.

Phylacteries (Teffilin) and Chinese Medicine From Wikipedia: Tefillin, ( Hebrew: תפילין ‎), also called phylacteries, are a pair of cubic leather boxes painted black, containing scrolls of parchment inscribed with verses from the Bible, with leather straps dyed black on one side, and worn by observant Jews during weekday morning prayers. The hand-tefillin, or shel yad, is placed on the upper arm, and the strap wrapped around the arm, hand and fingers; while the head-tefillin, or shel rosh, is... Sign in to see full entry.

This letter I just received will change your mind: Dear Friend, The devastation that has struck Haiti is of staggering proportions. Estimated death tolls now hover between 100,000 and 200,000—infants, children, teenagers, mothers, fathers, entire families extinguished in the blink of an eye. And now, with each passing day, the horror that has become daily life in Port-au-Prince stretches credulity. The world has responded with food, clothing, medical supplies, doctors—but without infrastructure... Sign in to see full entry.

I got this as a forward this morning. Definitely something to think about: Many countries and world leaders have accused Israel of responding > disproportionately to aggression from Hizballah in Lebanon and Hamas in > Gaza. > > However, it is time that the world press and media speak of another > disproportionate response from Israel. > > The terrible disastrous earthquake in Haiti has generated responses from > many nations. The US has sent supplies and personnel, Britain sent 64 > firemen and... Sign in to see full entry.

From Israel's primary newspaper, Haaretz: The Israeli Foreign Ministry on Wednesday dispatched a rescue team to the disaster-stricken country, saying later that three Israelis are unaccounted for in Haiti, among them the daughter of late Israeli peace activist Abie Nathan. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday ordered the Defense Ministry, Foreign Ministry and Public Security Ministry to act quickly to render humanitarian assistance to the Caribbean nation. It seemed clear that the... Sign in to see full entry.