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Good News Friday
The weeks rush by, and seem to be nearly always filled with bad news, but then Friday rolls around and we find that there’s always some good news to accompany us into Shabbat. So here is this week’s Good News … Continue reading
Good News Friday
It has not been an easy week, to say the least, with the despicable terrorist murder of Kim Levengrond-Yehezkel and Ziv Hajbi in Barkan, and another stabbing in the Shomron Regional Brigade (bet you didn’t hear about that one!), not … Continue reading
Good News Friday
It’s the first Friday of 5779 and the last Friday before Yom Kippur. Luckily there is plenty of good news to fill my latest Good News Friday installment. Let’s start with a healing kind of item. US military veterans have … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Arts & Sports, Judaism, Slice of Israeli life
Tagged archaeology, coral, Good News Friday, gymnastics, Jerusalem, Judaism, Kotel, Linoy Ashram, medal, PTSD, Slichot
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Good News Friday
It’s almost Rosh Hashana (starting Sunday night), so this is the last Good News Friday post of the Jewish year. It is therefore fitting that my first item should be about pomegranates, the fruit that most symbolizes Rosh Hashana, for … Continue reading
Good News Friday
No matter what happens during the week, it’s always good to hear some good news before Shabbat so here is this week’s Good News Friday post. Since I so frequently provide news from Israel’s technological sector, I thought it appropriate … Continue reading
Just in time for the fast of 17th Tammuz – a fascinating archeological discovery
The fast day of Shiva Asar b’Tammuz – 17th Tammuz – technically fell yesterday, but since it was Shabbat on which mourning is not allowed, the fast was put off until today. The fast commemorates the following tragic events which … Continue reading
Posted in History, Judaism
Tagged archaeology, City of David, coins, Jerusalem, Judaism, Old City, Second Temple, Shiva Asar B'Tammuz
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