I saw this new line of Fashion jewelry that hails back to another time. Have a look.

Yesterday was Yom yerushliyiim (Jerusalem unification day)

I found this beautiful trailer for a new fim about Jerusalem. Filmed from aircraft, in the exciting iMax format, the film provides breathtaking views of all parts of the land of Israel, centering on Jerusalem.

This trailer captures the sights and sounds of this holiest of cities.

I reccomend seing this movie when it comes to your town. You will not be disapointed!

In the meantime, here are a selection of Jerusalem themed gift items from our friends at israel-catalog.com

http://www.israel-catalog.com/about-israel/jerusalem

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Istudyhebrew Hanukah Challenge

Google Social Networking is here!

I don't usually Tech blog here, but this is so cool, that I had to try it out, and if you know me, you know that if I'm trying it, I'm gonna crow about it.

With No fanfare the Google development team has rolled out their answer to Social Networking and Bookmarking.

They have started with the shiny, new app you see at the top of this page. It's called Friend Connect and it allows you to follow your favorite Blogger blogs, which appear in your google reader & IGoogle. Become a follower and give it a try.

You can read more about these exciting developments Here. My gratitude to Alexander Alaric, who showed this to me so I can pass it on to you, my readers.

Google Social Networking is here!

the law of Attraction is So Real

Terrorist Murder In Mercaz Yeshiva

Terrorist murderers strike again in Jerusalem, Israel's capitol, in the shadow of Israeli government statements declaring an end to terrorist murders resulting from the "Security Fence". The terrorist was this time an Arab, Jerusalem resident, with legal rights to be anywhere in Israel.
This time the Murderer entered the Mercaz HaRav Yeshiva, located in a quiet Jerusalem neighborhood on the eve of the new month, Adar II, Firing on students, in a masacre, that stops the heart.
Watching this video is difficult, but, we have to see to understand and fight this evil.

Here's a new attraction I've created at MyStuDIYo

Help a family save their son's life:

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I don't often ask for money at this blog, there is usually a link to help needy children to receive educational enrichment, but I seldom mention it.
Now I am asking for help because a whole family is at stake. I know my readers, and I know that we will make this happen!

In addition to my busines, I am coordinator for community outreach for The Hasdey Avot Service organization in Israel.

Pinhas Tourgeman, a member of our community has experienced failure of his transplanted Kidney (from a living donor, family member).
This young man was diagnosed with Kidney failure three days after the senseless murder by terrorists of his brother, Yair, at Mevo Dotan, Israel in 2004.

For his parents wellbeing, we must do everything possible to save their surviving son.

Rabbi Dov Lior, Rabinnic court head for K. Arba has given his personal blessing to this campaign and all who support the effort.

We will be seeking money to enter rotation and have the operation performed privately in the U.S or Europe. This is costly, because he cannot travel without, medical accompaniment, family, living arrangements, etc. All told, the family needs over 100,000 dollars, a daunting sum, but if we all give what we can, we can make this happen

If you can help in any way, contact me here, or at hasdeyavot@gmail.com . More information will be available at www.hasdeyavot.org soon.

Any help (money, help spreading the word, contact with others who might be able to help, most of all, prayers, and positive energy) are greatly appreciated.

Donations can be made with a credit card or PayPal using the link here.

Help Pinhas Tourgeman

Or by check, made out to Hasdey Avot, (write Pinhas Tourgeman on the note line of check or on a separate sheet of paper)

Mail to: Hasdey Avot
25 David HaMelach St.
K. Arba, 90100
ISRAEL



Yaakov (Jay) Gelobter

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The Beat goes on in Sderot

I had to post this, It shows the hope and perseverance of the Israeli.



These exceptional qualities are indicative of the Israeli persona, despite the fact that our leaders don't seem to have them. Read on see what you think.



An Israeli town fights rockets with

rock 'n' roll

By Jennifer Medina

Published: April 27, 2007

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SDEROT, Israel: The underground Israeli pop-rock music scene seems to start here, in a bomb shelter set in the center of town.



No matter how loudly the teenagers hammer at their drums or pluck at their guitars, the green tin that is meant to protect residents from incoming rockets also works as a sound barrier for the funky music.



It is not unusual for Israeli towns to turn shelters into community centers of some sort. But Sderot, just outside the Gaza Strip, is one of the few cities where such shelters are still used frequently.



And in Sderock, as the shelter-turned-music studio is called, the teenagers grapple with the dueling realities that have made the city famous: the music that comes out of it and the rockets that come into it.



"This is the safest fun place in the city," said Nir Oliel, 21, who has played guitar for several years. "It is also where everyone great came from."

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In the Israeli public consciousness, Sderot is a place of poverty and danger. It has been barraged by more than 4,000 rockets in the last six years, including nearly 200 since the shaky cease-fire that began in November. Six people have died in the attacks and dozens of homes have been damaged.



And yet Sderot is also the hometown of a pop culture hero of the moment: Kobi Oz, the lead singer of the Teapacks, the Israeli pick for the popular Eurovision song contest. Oz made headlines in March when organizers of the contest suggested that his song "Push the Button" might be disqualified for carrying an inappropriate political message.



The song riffs on the Israeli fear of being obliterated by an atomic bomb. Oz, who is also the host of a weekday morning news program, makes no apologies for the lyrics, which he says are meant to reflect the "hot politics" of the region.



"There are not sweet love songs to play," he said in a telephone interview. "If you are here, you have to have all kinds of conflict inside the music. Our way to deal with it is to laugh in the face or terror and make rock 'n' roll for the craziness."



Oz, with two platinum albums in Israel, is by far the most successful musician to come out of Sderot, but he is hardly alone. He got his start with Sfatayim, which means Lips, a band made up of young artists from Sderot who played Moroccan music. On Israeli radio it is possible to hear more than half a dozen bands from this city, quite a feat for a place with a population of about 25,000.



The musicians who grew up in the 1980s are the children of immigrants from North Africa and other parts of the Middle East. They blended their New World guitar and drum with their Old World counterparts - an oud and a goatskin-covered drum called a darbukah - to create what critics called ethnic-pop. Those who perform it say it is "pashut Yisraeli," simply Israeli.



When the Qassam rockets - 31 kilograms, or about 70 pounds, of steel each - began landing here, much of the Israeli mainstream seemed unperturbed, favoring a less aggressive military stance. After the rockets started landing on schools and houses, the residents grew increasingly frustrated with the government.



Encouraged by their hawkish mayor, Eli Moyal, they set up protest tents, crying out, "Conquer Gaza now," and demanded that the Israeli military take action. When Israel did take action, it did not help much: After a lull, the rockets returned.



The teenagers in Sderock seem less convinced than their elders that more force will calm their lives down. Their music captures their angst.



"Don't Break," a song one group recorded for Independence Day celebrations, focuses on their sense of defiance and fear:



"We won't break, we won't be afraid," the chorus goes.



And then:



"How does the state abandon



This war, who is extending his hand?



They do nothing, when it comes to you."



The verse ends with "Shma Yisrael," which translated literally is a command: "Hear, O Israel." It is also a reference to the Jewish prayer that is said during daily worship and on one's deathbed.



With the success of so many musicians in the last decade, the city has poured considerable resources into cultivating more talent. The city estimates that it spends $30,000, a considerable portion of its budget, on music.



Chaim Uliel and Micha Biton, native sons who became successful performers and producers, teach classes here.

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A
Thought Before the Pesach Holiday

The
Ben Ish Hai Quotes the Gemara Brachot Daf ה
Amud
ב a
story of a king who had two advisors, one a Jew and one a gentile.
The king wanted to be certain that these two trusted aids would
continue to be around to give him good council.

One
day, the king seized the infant sons of both advisors. The king
ordered the gentile baby circumcised so that no one would be able to
tell the children apart. He told the advisors that the babies would
be raised personally in the palace by himself and the queen, and that
thy would be returned in six years.

The
Jewish advisor protested, using as a pretense that his son must eat
only kosher food. The king responded that both children would be fed
only kosher food. There was nothing that the poor father could do. He
told himself and his family that at least the child would be returned
in six years.

At
the end of 6 years, true to his word the king summoned his two
advisors to retrieve their children. The king pointed to two young
boys resplendent in royal robes. The Gentile went and took one boy
at random.

The
Jewish advisor sat down and began to weep. The king, concerned, asked
what was the matter. The Jewish advisor told his king that he cannot
choose at random as the gentile did, he requested that his child be
returned to him.

The
king, not understanding, said that the two boys had been raised
together as brothers, and were the same. No one could differentiate
between them (remember: this was in the time before anything was
known about genetics or DNA testing).

The
Jewish advisor was adamant, and told the king that he had a plan to
determine which boy was his son. The king was intrigued and allowed
the Jew to arrange his experiment.

First,
with force of the kings law, he ordered the gentile advisor to return
the child he had taken.

Next,
two rooms were set up, each containing one gold plate full of
separate grapes and one containing a large cluster of grapes.

The
Jewish advisor explained that the his son would take from the cluster
while the gentile child would take from the plate of individual
grapes. The boys were led into their respective rooms, and observed.

As
the advisor had predicted, one boy took from the grapes, one from the
cluster.

The
king was surprised and demanded an explanation. The Jewish advisor
explained that inherent in the Jewish psyche is the reality of being
part of the group. The nations revel in individualism, as the
individual fruits in the bowl, without any group consciousness.

Jews
are different in that, although we are individuals, there is also
the experience of being part of a larger entity, Am Yisrael.

In
this Spirit, Hasdey Avot has distributed Kimhe D'Pischa packages
including Shmura Matza, Meat, Chicken, eggs, and other items
necessary for the Seder and Hag to nearly 2000 deserving families.

Our
recipients include large families living at or below the poverty
line, Single parent families, and families struggling to pick
themselves up after tragic loss, or, the dislocation brought about by
Israel's abandonment of Gush Katif and Northern Shomron.

To
fulfil this Mitzva, without leaving anyone out, Hasdey Avot, has
taken on considerable debt.

These
debts must be repaid so as not to hinder our many other charitable
works.

We
are appealing to you to give generously, to help us to help those in
need living in and around the holy city of Kiriat Arba/ Hevron.

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Palastinian Land grab continues

On march 18, Arabs from Yata, entered area declared closed military zone, on The Talliah farm, with flocks of sheep and goats, destroying growing grain and fodder crops. This is a violation, already, however, the Arabs further encroached, driving their sheep and goats into land legally apportioned to Talliah and closed to other's flocks and right up to the fenced habitation area of the Talliah Farm.

Wishing to avoid a confrontation, Yaakov Talliah called the Police and Army. The police did not even bother to show up. This sends the message that Lawlessness will be tolerated if it is by Arabs against Jewish settlers.

The army sent a patrol, who just observed the situation, only telling the trespassers to leave when the threatened the actual houses of the farm.

Yaakov Talliah and Jochanan Shareth's Farms have been repeatedly burgled and vandalized by local Arabs, making this current situation different because of the political climate of appeasement, which can only lead to more bloodshed.

Yaakov Gelobter

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Arabs continue to attack Israeli farmers

Beginning a week ago (on March 6) and continuing, Arab Provocateurs have been hard at work testing the extent of the gift they were given by the Israeli civil administration.

One month ago, that body, following our government's general weakness, declared Yaakov Talliah's grain field which he has been farming for three years, a closed military zone.

Yaakov and Jochanan Shareth at his neighboring farm have been plagued with Arabs coming armed with clubs, on missions to graze sheep, 2-3 at a time, and to uproot endangered wild plants.

It is only thanks to these farmers vigilance and patience that no one has been injured or killed.

A new and sinister element has been recently added when anarchist Israelis Ezra Naui and Arik Asherman began bringing volunteers to help the Arabs to plant olive trees in the area. Not only is this a violation on the disputed land where the courts have not yet rendered the final verdict, but these raids involve destruction of property clearly under Yaakov and Yochanan's jurisdiction.

Since then the situation has deteriorated, including Arabs from Yata treating Jochanan's Property as a landfill site.
Here are pictures take at the farm Sunday morning following Saturday's Jewish sabbath.

(Photos not available now)

Note the amount of trash spilling from the sacks. Only our concerted efforts on behalf of these people can save them from eviction by the government and harassment by local Arabs and their Anarchist co-conspiritors.

Following is an article from Jihad Watch showing how the Palestinian Moslems treat potential voices of dissent. Note the fact that the Palestinian authority, Now under control of conservative muslins Hamas leaders notes but does nothing to stop clerics from preaching against the internet or gangs from firebombing internet cafes.

Reported by Yaakov (Jay) Gelobter

45 internet café bombings in Gaza since December 1

On the grounds that those cafés are "trying to make a whole generation preoccupied with matters other than jihad and worship." An update on . "In chaotic Gaza, the Internet is a target," from

CAIRO — Soon after a firebomb exploded at 3 a.m. and destroyed four computers in the Al-Shawa Online Internet Cafe in Gaza, owner Alaa al-Shawa clicked onto his e-mail at an undamaged machine.

The first message surprised him: It was from the bombers themselves, explaining that establishments such as his were keeping Muslims away from prayer and providing pornography. That’s why it was hit.

“This just shows how confused these fanatics are,” said Al-Shawa, 27. “Even they use the Internet to circulate their statements, but they think everyone else uses it for porno.”

About 45 Internet outlets have been bombed since Dec. 1, according to figures from Gaza’s Central Police Office. The attacks are occurring against a backdrop of intense infighting between Fatah, the main faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization, and Hamas, the Islamist party and militia that has grown into the Palestinians’ dominant political force. The street clashes have led to general lawlessness.

“Gaza society tends toward conservatism, and some people are suspicious of the Internet, but the attacks on Internet cafes come in the context of general chaos,” said Isam Younis, director of Gaza’s independent Al-Mizan Center for Human Rights. “Simply, there’s an absence of law.”

A group called the Swords of Islamic Righteousness has claimed responsibility for the attacks. In a leaflet distributed at Al-Azhar University last month, it said it attacked Internet cafes “which are trying to make a whole generation preoccupied with matters other than jihad and worship.”

The group also claimed to have blown up the car of someone who played his stereo loudly. And it has firebombed pharmacies it suspects of peddling narcotics and recreational drugs, police say.

The Internet is a means for some 1.4 million residents to break out of the isolation of the Gaza Strip, where there is no functioning airport or seaport and where crossing the borders into Israel or Egypt is subject to tight control.

The bomb placed above the door at Al-Shawa’s store did $4,000 damage. “The cafe is my only source of income,” he said.

He invested $30,000 to start the business in September 2001, he said. “My cafe has a good reputation,” he added. “I have a filter to block out porno.”

Muhammed Shpeir, a 19-year-old psychology student at Azhar University, said he came to the cafe to chat, e-mail friends and do school research. “I’ve never traveled outside Gaza, so this is the only place I can communicate with people far away,” he said. “Morocco, Algeria? It’s a good way to pass time. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it.”

Shukri Jubri, 15, a high-school student, noted that there are no cinemas or discos. “Except for television, there’s not much amusement,” he said. “Also, I do my homework with Interne t help,” he said.

“The funny thing is, people have Internet at home now,” Al-Shawa said. “So what are the bombers going to do? Attack the houses, too? Believe me, if anyone is watching porno, it’s at home.”

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Minister Peretz In The News

Remember this photo?

Congratulations to Cheri Goldman (Los Angeles) and Yosef Baum (Ra'anana)



Answer: The lens caps are on Minister Peretz's field glasses!

extra credit: This has gotten him more International press then anything he has ever done.

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Baruch Nachshon, Mystical Artist of Hevron

Hi again,

Baruch Nachshon, as well as his son Yitzchak, and everyone at NACHSHONART are good friends of CARMELVIEWS, who offer every support and aid. Please visit their site, where you can see his work and purchase prints of many of his paintings in various sizes. Following is the Bio of the artist.

Regards,

Yaakov Gelobter, Editor

Baruch Nachshon was born in Haifa in Mandatory Palestine (Israel) in 1939.

Nachshon began painting at an earlyage, He developed his relationship to art
and to artists throughout his youth. During his military service Nachshon herded
flocks for the IDF, filling his life with a love and appreciation for nature. His
work work is filled with the life and imagery he received then. Upon
completing his military service Nachshon was torn between temptation
of an artists life in Paris and his deep love for the land of Israel.
Nachshon Chose Israel, his spiritual home. He continued his art
training with Shlomo Nerani, Cezanne's only pupil, his mentor from
childhood.Nachshon, whom Nerani viewed as his spiritual heir,
was his only student allowed to see the master at work.

Nachshon is a devoted Lubavitch Hassid since being drawn
to the movement by its evocative, spiritual melodies.

In 1965, Nachshon met with his Rebbe, Menachem Mendel
Schneerson in a private session, lasting three hours. The
young artist was able to share with the Rebbe his concerns and
misgivings about his role as a Jewish artist and the conflicts which
confront him. The Rebbe advised Nachshon that for many generations
the art of painting had failed to find its ultimate rectification in holiness,
but that with the help of God he might come to bring about that long
anticipated rectification. The Rebbe then offered to fund Nachshon's
studies in New York on the condition that he would find a program of
study acceptable to Jewish religious values. Despite the difficulty
inherent in such a task, Nachshon gladly received the Rebbe's offer
and devoted himself fully to the celebration of the wisdom of the
Creator through visual art.

Yaakov (Jay) Gelobter

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Pommygranate: Teapacks - Push the button (Eurovision 2007 Song)

If you haven't heard Israel is slated to be represented at the 2007 Eurovision contest by Teapacs (formerly known as Tipex) singing a song against terror, bombs, and the big one-- the Iranian Nuclear program. The band hales from S'derot in the negev near the Gaza strip, the area has been under frequent attack from rockets from Gaza, since the abandonment of Gush Katif (and its Jewish residents.
The following is a link to an excellent post by a Canadian-Brit living in Australia about the issue, please look at it,
Pommygranate: Teapacks - Push the button (Eurovision 2007 Song)

European friends help fight expulsion of jews from their land

60+ German Christians, Lovers of Zion and friends of the Jewish people came to Har Hevron on February 22 to show support for the embattled family farms of Hebron Hills. The group, accompanied by their pastor, arrived at Jochanan Shareth's "Magen David Farm at 12:30. Jochanan provided his visitors with a light lunch, while explaining the historical and natural significance of the Hevron hills region, and the dispute with arab encroachment from the village of Yata.

After lunch, I showed the visitors my unique GENESIS NATURE line of Natural, Vegan soaps and cosmetic products. I explained that we have developed these effective, safe, non-allergenic products using products extracted from local plant species growing on Har Hevron's Farms and ranches.



The group then took a short hike across land claimed (with no documents) by Yata Arabs to Yaakov Talliah's Eagle's Flight ranch.



The agricultural land the group visited has been farmed by Yaakov since 2001,and has not been farmed or occupied by Arabs for at least twenty years (documented).



Yaakov and Jochanan farm the land naturally and bio-organically to maintain its health. They also raise sheep, goats, horses, and poultry: all using healthy, ecology friendly practices.



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