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Starbucks Kashrut

Ever wondered what you should avoid at Starbucks if you keep kosher? Check out this complete guide with an easy to follow system: red for treif and green for kosher!

Chag Sameach; it’s Purim!

Purim 2012 - Jerusalem

Hunger Games trilogy: Purim for young adults?

“Sound familiar? This is the story of the Book of Esther — and of the Hunger Games, a trilogy of young-adult novels by Suzanne Collins with an eagerly anticipated movie adaptation coming out March 23.”

Oh Naturei Karta…

hamikdash:

Don’t laugh.  It probably would have happened if they were alive then.  Oy!

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eretzyisrael:

Learning by candlelight 

Student learns torah by the light of the menorah

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Amare Stoudemire to open Hebrew school

“A source close to the New York Knick tells us the power forward is interested in opening a Hebrew school, which would focus on teaching the language and Jewish history. The 29-year-old renaissance man, who speaks some Hebrew himself, went to Israel during the summer of 2010 to learn more about his Jewish heritage on his mother’s side of the family. He also sports a Star of David tattoo on his hand, and, after returning from the Holy Land, follows a kosher diet.”

This guy is my hero!

Bibi restablishes PM Bible classes

“Taking a page out of David Ben-Gurion and Menachem Begin’s playbook, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will begin hosting a regular Bible study group in his official residence for researchers, public officials and invited guests.”

Map of Biblical sites in what is know modern day Judea and Samaria, Israel.

eretzyisrael:

Writing the Torah 

Writing some of the last few letters in a torah scroll

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Soldiers of the IDF unit ‘Netzah Yehudah’ (נצח יהודה) pray atop Masada.

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eretzyisrael:

IDF soldiers with the Torah in the Judean Desert

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Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi announces plan to import pork-tasting foie gras

“Israel’s Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger on Tuesday announced the discovery of a special goose species, which tastes exactly like pork. ‘We are looking into the possibility of industrial imports of goose,’ the rabbi said during a culinary conference at the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot, tantalizing the taste buds of every kashrut observer in Israel.”

careisthebestmedicine:

Psalm 122

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