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Shiloh Musings: U.N. = UNfair
Hat tip: Arlene From IsraelIt's no secret that the United Nations is fueled by various agendas. If you're looking for objectivity, justice, fairness etc, you won't find it there. That's especially true when it concerns the State of Israel. November 29,...
Dateline: 2009-11-19 9:15pm PT (340 words)
 
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Shiloh Musings: "Rogue" Sarah Says It Right!
The American media is lurching Left in response to Sarah Palin's statements about Israel in her Barabara Walters interview. Notice their matching blue outfits. Wouldn't they look perfect next to an Israeli flag?Palin said:“I disagree with the Obama adm...
Dateline: 2009-11-18 9:30pm PT (418 words)
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Shiloh Musings: Mixed Messages From Rav Yigal
HaRav Yigal Kaminetzky, Rabbi of Gush Katif, was in Shiloh for Shabbat. He gave a shiur/talk to the entire yishuv, men, women, youth, anyone who was willing to give up their Shabbat afternoon rest. Since I always go to a Women's Torah Class Shabbat noon...
Dateline: 2009-11-17 11:30pm PT (507 words)
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Shiloh Musings: Straight Talking, Plain Talking, Whatever It's Called, I Don't Beat Around the Bush
The other day, my husband handed me the phone. It was Ben Hubbard of the Associated Press. He wanted to come to Shiloh for an interview on a day when my husband wouldn't be home, so I was asked to cover.No big deal. In the twenty-eight years plus since...
Dateline: 2009-11-16 10:00pm PT (231 words)
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Shiloh Musings: Making Sense Out Of Obama's New Health Plan Law
I've been trying to make sense out of the law, not because I live in the United States, but because we've been hearing very peculiar and frightening things about the proposed law. At first I ignored the scary emails, because I just couldn't believe that ...
Dateline: 2009-11-16 9:45am PT (430 words)
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Shiloh Musings: Nachshon Joins up with Shimshon!
Amazingly, a mere few weeks after their counterparts in the Shimshon Battalion staged a protest at the Kotel [Western Wall, above], two members of the Nachshon Battalion expressed themselves in a similar fashion. And what a name for their unit!Nachshon [b...
Dateline: 2009-11-16 4:45am PT (338 words)
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Shiloh Musings: Why Hasn't Israel Protested?
Israel should have pulled its Ambassador from Austria after such an insult!Nov 15, 2009 2:25 Israeli wins gold in fencing; Austrian hosts don't play 'Hatikva'Israeli fencer Daria Strelnikov won the gold medal at the cadet's fencing world championship in A...
Dateline: 2009-11-15 9:15pm PT (96 words)
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Shiloh Musings: A Dumb Question
There are a number of programs for the elderly here in Israel, not far from us, in Eli, Beit El, Ofra, Jerusalem. I would love to take my father to them. There's even a possiblity of organized transportation, which is no problem for him physically.Unfor...
Dateline: 2009-11-15 8:00pm PT (115 words)
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Shiloh Musings: Birthright for Jesus?
Posted by Jewish IsraelGordon Robertson (Pat’s boy and CEO of CBN) is scheduled to speak at Birthright's educational program, Reunion, in New York on November 18th. The topic is a loaded one: "Are Christian Zionists More Fervent Zionists Than American J...
Dateline: 2009-11-15 12:30pm PT (281 words)
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Shiloh Musings: My Father, Here in Shiloh
Frum N' Flipping wrote her "defense" to her neighbors here, who may be thinking nasty thoughts about her. It made me wonder if my neighbors understand why the lights are going on and off in my house on Shabbat. Nobody has said anything and considering m...
Dateline: 2009-11-15 11:15am PT (219 words)
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Shiloh Musings: Lots of Building Here in Shiloh
As a long-time resident of Shiloh, the genuine article, the Biblical location Shiloh, I'm proud to display some of the building going on here:They are houses for Jewish families and expansion of our synagogue. All can be qualified as natural growth for a...
Dateline: 2009-11-14 10:45pm PT (48 words)
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Shiloh Musings: Bill Clinton, I Can Play Those "If" Games, Too
If Hillary had divorced Bill, she would be United States President today!That's a lot truer than Bill's Rabin worship:"There would be peace if Rabin were still alive"Hat tip: IMRAConsidering that Clinton's judgment was lower than his charisma, why should ...
Dateline: 2009-11-14 9:45pm PT (175 words)
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Shiloh Musings: Out Popped Abbas From Pandora's Box!
Fun and games in the Pseudistinian aka Palestinian sic election plans. It looks like Mahmoud Abbas is using every bargaining chip he can find. As far as I'm concerned, they can delay it forever.It seems like yesterday, for an old fogey like myself, when...
Dateline: 2009-11-14 11:45am PT (109 words)
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Shiloh Musings: Beware of Gerrymandering!
Hat tip: my husbandFor years, or more accurately, forever, whenever I hear people say that Israel should change its it election system to America-like districts I hear a chirping in my ear getting louder and louder, shrieking:gerrymander gerrymandergerrym...
Dateline: 2009-11-12 9:00pm PT (138 words)
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Shiloh Musings: What Prevents Aliyah?
This post is inspired by a poll on Arutz 7.Poll: What's the biggest obstacle to Aliyah?1. Finding a good job2. Leaving family behind3. Security concerns4. Not knowing HebrewThe answer I wanted to give isn't one of the choices. I think that most people fe...
Dateline: 2009-11-12 6:00am PT (309 words)
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