Kol Nidre at Occupy Wall Street Protest
With thousands of people attending the Occupy Wall Street protest in NYC what is one to do when Yom Kippur comes up? That’s is simple have a service while you protest. Yom Kippur , Also known as Day of Atonement, is the holiest and most solemn day of the year for the Jews. Its central […]
Panic at Associated Supermarket NYC and Hurricane Irene
As hurricane Irene makes its way towards NYC people are buying everything they can and preparing for the worse. At Associated on the Upper West Side of Manhatten there were over 1,000 people buying milk,juice and bread. It has been a number of years since a hurricane has hit NY and people are nervous and […]
Anthony Weiner Resignation
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYft9W_eAcU After weeks of denying he sent inappropriate pictures of himself to women on twitter Anthony Weiner resigned from his position of U.S. Representative for the New York 9th district. Social media sites like twiiter and facebook can be a dangereous place for people and Anthony Weiner found out the hard way that if you […]
Raid on Entebbe – Maxi Kazin
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwA2QUOKswM While in Israel on Taglit-Birthright Israel we had the opportunity to get a first hand account on the Raid on Entebee. Maxi Kazin was one of the special force soldieries who participated in the raid which saved hundreds of lives. Operation Entebbe was a hostage-rescue mission carried out by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) […]