DOCSLIB.ORG

Shabbat Matters February 22

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Shabbat Matters February 22 בסד” FEBRUARY 22, 2020 --- 27 SHEVAT 5780 SHABBAT MEVORCHIM / PARSHAT MISHPATIM ——— SHEKALIM SHABBAT MATTERS: ROSH CHODESH ADAR SPECIAL EDITION Friday, February 21 Shabbat, February 22 Torah Reading: Haftorah: 5:36 pm Candles 7:30 am Hashkama Minyan 4:30 pm Pre-Mincha: Dr. Rynhold Shemot 21:1 - 24:18 II Melachim 5:45 pm Mincha 9:00 am Shacharit 5:25 pm Mincha Hertz P. 306 11:17-12:17 10:00 am Youth Programs 5:40 pm Bnei Akiva Snif Stone P. 416 Hertz P. 992 Friday, February 28 10:00 am Teen Minyan 5:45 pm Seudah Shlishit: Dr. Rynhold Maftir: Stone P. 1212 5:46 pm Candles 10:30 am Tot Shabbat 6:35 pm Shabbat Ends Shemot 30:11-16 5:55 pm Mincha 11:15 am Post-Mussaf: Dr. Rynhold 7:30 pm Parent-Child Learning Hertz P. 352 Stone P. 484 This special edition of Shabbat Matters is in honour of Rosh Chodesh Adar, and includes a Dvar Torah by Rabbi Moshe Shilat from Kehillat Hazon Hador HatzaHatza’’’’irir shul in Hatzor Haglilit, Israel. Rabbi Strauchler travelled to Israel in January as part of a project to pair Israeli and North American rabbis through the Barkai and RCA rabbinic organizations. He had the opportunity to meet Rabbi Moshe Shilat and serve as a scholar in residence in his community. Rabbi Strauchler and Rabbi Shilat hope to build a bridge between their communities. Rabbi Shilat and Rabbi Strauchler have prepared Divrei Torah (as well as short descriptions of their communities) in Hebrew and English to be shared both in Israel and Canada this Shabbat. We look forward to welcoming Rabbi Shilat for Shabbat on May 2. Please see pages 4-5. TODAH RABAH to the sponsors: CONGREGATIONAL KIDDUSH: MAZAL TOV AND OTHER MEMBERS MATTERS Isadore & Rosalie Sharp in • Mazal Tov to Baruch & Yael Jakubovic on the birth of a boy. Excited siblings are Gidon, commemoration of the yahrzeit of their Hadar and LeahLeah. Proud grandparents are Henry & Holly Jakubovic and Larry & Lori z”l son, Christopher Sharp Wolynetz. Ecstatic great-grandparents are Milton Yudkowitz, Joan Shapiro and Sylvia Anita Bielak-Dadouch, Rachel & Blake Wolynetz. Enzel, Aaron, Leslie and Melissa Dadouch • Mazal Tov to Jason Klemensberg on his 30 th birthday. in commemoration of the yahrzeit of their Jason Klemensberg father and grandfather, Leslie Bielak z"l Blinick and Gersht families in PLEASE WELCOME commemoration of the yahrzeit of Ramona Blinick z"l This Shabbat, we welcome Scholar-in-Residence, Dr. Daniel RynholdRynhold. Peter & Adrianne Klemensberg in honour Dr. Rynhold is professor of Jewish philosophy at the Bernard Revel of their son Jason's 30 th birthday, as well Graduate School of Jewish Studies, and director of the Revel doctoral as their daughter & son-in-law, Ava & program at Yeshiva University. He became the Shoshana Shier Naphtali Silverman's February birthdays Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Toronto's Centre for DOWNSTAIRS MINYAN Jewish Studies in 2019. Joseph & Ronit Holtzman in Dr. Rynhold’s visit is sponsored by Linda & Joey Fried le’iluy nishmat commemoration of the yahrzeit of Linda’s father, Yitzchak ben Moshe Kaftan, and by the Canadian Friends z"l Joseph’s mother, Sylvia Holtzman of Yeshiva University . HASHKAMA MINYAN: The following learning opportunities will be available: Handelman family in commemoration of • Friday Night Oneg, 8:45 pm at the home of Linda & Joey Fried - “What’s on a Jewish the yahrzeit of Max Handelman z”l Philosopher’s Mind, Today - with Q and A.” Arieh Glustein and family in • Post-Mussaf Drasha - “Does it Matter Whether We’re Right? Judaism on Truth and Other commemoration of the yahrzeit of Arieh's Faiths.” z"l mother, Mena Glustein • Pre-Mincha Shiur, 4:30 pm - “Why We Shouldn’t Explain Why Bad Things Happen to Good BREAKFAST: People.” Friday February 28, 2 nd Minyan • Seudah Shlishit - “Revisiting the Religion-Science Conflict.” Liddy Beck & Steve Gottesman in commemoration of the yahrzeit of Liddy's This Shabbat at 10:30 am, parents and tots ages 1-4 are welcome to join us for Tot Shabbat: father, H. Thomas Beck z"l Parent Participatory Tefillah Songs and StoriesStories. In Lower Level Social Hall B. PURIM MATTERS • Sunday, March 1, 9:30-11:30 am - Chessed Committee & Young Professionals present - Mishloach Manot Initiative:Initiative: Basket Assembly and DeliveryDelivery. See flyer on page 2. • Monday, March 9, pre-Megillah reading - Under the SeaSea Kids Purim Carnival! See flyer on page 3. • Monday, March 9, post-Megillah reading - Purim MagicMagic Teen Purim CarnivalCarnival! See flyer on page 6. • Tuesday, March 10, 9:30 & 9:50 am - WomenWomen’’’’ss Services and WomenWomen’’’’ss Megillat Esther Reading. • Tuesday, March 10, 6:00 pm - join us for a Purim SeudahSeudah that is out of this world! See flyer on page 7. • To donate funds for Matanot LL’’’’EvyonimEvyonimEvyonim, please go to shomayim.org/form/matanot. • Do you have a child in Israel for the year (in the IDF, studying, etc.)? We would like to send them MishloachMishloach Manot on behalf of the congregation. Please forward their names, address, e-mail and phone number to [email protected]. TORAH MATTERS: DATE DAVENING TIMES SHIURIM AND LECTURES Sunday, February 23 / 28 Shevat 8:30 am Shacharit 7:30 am Talmud Shiur with Rabbi Strauchler 5:45 / 6:10 pm Mincha / Maariv Monday, February 24 / 29 Shevat 6:55 / 7:45 am Shacharit 6:10 am Talmud Shiur with Rabbi Strauchler 5:45 / 6:10 pm Mincha / Maariv 9:30 am Yirmiyahu Shiur with Rabbi Strauchler Tuesday, February 25 / 30 Shevat 6:45 / 7:45 am Shacharit 6:00 am Talmud Shiur with Rabbi Strauchler I Rosh Chodesh 5:45 / 6:10 pm Mincha / Maariv 9:30 am Birth of Moral Selfhood Shiur with Dr. Zolty 1:30 pm Yeshayah Shiur with Rabbi Torczyner 8:00 pm Parshat Hashavua with Rabbi Diamond Wednesday, February 26 / 1 Adar 6:45 / 7:45 am Shacharit 6:00 am Talmud Shiur with Rabbi Shore II Rosh Chodesh 5:45 / 6:10 pm Mincha / Maariv 4:00 pm Thinking Torah Shiur with Rabbi Shore 7:30 pm Night Seder with Rabbis Bergman and Shore Thursday, February 27 / 2 Adar 6:55 / 7:45 am Shacharit 6:10 am Talmud Shiur with Rabbi Shore 5:45 / 6:10 pm Mincha / Maariv Friday, February 28 / 3 Adar 7:00 / 7:45 am Shacharit 6:15 am Talmud Shiur with Rabbi Shore 5:46 pm Candle Lighting 5:55 pm Mincha Kriyat Shema should be recited after 6:40 pm this week. SHAAREI SHOMAYIM UPCOMING PROGRAMS • Wednesdays, 10:00 am - Walkie Talkies at Yorkdale Shopping Centre. Call the oOce to register. • Wednesdays, 4:00 pm - Thinking Torah with Rabbi Shore. We will use essays by Rabbi Shalom Carmy as a springboard for conversation. • Wednesdays, 7:30 pm - Night Seder: Ancient Texts, ModernModern Dilemmas with Rabbis Bergman and Shore. • Shabbat, March 7, 9:30 am - Pray & Learn with Dr. Elliott Malamet on the topic: “#Esther Too: A Feminist Look at the Megillah.” • Sunday, March 8, 6:30 pm - Shaarei Shomayim Entertainment & Cultural Committee presents - Cavalcade of Stars: Evening of Jewish MusicMusic. Honorees: Ralph Levine and Corey Keeble. For information and registration call 416-789-0020. • Monday, March 16, 12:00-1:00 pm – YP Lunch & Learn at Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP. Join us for a pre-Pesach philosophical and historical discussion about Y etziat Mitzrayim , with Rabbi Strauchler and Prof. Jimmy Diamond. • Wednesday, March 18, 8:00 pm - Beit Midrash Zichron Dov & Shaarei Shomayim present: Haggadah Night 57805780.5780 Hear ten minute insights into the Haggadah, and share them at your Seder. With Rabbi Sammy Bergman, Ezer Diena, Rabbi Alex Hecht, and Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner. At Shaarei Shomayim. Open to men and women, free of charge. • Monday, March 23, 8:00 pm - Legal Ethics: SupportingSupporting the Emotionally Unstable CClientlient with Rabbi Mordechai Torczyner. The ChumashChumash----RashiRashi Shiur with Melech Halberstadt will not take placeplace on the following Shabbatot: this Shabbat, February 22, February 29, March 7, and March 14. It will resume on March 21. Hebrew Homework Help Tanach, Talmud, Jewish thought, Jewish practice, and Hebrew assistance and tutoring available! Supervised by Rabbi Shore and Hyim Bessin. To reserve a tutor, email [email protected]. Drop-ins welcome. Wednesdays, 7:30-9:00 pm in the Weinbaum Beit Midrash. Calling Young Professionals to deliver (by car) Mishloach Manot to members of our community who would appreciate a short visit. RSVP with chairpersons: Francine Goldrich at [email protected] or Dalya Hakimi at [email protected]. MATTERS Stay and Play Shaar Chadash Shaar Yafo Shaar Aryeh (Ages 0 - 3) (Ages 2 - 5) (Grade 1 - 2) (Grade 3 - 5) Youth Programs Room 101 Room 102 Room 103 Room 105 11101000::::000000 aaamammm tttotooo 11121222::::000000 pppmpmmm PARSHA MATTERS - by Rabbi Chaim Strauchler HONOUR AND JOY AT MOMENTS OF HOLDING BACK I once visited a member of my congregation who was recovering from surgery. He told me that he was planning to retire, soon. He spoke about his hopes for this next part of his life. As he gave up some of his physical world, he planned to seek more within the spiritual. The later years invite us to look more deeply at meaning and purpose in our lives. Our natural impulse is to seek completion. We can open ourselves to the wonder and mystery of life. As we start Adar, we must recognize that this too is a source of joy. As Jews, we have avenues that others lack in this regard. The Torah invests holiness in reality – within the world of action. Yet, we value Torah learning in a way that privileges the life of the mind and the spirit.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Box Folder 16 7 Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel
    MS-763: Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman Collection, 1930-2004. Series F: Life in Israel, 1956-1983. Box Folder 16 7 Association of Americans and Canadians in Israel. War bond campaign. 1973-1977. For more information on this collection, please see the finding aid on the American Jewish Archives website. 3101 Clifton Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220 513.487.3000 AmericanJewishArchives.org 'iN-,~":::I n,JT11 n11"~r.IN .. •·nu n1,nNnn ASSOCIATION OF AMERICANS & CANADIANS IN 151tAn AACI is tbe representative oftbt America•"'"' Ca114tlian ZU>nisJ FednatU>ns for olim nd tmJ/llfllory 1Tsit/nti ill lnwl. Dr. Hara.n P~reNe Founding Pruldet1t Or. Israel Goldste~n Honorary Pres I detrt David 8resl11.1 Honorary Vice Pres. "1a rch 9, 1977 MATIDHAL OFFICERS Yltzhak K.f.,.gwltz ~abbi Her bert Friedman, President llerko De¥Or 15 ibn Gvirol St., Vlca P'resldent Jerusalem. G•rshon Gross Vice P're~ldeftt Ell~Yanow Trus-•r: o- Ede lste In Secretuy SI .. Altlllan Dear Her b, •-· P'Ht Pr.esldeftt "ECilO!W. CH'-IMEM lla;;ocJI ta;lerlnsky I wonder if I can call upon you to do something special Beersheva for the Emergency Fund Drive wh ich \-le ar e conducting. Arie Fr- You kno\-1 a 11 the Reform Rabbis from the United States Hllf1 · "1va Fr..0-n and Canada who are in Israel. Could you send a letter Jerusa.1- to each of them asking that they contribute to the 0pld Dow Ne tanya drive? 119f'ry "...._r Meta,.,.a I kno\-J that most of them will not contribute IL 1,000, Stefe11le Bernstein Tai AYlv but even sma ller contributions are we lcome at this time.
    [Show full text]
  • OBITUARIES Picked up at a Comer in New York City
    SUMMER 2004 - THE AVI NEWSLETTER OBITUARIES picked up at a comer in New York City. gev until his jeep was blown up on a land He was then taken to a camp in upper New mine and his injuries forced him to return York State for training. home one week before the final truce. He returned with a personal letter nom Lou After the training, he sailed to Harris to Teddy Kollek commending him Marseilles and was put into a DP camp on his service. and told to pretend to be mute-since he spoke no language other than English. Back in Brooklyn Al worked While there he helped equip the Italian several jobs until he decided to move to fishing boat that was to take them to Is- Texas in 1953. Before going there he took rael. They left in the dead of night from Le time for a vacation in Miami Beach. This Havre with 150 DPs and a small crew. The latter decision was to determine the rest of passengers were carried on shelves, just his life. It was in Miami Beach that he met as we many years later saw reproduced in his wife--to-be, Betty. After a whirlwind the Museum of Clandestine Immigration courtship they were married and decided in Haifa. Al was the cook. On the way out to raise their family in Miami. He went the boat hit something that caused a hole into the uniform rental business, eventu- Al Wank, in the ship which necessitated bailing wa- ally owning his own business, BonMark Israel Navy and Palmach ter the entire trip.
    [Show full text]
  • Curriculum Vitae and List of Publications
    Yossef H. Hatzor April 14, 2019 CURRICULUM VITAE AND LIST OF PUBLICATIONS Personal Details Name Yossef, Hodara Hatzor Date and place September 17, 1959, Tel-Aviv, Israel of birth Regular November 1977 - November 1980 military service University Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Ben-Gurion, Address University of the Negev, P.O. Box 653, Beer-Sheva, 84105, ISRAEL. Tel: 972-8- 6461288/9, Direct line: ++6472621, FAX: ++6472997, Direct FAX: ++6428717 Cell: ++528-018071 E-mail [email protected] Homepage http://in.bgu.ac.il/teva/geological/eng/hatzor/Pages/Personal%20Details.aspx Education Ph. D. 1990 - 1992 Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley Advisor Prof. R. E. Goodman Thesis Validation of Block Theory using Field Case Histories M. S. 1988 - 1990 Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley Advisor Prof. R. E. Goodman Thesis The Influence of Geological Structure on the Engineering of Underground Openings in Discontinuous Rock Masses M. Sc. (Cum Laude) 1985-1988 Dept. of Geology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Advisors Prof. A. Starinski; Prof. Z. Reches; Dr. Y. Mimran Thesis The Geology of the Gilboa' Region B. Sc. 1982-1985 Dept. of Geology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Employment History 10/10 - Present Professor, BGU, Beer-Sheva, Israel 01/12 – 12/17 Visiting Professor, Institute of Rock and Soil Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China 11/09 Visiting Professor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Nanyang Technical University, Singapore 2/08 Visiting
    [Show full text]
  • Individual and Society, Nationalism and Universalism in the Religious-Zionist Thought of Rabbi Moshe Avigdor Amiel and Rabbi Ben-Zion Meir Hai Uziel
    INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY, NATIONALISM AND UNIVERSALISM IN THE RELIGIOUS-ZIONIST THOUGHT OF RABBI MOSHE AVIGDOR AMIEL AND RABBI BEN-ZION MEIR HAI UZIEL Moshe Hellinger Rabbi Amiel and Rabbi Uziel were outstanding Torah schol ars of the twentieth century identified with religious Zionism. Both were universalistic thinkers. Yet while Rabbi Uziel empha sized humanistic Jewish nationalism as a part of the universalistic whole, Rabbi Amiel saw the combination between spiritual indi vidualism and universalism as the core identity, according to the Torah. Rabbi Amiel was a strong critic of all the ideological trends of his day: capitalism and socialism, secular Zionism, and anti-Zionism. Even his own movement fell under his harsh judg ment. In contrast, Rabbi UzieVs important contribution was his au positive outlook on issues such as the status of women, the thorityof the Israeli secular parliament, and the like. Their vision as was of a religious Zionism that sees deep commitment to Torah non a basis for creating a just society for everyone, Jews and Jews alike. Jewish Political Studies Review 15:1-2 (Spring 2003) 61 62 Moshe Hellinger Introduction The study of religious-Zionist thought used to be primarily concerned with the teachings of its major thinkers or currents (R. Reines, R. A. Kook, R. Joseph Dov Soloveitchik, the religious kibbutz, and so forth). Recently there has been a marked tendency to engage in a panoramic examination of the main features of re ligious-Zionist thought as a whole.1 At the heart of this essay is a comparative analysis of the teachings of two outstanding person alities from among the thinkers and leaders of religious Zionism in the first half of the twentieth century: R.
    [Show full text]
  • Israeli Nonprofits: an Exploration of Challenges and Opportunities , Master’S Thesis, Regis University: 2005)
    Israeli NGOs and American Jewish Donors: The Structures and Dynamics of Power Sharing in a New Philanthropic Era Volume I of II A Dissertation Presented to The Faculty of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Brandeis University Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies S. Ilan Troen, Advisor In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy by Eric J. Fleisch May 2014 The signed version of this form is on file in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. This dissertation, directed and approved by Eric J. Fleisch’s Committee, has been accepted and approved by the Faculty of Brandeis University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of: DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Malcolm Watson, Dean Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Committee: S. Ilan Troen, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Jonathan D. Sarna, Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Theodore Sasson, Department of International Studies, Middlebury College Copyright by Eric J. Fleisch 2014 Acknowledgements There are so many people I would like to thank for the valuable help and support they provided me during the process of writing my dissertation. I must first start with my incomparable wife, Rebecca, to whom I dedicate my dissertation. Rebecca, you have my deepest appreciation for your unending self-sacrifice and support at every turn in the process, your belief in me, your readiness to challenge me intellectually and otherwise, your flair for bringing unique perspectives to the table, and of course for your friendship and love. I would never have been able to do this without you.
    [Show full text]
  • 1948 Arab‒Israeli
    1948 Arab–Israeli War 1 1948 Arab–Israeli War מלחמת or מלחמת העצמאות :The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, known to Israelis as the War of Independence (Hebrew ,מלחמת השחרור :, Milkhemet Ha'atzma'ut or Milkhemet HA'sikhror) or War of Liberation (Hebrewהשחרור Milkhemet Hashikhrur) – was the first in a series of wars fought between the State of Israel and its Arab neighbours in the continuing Arab-Israeli conflict. The war commenced upon the termination of the British Mandate of Palestine and the Israeli declaration of independence on 15 May 1948, following a period of civil war in 1947–1948. The fighting took place mostly on the former territory of the British Mandate and for a short time also in the Sinai Peninsula and southern Lebanon.[1] ., al-Nakba) occurred amidst this warﺍﻟﻨﻜﺒﺔ :Much of what Arabs refer to as The Catastrophe (Arabic The war concluded with the 1949 Armistice Agreements. Background Following World War II, on May 14, 1948, the British Mandate of Palestine came to an end. The surrounding Arab nations were also emerging from colonial rule. Transjordan, under the Hashemite ruler Abdullah I, gained independence from Britain in 1946 and was called Jordan, but it remained under heavy British influence. Egypt, while nominally independent, signed the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of 1936 that included provisions by which Britain would maintain a garrison of troops on the Suez Canal. From 1945 on, Egypt attempted to renegotiate the terms of this treaty, which was viewed as a humiliating vestige of colonialism. Lebanon became an independent state in 1943, but French troops would not withdraw until 1946, the same year that Syria won its independence from France.
    [Show full text]
  • Israeli Settler-Colonialism and Apartheid Over Palestine
    Metula Majdal Shams Abil al-Qamh ! Neve Ativ Misgav Am Yuval Nimrod ! Al-Sanbariyya Kfar Gil'adi ZZ Ma'ayan Baruch ! MM Ein Qiniyye ! Dan Sanir Israeli Settler-Colonialism and Apartheid over Palestine Al-Sanbariyya DD Al-Manshiyya ! Dafna ! Mas'ada ! Al-Khisas Khan Al-Duwayr ¥ Huneen Al-Zuq Al-tahtani ! ! ! HaGoshrim Al Mansoura Margaliot Kiryat !Shmona al-Madahel G GLazGzaGza!G G G ! Al Khalsa Buq'ata Ethnic Cleansing and Population Transfer (1948 – present) G GBeGit GHil!GlelG Gal-'A!bisiyya Menara G G G G G G G Odem Qaytiyya Kfar Szold In order to establish exclusive Jewish-Israeli control, Israel has carried out a policy of population transfer. By fostering Jewish G G G!G SG dGe NG ehemia G AGl-NGa'iGmaG G G immigration and settlements, and forcibly displacing indigenous Palestinians, Israel has changed the demographic composition of the ¥ G G G G G G G !Al-Dawwara El-Rom G G G G G GAmG ir country. Today, 70% of Palestinians are refugees and internally displaced persons and approximately one half of the people are in exile G G GKfGar GB!lGumG G G G G G G SGalihiya abroad. None of them are allowed to return. L e b a n o n Shamir U N D ii s e n g a g e m e n tt O b s e rr v a tt ii o n F o rr c e s Al Buwayziyya! NeoG t MG oGrdGecGhaGi G ! G G G!G G G G Al-Hamra G GAl-GZawG iyGa G G ! Khiyam Al Walid Forcible transfer of Palestinians continues until today, mainly in the Southern District (Beersheba Region), the historical, coastal G G G G GAl-GMuGftskhara ! G G G G G G G Lehavot HaBashan Palestinian towns ("mixed towns") and in the occupied West Bank, in particular in the Israeli-prolaimed “greater Jerusalem”, the Jordan G G G G G G G Merom Golan Yiftah G G G G G G G Valley and the southern Hebron District.
    [Show full text]
  • Edwin Freedman Maya Khunger 81 Hertzel St
    ATTORNEYS IN ISRAEL WHO ARE PREPARED TO HANDLE CASES PURSUANT TO THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION* ADDITIONAL LANGUAGES BESIDES ENGLISH AND HEBREW NOTED WITH * Tel Aviv/ Central District Ofer Alfassi Meir Bar Mocha Orna Brandt Rimalt 9 155 Jabotinsky St. 8 Shaul HaMelech Ra'anana Ramat Gan 52575 Tel Aviv 64928 Tel: +972-9-772-7008 Tel: +972-3-575-2995 Tel: +972-3-696-4688 Mobile: +972-52-2555502 Fax: +972-3-621-0336 Fax: +972-3-696-3330 Fax: +972-9-772-8562 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] *French Avner Ben Zimra Amihoud and Louise Tal Brenner 3 Daniel Frisch St. Borochov 15 Hata’asiya Street Tel-Aviv 6473104 7 Dov Hoz Street Ra‘anana Tel: +972-3-6088922 Tel Aviv 63416 Tel: +972-9-8988188 Fax: +972-36969215 Tel: +972-3-523-4133 Fax: +972-9-8988388 [email protected] Fax: +9723-523-2251 [email protected] [email protected] *French John de Frece Ronen Dlayahu Varda Efrat 35 Jabotinsky St. 1 Ori Street 155 Jabotinski St., Room 109 Ramat Gan 52511 Tel Aviv 64954 Ramat Gan 52575 Tel: +972-3-618-2121 Tel: +972-3-691-5678 Tel: +972-3-613-4918 Fax: +972-3-616-2898 Fax: +972-3-691-5679 Fax: +972-3-736-7438 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Issam Fanous Edwin Freedman Maya Khunger 81 Hertzel St. 58 Harakevet Street, 85 Ha’atzmaut Street PO Box 133 Electra City Building Office 23 Ramla 72101 Tel Aviv 6777016 P.O.
    [Show full text]
  • Defensible Borders to Secure Israel's Future
    DEFENSIBLE BORDERS TO SECURE ISRAEL’S FUTURE Former IDF Deputy Chief of Staff; Maj.-Gen. (res.) Uzi Dayan former National Security Advisor Israel’s 1949 Armistice Lines Were compelled to withdraw to the pre-1967 lines. As noted elsewhere in this policy study, Israel Indefensible is a tiny country of about 10,000 square miles, approximately the size of New Jersey in the Israel’s fundamental right to “defensible United States or slightly smaller than Belgium. borders” is grounded in the special legal Compounding Israel’s small size is the fact that and strategic circumstances it faced in the 70 percent of its population and 80 percent of aftermath of the 1967 Six-Day War, when the its industrial capacity are concentrated in the West Bank and other territories were captured. narrow coastal strip sandwiched between the The armistice line of 1949, from which Israel Mediterranean Sea and the West Bank. was attacked, had only been a military boundary between the Israeli and Jordanian To make matters worse, the adjacent hills armies, and not a permanent political border, of the West Bank topographically dominate according to the 1949 Armistice Agreement the coastal plain, which is a relatively flat itself. This provided the background for and exposed area. This provides distinct UN Security Council Resolution 242 of advantages to an attacker for observation, fire, November 1967, which did not call on the and defense from an Israeli ground response. Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to withdraw And there are many targets located along fully to that line. Instead, it concluded that Israel’s coastal plain: Ben-Gurion International Israel would need “secure and recognized Airport, the Trans-Israel Highway (Route 6) boundaries” which could be different from which runs north-south only tens of meters the indefensible pre-war lines.
    [Show full text]
  • Scar of Pride by Elisha Porat
    Scar of Pride by Elisha Porat ISBN: 0-7443-0157-2 ©2001 by Elisha Porat All rights reserved. Publliished By SynergEbooks www..SynergEbooks..com TABLE OF CONTENTS A Bullet Fired...................................................................3 A Cracked Icon................................................................7 Family Language...............................................................22 Curly Headed Pussycat.....................................................26 Kafko in My Hand............................................................32 The Resurrected ...............................................................36 Projecting a United Will ....................................................44 Babbles in the Night..........................................................46 A Dozen Baskets of Sand .................................................50 Two Jews, Three Immigrants.............................................53 My First Story..................................................................58 The Double.......................................................................69 The Silent Lieutenant.........................................................71 Kamatz Alef.....................................................................76 In Vain Pursuit ..................................................................85 A Spit in the Face.............................................................96 Scar of Pride ....................................................................101 The Memory of Helicopters
    [Show full text]
  • Integrating the Arab-Palestinian Minority in Israeli Society: Time for a Strategic Change Ephraim Lavie
    Integrating the Arab-Palestinian Minority in Israeli Society: Time for a Strategic Change Ephraim Lavie Contributors: Meir Elran, Nadia Hilou, Eran Yashiv, Doron Matza, Keren Aviram, Hofni Gartner The Tami Steinmetz Center for Peace Research Integrating the Arab-Palestinian Minority in Israeli Society: Time for a Strategic Change Ephraim Lavie Contributors: Meir Elran, Nadia Hilou, Eran Yashiv, Doron Matza, Keren Aviram, Hofni Gartner This book was written within the framework of the research program on the Arabs in Israel and was published thanks to the generous financial support of Bank Hapoalim and Joseph and Jeanette Neubauer of Philadelphia, Penn. Institute for National Security Studies The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), incorporating the Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, was founded in 2006. The purpose of the Institute for National Security Studies is first, to conduct basic research that meets the highest academic standards on matters related to Israel’s national security as well as Middle East regional and international security affairs. Second, the Institute aims to contribute to the public debate and governmental deliberation of issues that are – or should be – at the top of Israel’s national security agenda. INSS seeks to address Israeli decision makers and policymakers, the defense establishment, public opinion makers, the academic community in Israel and abroad, and the general public. INSS publishes research that it deems worthy of public attention, while it maintains a strict policy of non-partisanship. The opinions expressed in this publication are the authors’ alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Institute, its trustees, boards, research staff, or the organizations and individuals that support its research.
    [Show full text]
  • The IDF on All Fronts Dealing with Israeli Strategic Uncertainty ______
    FFooccuuss ssttrraattééggiiqquuee nn°° 4455 bbiiss ______________________________________________________________________ The IDF on All Fronts Dealing with Israeli Strategic Uncertainty ______________________________________________________________________ Pierre Razoux August 2013 Laboratoire de Recherche sur la Défense The Institut français des relations internationales (Ifri) is a research center and a forum for debate on major international political and economic issues. Headed by Thierry de Montbrial since its founding in 1979, Ifri is a non- governmental, non-profit organization. As an independent think tank, Ifri sets its own agenda, publishing its findings regularly for a global audience. Using an interdisciplinary approach, Ifri brings together political and economic decision-makers, researchers and internationally renowned experts to animate its debate and research activities. With office in Paris and Brussels, Ifri stands out as one of the rare French think tanks to have positioned itself at the very heart of the European debate. The opinions expressed in this text are the responsibility of the author alone. ISBN: 978-2-36567-192-7 © Ifri – 2013 – All rights reserved All requests for information, reproduction or distribution may be addressed to: [email protected]. Ifri Ifri-Bruxelles 27 rue de la Procession Rue Marie-Thérèse, 21 75740 Paris Cedex 15 – FRANCE 1000 – Bruxelles – BELGIQUE Tel : +33 (0)1 40 61 60 00 Tel : +32 (0)2 238 51 10 Fax : +33 (0)1 40 61 60 60 Fax : +32 (0)2 238 51 15 Email : [email protected] Email : [email protected] Website : www.ifri.org “Focus stratégique” Resolving today’s security problems requires an integrated approach. Analysis must be cross-cutting and consider the regional and global dimensions of problems, their technological and military aspects, as well as their media linkages and broader human consequences.
    [Show full text]