Added: 17th November 2008 Posted By:moviejewie Views: 54 Comments:0
The 'Hasidic Steven Spielberg' is torn between his passion for filmmaking and his socially conservative community that frowns upon it. "Film Fanatic" is the story of a man who struggles to make great films while still being accepted by his fellow ultra-Orthodox, or Haredi, Jews, who don't...
Added: 14th November 2008 Posted By:shoahstories Views: 58 Comments:0
"God On Trial" - PBS - Antony Sher, Rupert Graves, Dominic Cooper, and Stellan Skarsgard star in this harrowing drama about believers and non-believers coming to terms with a world drenched in evil and suffering. Celebrated screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce's script is based on the often told,...
Added: 10th November 2008 Posted By:ourtorah Views: 41 Comments:0
Weekly Torah Portion: Vayera. Avraham Avinu was tested ten times by G-d throughout his life. The final and most awesome of the trials was the binding of his son Yitzchak, (Isaac). He faced these trials with equanimity and love. We, too, are tested throughout our lives by G-d. By meeting our own...
Added: 9th November 2008 Posted By:akivam Views: 45 Comments:0
Akiva of mysticalpaths.blogspot.com returns to Kever Rachel (the gravesite of the Jewish Matriarch Rachel) in Beit Lechem (Bethlehem) just south of Jerusalem on the yartzheit (anniversary of her passing) on the 11th of Cheshvan, 5769. Here is his blog on the event: "With thanks to Hashem, I was...
Added: 3rd November 2008 Posted By:orangetruth Views: 61 Comments:0
Elisheva Federman Interviewed at the Ruins of Destroyed Home - The story in the words of Hebron spokesperson David Wilder: "At about 1:30 the two homes on the Federman farm were forcibly invaded. Sinai Tur and his wife Rivka were told that they had seven minutes to get out. The Federman family...