Beit Shemesh Municipal Elections: Compelling Reasons to Vote Shalom Lerner
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Commentary;
On Wednesday, I received an email from neighbors Yissachar and Riki Fried, easily the paradigm, most compelling piece I’ve seen regarding the upcoming Beit Shemesh Municipal Elections on 11 November.
And so, I am sharing it with list subscribers, be they living in Beit Shemesh, throughout Israel, new olim or those planning Aliyah. It speaks volumes about the candidate and about the kind of Beit Shemesh that we all hope for. MB
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(Or, Why Every RBSA Anglo Chareidi Should Vote for Shalom Lerner)
Parsha Lech Lecha 5769: 2nd Look; Aliyah — By Call or By Persecution?
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By Moshe Burt
This 2nd Parsha HaShevua takes some of the points from the original, brings additional points and wings it as to the modern-day Matzav.
“Hashem said to Avram, Go for yourself from your land … to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation…” (Breish’t, Perek 12, posukim 1 & 2) Lech Lecha, the “Aliyah Parsha.”
Rashi writes on the posukim;
“For your benefit and good. It is there that I will make you a great nation …” (Rashi on Breish’t, Perek 12, posuk 1)
Thursday War News: At Least 8 Rockets From Gaza; Rocks and Molotovs Thrown in Silwan, Shechem and El Aroub, 28 Moslem Terrorists, Weapons and Drug Traders Nabbed
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2 Kassam Rockets Strike Open Areas in West Negev; None Wounded
Two Kassam Rockets Hit Western Negev, IAF Kills Islamic Jihad Terrorist in Northern Gaza Airstrike, by Yaakov Lappin (Jerusalem Post)
Kassam Rocket Fired at Israel; No Wounded Reported
Kassam Hits Near Sderot Cemetery
Kassam Lands Between Sderot, Sha’ar Hanegev Region; None Hurt
Rocket Explodes Outside Sderot [at Entrance to City]
Palestinians Throw Molotov Cocktails at Bus Near Bethlehem; No Wounded
Tuesday, Wednesday War News: Gaza Ceasefire in Shambles as 46 Rockets, Mortars Bombard Ashkelon, Negev, IDF Destroys Gaza Kidnap Tunnel Killing 5 Terrorists; IDF Nabs 29 Terrorists, Firebomb in Hevron, Rock Attack Near Shechem
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Massive [40] Kassam Rocket Attack [Wednesday AM] after IDF Kills Six Terrorists, by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu (Israel National News)
Two Rockets Fired into Ashkelon; No Casualties Reported [Two Treated for Shock]
Arabs Fire Six Mortars at Western Negev
IDF Troops Operating in Central Gaza to Destroy Kidnapping Tunnel
3 Soldiers Wounded in Gaza Operation
IDF Enters Gaza, Kills 5 Hamas Terrorists [While Destroying Kidnap Tunnel], by Hana Levi Julian (Israel National News)
The Golan and Leftist Abuse of Language and Morality
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Commentary;
Caroline Glick writes a damning indictment of the Left’s hypocrisy in assaulting language and, as a result, legality, morality and Jewish land and sovereignty. This post deals only with the hypocrisy regarding the left’s assault on legality, morality and Jewish land and sovereignty, although Glick drives home her point citing everything from feminist Education Minister Yuli Tamir’s advocacy of clitoridectomies in the Moslem world to the US presidential race where American feminists have “employed pornographic… and unabashedly chauvinist” invective against Republican VP candidate Governor Sarah Palin for her anti-abortion views.
Beit Shemesh Municipal Elections: Part 2
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There are eight parties running lists for City Council in the upcoming elections;
There is anglo representation with whom I am acquainted running on lists in 3 of the parties.
- B’Yachad — Shalom Lerner, although running for Mayor, is listed as #1 on the list and David Morris is slotted at #5.
- Chen — Zvi Wolicki is #1 on the list as is Ephrayim Naiman who is neatly slotted at #2.
- (Y’Hi’Yeh) Tov — Ari Rosenstein who I believe is 7th on the list.
In this author’s humble opinion, the parties to vote for are either B’Yachad or Chen and here’s why;
My understanding is that the Mayor also holds a seat on city council. A vote for B’Yachad insures that Shalom Lerner has a strong voice in the running of the city, and the more votes cast for B’Yachad, the better shot that Founder and Amutah Chairman of Lema’an Achai David Morris can bring his business and non-profit experience to bear in helping to run city government efficiently. I do not know the others on the B’Yachad but Shalom tells me that the other slots are manned by individuals with recognized professional backgrounds and disciplines who are well-suited and qualified to be on city council and to head city departments.
NET ALERT: Jews of Hevron’s Beit HaShalom About to be Expelled by Yassamnikim??
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This blog has received emails from at least a half dozen sources over the past half-hour indicating that the regime has sent Yassamnikim to expel the residents of Beit HaShalom despite the Court and despite 50 MKs.
Click here to read the Breaking Israel National News Report;
Expulsion in Hevron Feared; Jews Gather, by Hillel Fendel (Israel National News)
Excerpts;
Forces are said to be on their way to carry out a violent eviction of Jewish residents in Judea and Samaria – the second such action today.
Beit Shemesh Municipal Elections: Emergence of Revolution in Governance?
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As we see Israel beginning on the road to new national elections, it is important to note that these elections will take place sometime in February, 2009, whereas regularly scheduled municipal elections will take place throughout Israel on 11 November.
Municipal elections will choose Mayors and city councils in all of the major localities in Israel.
But nowhere else will these municipal elections impact on governing mindset as in the Beit Shemesh elections where Shalom Lerner and Moshe Abutbul knock heads with incumbent Mayor Dani Vaknin while a host of parties vie for representation on the 19 man Beit Shemesh city council. In this author’s humble opinion, Beit Shemesh faces a unique opportunity to be on the ground floor auguring in an era of governmental morality, efficiency, sensitivity and integrity by setting an example for all of Israel.
Parsha Lech Lecha 5769: Aliyah — Back to the REAL WORLD
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“Hashem said to Avram, Go for yourself from your land … to the land that I will show you. I will make you into a great nation…” (Breish’t, Perek 12, posukim 1 & 2) Lech Lecha, the “Aliyah Parsha.”
Rashi writes on the posukim,
“For your benefit and good. It is there that I will make you a great nation …” (Rashi on Breish’t, Perek 12, posuk 1)
Sefat Emet asks;
“if G’d himself promised… that the move would be for his good and his benefit, why should this have been such a great test?” It seems that it was exactly because of Hashem’s promise to him that the test was of greater magnitude because when Avram actually went, he did so “as Hashem had spoken to him.” (Breish’t Perek 12, posuk 4)