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Wednesday, September 30
Tuesday, September 29
Elvis Spotting: Israel - 'Blue Suede Jews' (multimedia)
"Memphis has Graceland. Vegas has impersonators. And Israel - yes, Israel - has the Elvis Inn, a bizarre desert Mecca for Middle East Elvis enthusiasts. It's the Holy Land, people, and the King has risen."
'The King in the Holyland' (Dave Bender, All Rights Reserved)
Click on the photo for more images from the series, "Blue Suede Jews," that accompanies an article I wrote for the (late, great) "Atlanta Jewish Life" magazine. A link to the full article, and entertaining video clip segments appear on my website: www.davebrianbender.com.
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(Photography) Succot: Scenes from Jerusalem's Famous Open-Air Market
Readying for Succot: I shot these images of devout Jews searching for the best etrog (citron for my "covenentally-challenged" pals) at a stall across from Jerusalem's famous Mahane Yehuda open-air market. More photos are on my website photo page, accessible via the home page. All photos copyright: Dave Bender.
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Wednesday, September 23
Note to Iran - Jews: Not So Easy To F**k With Anymore
From the AP: "Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday lashed out at Israel and the West, questioning whether the Holocaust happened and calling it a pretext for occupying Palestinian lands, reiterating anti-Israel rhetoric that has brought him international condemnation.We got'ya "real event" riiiiight here, babe..."The Iranian president said Israel was created on 'a lie and a mythical claim' and expressed doubts whether the Holocaust, when the Nazis killed 6 million Jews during World War II, was a 'real event.'
Israel Air Force jets over Auschwitz death camp. Obviously P'shopped, 'eh, monkey face?
Tuesday, September 22
(Video) Newsweek Profiles Jerusalem's Mayor
View-worthy Newsweek article and profile of Nir Barkat, Jerusalem's unlikely Mayor:
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Sunday, September 13
UPDATE: (Video) PM Eulogizes Late Israeli Astronaut's Son
What a tragedy:
From The Jerusalem Post: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251804559879&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Baruch Dayan Emet.
Video of Assaf Ramon getting his IAF wings:
Initial findings: possible blackout at 18,000 ft. in a sharp turn during multiple craft dogfight, according to Israel TV Ch. 2 talking with IAF experts.
From The Government Press Office:
"Elegy for Columbia: A Personal Requiem"
You can read it here:
From The Jerusalem Post: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251804559879&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
Baruch Dayan Emet.
Video of Assaf Ramon getting his IAF wings:
Initial findings: possible blackout at 18,000 ft. in a sharp turn during multiple craft dogfight, according to Israel TV Ch. 2 talking with IAF experts.
From The Government Press Office:
I wrote a story about Col. Ilan Ramon, who died along with his crew in 2003, when Space Shuttle Columbia burned up on re-entry to the Earth's atmosphere:Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today (Sunday), 13.9.09, eulogized Lt. Assaf Ramon:
"'Thy beauty, O Israel, upon thy high places is slain! How are the mighty fallen!'*
Few are the moments in which private pain so strongly shatters the national heart. Today, the entire nation is wrapped in unfathomable grief over the death of Assaf Ramon, who fell from the skies like his father Ilan.
This is an awful tragedy for Rona and the entire Ramon family; this is an awful tragedy for the entire people of Israel.
I was moved when Ilan, the youngest of the pilots who bombed the death reactor in Iraq, took with him into space a pencil drawing titled 'Moon Landscape' by a 14-year-old Jewish boy, Peter Ginz, who was murdered at Auschwitz. I was also deeply moved when Assaf continued in his father's path and finished the IAF pilot's course with top marks. The loss of each of these outstanding individuals, father and son, is a disaster in and of itself. The loss of both brings with it pain too terrible to bear.
There is no consolation for the Ramon family, or for the Israeli people, only tears."
* II Samuel 1:19
"Elegy for Columbia: A Personal Requiem"
You can read it here:
Friday, September 11
(Update) Reports: Katyushas fired on northern Israel
Update:
Israel police have confirmed the rocket attack on the northern coastal city of Nahariya, which lies just south of the border with Lebanon.
Danny Ben Shabbat, a resident in one of the town's southern neighborhoods told Ynet news, he heard three explosions at about 3:45 PM:
מקורות ביטחון לבנוניים: רקטות נורו מדרום לבנון לצפון ישראל
At least two rockets have been fired from south Lebanon at Israel. This, according to Lebanese security sources. it was also reported that rockets were fired from south Tira near the border," [with Israel, and near Sidon, according to Reshet Bet Israel radio].
There are no Israel reports of casualties or damage. Sounds of explosions were reported in Nahariya.
The IDF is returning artillery fire at the source of the rockets, possibly Katyushas.
The report will be updated as more details come in.
Israel police have confirmed the rocket attack on the northern coastal city of Nahariya, which lies just south of the border with Lebanon.
Danny Ben Shabbat, a resident in one of the town's southern neighborhoods told Ynet news, he heard three explosions at about 3:45 PM:
First report, via cell phone updates, and now Reuters via Ynet.co.il:
דני בן שבת, תושב נהריה, סיפר ל-ynet: "אני גר בשכונת שפרינצק בחלק הדרומי של העיר ויודע לזהות נפילות של קטיושות. שמעתי שלוש נפילות סמוך לשעה 15:45. אחי סיפר לי שראה ניידות רבות ואמבולנסים שיצאו לכיוון השדות. לא הייתה אזעקה".
"I live in the Sprintzak neighborhood in the city's southern area, and know what a Katyusha sounds like. I heard three explosions close to 3:45 [PM]. My brother says he saw many police vehicles and ambulances heading out towards the fields. There was no [warning] siren."
מקורות ביטחון לבנוניים: רקטות נורו מדרום לבנון לצפון ישראל
לפחות שתי רקטות נורו מדרום לבנון לעבר צפון ישראל. כך מדווחים גורמי ביטחון לבנוניים. כמו נמסר כי הרקטות שוגרו מאזור דרום טירה הסמוך לגבול.
מוקדם יותר דווח כי קולות קפץ נשמעו בנהריה וסביבותיה,
"Lebanese security sources report: rockets were fired from south Lebanon into Israel.At least two rockets have been fired from south Lebanon at Israel. This, according to Lebanese security sources. it was also reported that rockets were fired from south Tira near the border," [with Israel, and near Sidon, according to Reshet Bet Israel radio].
There are no Israel reports of casualties or damage. Sounds of explosions were reported in Nahariya.
The IDF is returning artillery fire at the source of the rockets, possibly Katyushas.
The report will be updated as more details come in.
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