Number 169 - 2012/29                        July 16, 2012                             Tammuz 26, 5772

Yihu L'Ratzon

(Josh Nelson Project)

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JEWISH BITES:

A great compliment was paid to Jews in New York in 1788(Commentary Magazine)

ISRAEL IS REAL

The Woody Allen Israel Project (The Jewish Journal)

Israel's number one handcyclist heads for the Paralympics (Israel 21c)

2012 Festival of lights in Jerusalem's Old City (Israel 21c /includes video)

Israeli system stops leading hospital killer (Israel 21c)

War news bad for your health (Israel21c)

Controlling Avatar Robot by thought (No Camels)

Naked mole rat may hold secret to long life (No Camels)

Snoring U App will nudge sleepers to stop snoring (No Camels)

Simple test identifies individual's ancestral origins (No Camels)

Israel Advocacy

The Middle East greatest untold story (Huffington Post)

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Pat Condell finally gets it on Israel (Video, YouTube)

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Obama invites Egyptian President for US visit (KUNA)

France penalizes Boycott of Israeli products (Gatestone Institute)

Abbas to attend Teheran summit following Ahmedinejad'sinvitation (HaAretz)

Rebutting Abbas, Condoleeza Rice confirms her account of their 2008 refugees conversation (The Times of Israel)

Oil sanctions against Iran will not be enough (Washington Post)

Israel's "Arab Spring" problem (Washington Post)

Muslims combating Islamism (Investigative Project on Terrorism)

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Narrow BDS defeat nothing to celebrate (Commentary Magazine) 

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Barak said Tel-Aviv threatened by long range Gaza rockets (The Times of Israel)

Iran Talks fail again (John Bolton - Weekly Standard)

Fabricating Palestinian History (Middle East Forum)

Palestinian Public Opinion Poll: 66% of Gazans approve attacks aginst Israeli civilians inside Israel (PSR)

BLOGGING JEWISH IN DUTCHESS  

We are creatures not only of habits but of preconceived ideas. While the Founding Fathers argued extensively on ideological terms about what the new Republic should look like, in contemporary American society most of us barely pay attention to ideologies; we tend to be more “pragmatic” - or we would like to believe so...

Ideologies, however, are ever present in our lives. Ideology is defined in the Webster's Dictionary as “the doctrines, opinions, or way of thinking of an individual, class, etc”. In Philosophy it is also defined as “a system of ideas which shapes an individual's or a group's perception of the world around them”. In other words, what be believe to be true defines the way we look at the world. For example, if we believe that “everything that happens is God's will”, as many religious individuals do – then predestination is a given, and the measure of control we have over our environment is limited. On the other extreme, if we believe that God doesn't exist at all, our free will expands to include everything, and all moral and Ethical standards are culturally defined and therefore realtive. Of course, most of us live in a happy intermediate point, but still the ideas we have about God and his/her role and interaction with Human history shapes what we believe we can do and what we believe we cannot. Let me give you some Jewish examples.

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