Shabbat Shalom -- Jerusalem The Movie

Jerusalem | Filmed in Imax 3D from JerusalemTheMovie on Vimeo.


Big hat tip to Israel Matzav.

Shabbat Shalom -- Early White House Chanukah

Drudge says:

Obama celebrates Hanukkah at White House...

TWO WEEKS EARLY? LIGHTS ALL THE CANDLES...

'We Never Need an Excuse For a Good Party'...

The basic elements of a koshermenorah are eight holders for oil or candles and an additional holder, set apart from the rest, for the shamash ("attendant") candle.

The Menorah

The Chanukah lights can either be candle flames or oil-fueled. Since the miracle of Chanukah happened with olive oil – the little cruse of oil that lasted for eight days – an oil menorah is preferable to a candle one, and olive oil is the ideal fuel. Cotton wicks are preferred because of the smooth flame they produce.
Whenever purchasing a mitzvah article, we try to buy the most beautiful one that is within our means. So, if at all possible, go for the silver menorah. Beautifying a mitzvah is our way of expressing our appreciation to G‑d, and showing how dearly we hold His commandments.
The eight candles of the menorah must be arranged in a straight, even line, not in a zigzag or with some lights higher than others. If it is an oil menorah, the oil cups must hold enough oil to burn for the required time – at least 30 minutes on weeknights, and up to one-and-a-half hours on Friday evening (see Special Shabbat Rules). If it is a candle menorah, the candles should be large enough to burn for the required time.
Electric menorahs are great for display purposes, and are a wonderful medium for publicizing the Chanukah miracle. But the Chanukah lights used to fulfill the mitzvah should be real flames fueled by wax or oil – like the flames in the Holy Temple.

Yep, as Matt Drudge reminds us, "we never need an excuse for a good party." Amein.

Shabbat Shalom -- San Antonio

San Antonio, Texas mayor Julian Castro inserts a note as he stands at Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray, during his visit of Jerusalem's Old city, Monday, July 11, 2011. (AP Photos/Dan Balilty)

Photo: Express-News, Dan Balilty / AP

Shabbat Shalom -- The Jews of Yemen

With a kalashnikov on his side, 19-year-old Yemeni Jew, Yosef Saeed Hamdi (Right), poses for a picture with an unidentified guest on the first day of his traditional wedding party in the village of Raydah in Amran province, 70 kms north of Sanaa, on June 15, 2008. Hamdi is completing his studies in Jerusalem but he came back home to get married to a young woman from his community, according to relatives. A few hundred Jews still live in Yemen, but recent threats by rebels from the Zaidi minority made some leave their homes in the Saada province to the Sanaa region. Jews, like Muslims in tribal areas of Yemen, hold three-day wedding parties for their children who usually marry members of the same community.

Shabbat Shalom -- IDF Medical Corps

IDF

IDF

Shabbat Shalom -- Live and Become

From the movie Live and Become via The K Experience.

Shabbat Shalom -- Gilad Shalit

Shabbat Shalom -- Sukkahmobile

What are we doing for Sukkot today?

Having a little pommegranate and

apple salad in our Sukkah here in the Arkansan wilderness. 

Others, in other places, move their own ways.

Chabad youth have installed traditional temporary huts
on dozens of off-road vehicles which will travel across Israel
throughout the holiday of Sukkot and serve hikers
and IDF soldiers in places where there are no permanent sukkot.

Shabbat Shalom -- Maccabeats -- Book of Good Life

Shabbat Shalom -- Anime

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Shabbat Shalom -- Surfing Rabbi

Shabbat Shalom -- Sam Jew

Sam Jew

COLLEGE WATCH –  
Sam Jew at Arkansas State
Posted on March 15, 2011

Off to a good start

Sam Jew is in his 2nd season at Arkansas State after successfully spending two years at Palomar Community College where he earned first-team All-Pacific Coast Conference honors after finishing the 2009 season at 10-1 with a league-best 1.94 ERA….his 10 wins are fourth-best in Palomar history. He was also selected to the Great Britain Baseball 40-man preliminary roster for competition in the World Cup held in Europe.

Read it all here, with more here, if you like.

Is Sam Jew Jewish?
Don't know.
Do know here in Arkansas we like his name and his game.

Shabbat Shalom -- Hasidic Ice

Ice Cream House Rules

From Failed Messiah.

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Falashas

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JewTube

Shabbat Shalom -- Mahaneh Yehuda Market

Shopping for Shabbat.

Old Jerusalem.

July '05.

Mahaneh Yehuda Market.

Shabbat Shalom -- Jews of My Old Neighborhood, West Coast Division

Shabbat Shalom -- Jews of My Old Neighborhood

Bonus pics from the Rolling Photography Files:

All photographs courtesy of Contento, Ltd.

July, 2011, Brooklyn, NY

Shabbat Shalom

From The Yid With Lid