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Iyar 4, 5768, 5/9/2008
The Death of of Mentor
Shmuel Katz has passed away.  Born in South Africa in December 1914, he was in his 94th year. He was a Betari, a confidant of Ze'ev Jabotinsky, a member of the High Command of the Irgun, elected to the first Knesset, Zionist thinker, author and ideologue. He had been in an old-age home for the past few years and just two months ago, underwent an operation caused by blood circulatory problems and then developed pulmanory difficulties. He published several books, notably "Battleground" and "Lone Wolf" (a biography of Jabotinsky). He wrote columns in the Jerusalem Post and Ma'ariv for years. In fact, he asked me to begin working on a second anthology (I edited the first one, "Battletruth") that would cover the years 1982-2008. I had collected some 450 articles but I didn't manage to get through them on a re-reading so as to present him with my selection. I had known Moekie for over 35 years. His work in the framework of the Land of Israel Movement was crucial to the retention of Judea, Samaria and Gaza and the revenant efforts that proved successful. His fight with Menachem Begin over the autonomy plan was also a major contribution to Jewish rights in the Jewish homeland. His couch at his old apartment at 155 Dizengoff Street in Tel Aviv was my bed on many occasions. But more importantly, his sagacious advice, his amazing insight, his complete and total determination and commitment to Israel's security, its standing in the world and his relentless criticizing of the foibles of the great will sorely be missed.  May his memory be for a blessing for all Am Yisrael. More here.
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Iyar 3, 5768, 5/8/2008
A Few Hundred Thousand Dollars
That's what's being claimed. That Ehud Olmert received several hundreds of thousands of dollars from Morris (Moshe) Talansky.  That's a Channel 10 picture. Funny enough, a met with a friend who hails from Portland where Talansky was a Rabbi in the 1950s but the congreghation felt him too Orthodox.
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Iyar 1, 5768, 5/6/2008
It Is Getting Close
"Follow the paper trail" is a well-known investigative move. I am following the newspaper trail on Olmert, here: A Long Island mogul is at the center of a sensational bribery scandal that could bring down embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, The Post has learned. Millionaire financier Morris T - who runs an investment firm out of his tony home in Woodmere - allegedly passed money to Olmert while the politician was mayor of Jerusalem in the '90s, sources said. In a highly unusual move, Israeli authorities have barred the country's media from publishing T's name - revealed now in The Post - saying it could hamper their investigation. Israeli media has referred only to the involvement of an "American businessman." T is apparently set to sing to Israeli authorities about his alleged role in the scheme, sources said. Anybody out there on Long Island willing to comment? Anybody?
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From the Hills of Efraim
by Yisrael Medad
This blog will be informative, highlight foibles, will be assertively contentious and funny and wryly satirical.
Yisrael Medad is a revenant resident of Shiloh, in the Hills of Efrayim north of Jerusalem. He arrived in Israel with his wife, Batya, in 1970 and lived in the renewing Jewish Quarter, eventually moving to Shiloh in 1981. Currently the Menachem Begin Center's Information Resource Director, he has previously been director of Israel's Media Watch, a Knesset aide to three Members of Knesset and a lecturer in Zionist History. He assists the Yesha Council in it's contacts with the Foreign Media in a volunteer capacity, is active on behalf of Jewish rights on the Temple Mount and is involved in various Jewish and Zionist activist causes. He contributes a Hebrew-language media column to Besheva and publishes op-eds in the Jerusalem Post and other periodicals. He also blogs at MyRightWord in English and, in Hebrew, at The Right Word. |
