Author Archives: Meryl Yourish

Friday briefs

Because we’re Jews: When have you ever read of any other country raising money for its enemies? This is Judaism. Jerusalem native Moti Kahana heads a group of Israeli businessmen and American Jews who travel to the Syrian refugee camps … Continue reading

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The Al Gore al-Qaradawi connection

Yusuf al-Qaradawi is visiting Hamas, thanks to the Muslim Brotherhood’s takeover of Egypt. Al-Qaradawi is a vicious anti-Semite who is lying about the 3,000-plus-year-old ties of Jews to the land of Israel. A prominent Islamic scholar who is making a … Continue reading

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This is why U.S. healthcare costs so much

Everyone shops using price comparisons. If you know that milk was $10 a gallon in Ripoff Mart and $3 a gallon in the supermarket, you’d never shop at Ripoff Mart. But look at how prices vary in hospitals. For joint … Continue reading

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Jerusalem Day

Today is Yom Yerushalayim in Israel, the day that Jerusalem was reunited under Jewish rule for the first time in two milennia. I wrote about it six years ago. Take a look back, and take a look at Ofra Haza … Continue reading

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Anti-Israel bias on Jerusalem Day? Yeah, we’ve got that.

Israeli police detained the mufti of Jerusalem to interrogate him about a riot by Palestinians on the Temple Mount the day before. Western press is breathlessly reporting every moment; I could barely find the story in the Israeli papers. But … Continue reading

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An utterly despicable analysis of Hezbollah’s choices

My jaw dropped when I read the following conclusion to an analysis by a Telegraph journalist. Fortunately for Mr Nasrallah, he has another option. Every so often, an incident lifts the veil on Hizbollah’s covert campaign against Israeli interests worldwide. … Continue reading

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Another Goodreads Giveaway

Ending tonight. (And awesome: The javascript in the widget conflicts with my theme. Oh, well.) Goodreads Book Giveaway Darkness Rising by Meryl Yourish Giveaway ends May 08, 2013. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win

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But let’s concentrate on Israel’s attack on Syria

Sunni Muslims are fleeing Alawite death squads in Syria, which are targeting entire cities. Sunni Muslims sought safety after a second village in two days was destroyed by death squads apparently bent on ethnic cleansing. Relatives of the dead in … Continue reading

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Attack on Syria

Israel bombed Syria twice in the last few days. The last time took out a huge weapons depot, reportedly long-range missiles that were going to be transferred to Hezbollah. There are many videos on YouTube of the secondary explosions.J.E. Dyer … Continue reading

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Back on track

Did a lot of writing this week, culminating with finishing up the early chapters today. I’m shooting for finishing this summer and releasing book 2 in early autumn, hopefully no later than September (which may technically be summer, but we’ll … Continue reading

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Fifteen years

It’s been fifteen years since I quit smoking. Now, if only I could get rid of the weight I’ve put on since I quit… Oh, well. Working on it.

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Thursday briefs

What media bias? Say, did you know that the Palestinian terrorist who murdered a father of five in the West Bank wasn’t imprisoned just for stone-throwing? That he actually was a terrorist trying to kill Israeli soldiers? If you read … Continue reading

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A Capitalism kind of May Day

I’m celebrating May Day by putting both versions of Darkness Rising: Book One of The Catmage Chronicles on sale. The ebook price has been reduced to $2.99 for the month, and the paperback has been reduced as well. What’s that? … Continue reading

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News and not-news

You know what’s news? The reaction of an Israeli town to one of their members being stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist. You know what’s not news? The killing (by stabbing to death) of an Israeli “settler” by a … Continue reading

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Tuesday morning briefs

Rocket attacker, attacked by rocket: The IDF took out the rocketeer behind the last few attacks on Israel. Best news? He was a rocket builder as well as a rocketeer. Hamas’ Health Ministry identified the terrorist as Haytham Almishal, 24, … Continue reading

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