The Catmage Chronicles
Andy thought he was going crazy when a talking cat showed up at his front door. He couldn’t have been more wrong.Goldeneyes is a Catmage – a cat with human intelligence and magical abilities. Andy is an eighth grader who is smart, impulsive, and trying to avoid the school bully at all costs. A prophecy threw them together. There’s just one problem: Goldeneyes can’t stand humans.The Catmage world is heading toward war. Goldeneyes and Andy must try to stop the enemy from getting stronger. And they must save a powerful Catmage who’s been kidnapped. For Goldeneyes, it’s personal. That Catmage is her grandmother.Andy and Goldeneyes must try to put aside their differences. If they can’t, the enemy will soon be too powerful to defeat…
Category Archives: Jews
Happy Purim!
On this holiday, we celebrate the survival of the Jews against yet another enemy who would have killed us all—this one, in ancient Iran. May the Holy One, Blessed be He, keep the modern-day Hamans of Iran from harming today’s … Continue reading
Best of The Jewish/Israeli Blog Carnival
Are you looking for some good morning reading? Head on over to The Israel Situation and take a look at: Haveil Havalim 206 – The I Love Adar Edition.
Jewish/Israeli Blog Carnival
G’day Mate. I don’t say that as well as Sarah does, but that is because she is authentic and I am an American with a bad Aussie accent. Anyhoo, I’d like to invite you to take a moment to review … Continue reading
South American antisemitism
The Washington Post reports that a number of South American countries are becoming inhospitable to their Jewish residents. Anger at Israel’s recent military strikes in the Gaza Strip against the Islamist group Hamas have sparked demonstrations here and in two … Continue reading
Since Meryl is so humble…
I shall do it for her. A honorable mention in JP today: Latest hasbara weapon: ‘Army of bloggers’ The article is going on about that army, its potential, blah blah blah… “Israel’s newest weapon on the public relations front is … Continue reading
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MacLeod-ing the issue
The trio of Scott MacLeod, Tim McGirk and Andrew Lee Butters who write for Time Magazine might have the worst collection of anti-Israel activists writing for any American publication. I’ll call them the “terror troika,” given their enthusiasm for Hamas. … Continue reading
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It’s not anti-Zionism—it’s anti-Semitism
Fifty-five anti-Semitic incidents in France in the last two and a half weeks: A total of 55 anti-Semitic incidents occurred in France since the start of Israel’s Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip, said President of the French Jewish … Continue reading
The opposite of hate mail
Got this email of support today. I’m a straight, white, male, Baptist by religion, living in southwest Missouri, card carrying cynic and full blown smartass. And I back Israel to the bloody end if needed. As you said, “anti-Semites, just … Continue reading
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We are all Georgians now
See the title of this post? When you Google it, the only person you read about who said “We are all Georgians now” is—John McCain. Last summer, Russia invaded Georgia, launched tons of missiles, armor, explosives, ground troops, took over … Continue reading
The Cheapest Blood
There is an ongoing discussion among my Jewish friends and I. Actually there are many ongoing discussions but for the purpose of this post we’ll focus on one. What is our role as a Jew. It is not so much … Continue reading
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Tonight at Shabbat
Say a special prayer for the soldiers of the IDF. Here’s Chabad’s Shabbat candlelighting times. And remember tonight, at synagogues all over the world, Jews will also sing Oseh Shalom—a prayer that asks for peace for Israel and for the … Continue reading
American Jewish kids still love Israel
I thought young American Jews don’t care for Israel anymore. This doesn’t make any sense, then. Instead of spending their winter vacation with their families, 120 American college students have come to volunteer in the Negev – despite the proximity … Continue reading
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Dhimmitude
Certain defenders of Iran are fond of pointing out that Iran has the largest population of Jews in the Middle East outside of Israel. What they never mention, of course, is that Jews are restricted from traveling abroad (they must … Continue reading
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Haveil Havalim
Haveil Havilim is here. And Jack rounded up posts about Gaza here.
Is it good for the Jews?
Headline from JTA: The Global News Service of the Jewish People: Blagojevich arrest could send Jewish rep to Senate Who? That suits U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) fine. JTA has learned that Schakowsky, the only Jewish contender to replace Obama, … Continue reading