Daily Archives: November 9, 2005

Pittsburgh archeologist discovers ancient alphabet in Israel

A “spectacular find” unearthed this past summer by a Pittsburgh archeologist is the most concrete evidence of written education in Israel in the 10th century B.C.

The discovery — an inscription of a complete alphabet on a tablet dated to the 10th century B.C. — is expected to feed a hot debate between biblical skeptics and proponents, who disagree on the extent to which the Bible represents historical truth.

The Re-Elected Mayor Bloomberg delivering his victory speech

In the background its Chanina Sperlin Chairman of the CH-PAC and Assemblyman Dov Hikind.

A New Home For Chatsworth’s Jewish Community

For Yolanda Richman, there’s no place like home. Or at least, after two years of praying in a rented office space, there’s no place like Chabad of Chatsworth, CA,’s new home.

“It is a wonderful, warm feeling. Every time you come to the door, you see the sunlight coming through the beautiful windows,” said Richman. “You feel like ‘aahh’ you’re home.”

Matisyahu Spaces Out

There’s one thing Hasidic reggae man Matisyahu won’t do on his new U.S. tour: stage dive.

“There’s a law that no man and woman may touch unless they’re married,” says the twenty-six-year-old MC. “I was caught doing it. So I checked, and, no, can’t do that anymore — there’s women touching you for sure. That, and I also I got dropped once. I took, like, six people down.”

His religious beliefs also prohibit Matisyahu — who dresses in the traditional bekishe (long black robe), gartel (prayer belt) and black hat — from shaking a woman’s hand, though he did look this interviewer in the eye.

The Results are in, Bloomberg for a second term

After such a dramatic and nerve racking campaign, in which we were in such suspense as to who would be our next mayor, in such a tight race, neck in neck, ahhh I cant continue with this…

Well as the poll predicted, Mayor Bloomberg won the election over Fernando Ferrer by 20% with 723,635 votes. For the list of votes, click the extended article.

American Jew Missing in Egypt, Family Calling for Prayers

The family of Chava bat Yocheved is calling on the public to pray for her safety.

Chava, an American Jew, has been vacationing in Israel and crossed into Egypt over the weekend. She was due to fly back to the United States on Tuesday night (8 November).

Israeli border officials have verified that as of 3:00 PM Tuesday, she has not reentered Israel from Egypt. No one has heard from her for three days.

American and Israeli embassies in Israel and Cairo are involved.