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Wissotzky hits it on the nose with this tribute to the mothers who do it all!
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This grandma is absolutely hilarious!
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It's time to break down some stereotypes and live a full and happy life!
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This satirical sketch is silly, but quite funny too!
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Just a nice sweet song to the hard-working Jewish mothers bringing in the Sabbath with sanctity every week!
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Click here to watch: Joy of Israel Episode 3 – Holy Hebron and Sweet Hebron Hills Jamie Geller's food and travel show takes you to Hebron. Visit Mearat HaMachpela, The Tomb of the Patriarchs, and the ancient Avraham Avinu, the Abraham Synagogue. Then take a tour of a modern bean to chocolate bar factory, Holy Cacao.
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Hi everyone! Here's the MichelleMalkin.com newsletter for February 28th. Enjoy!
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Recklessly peddling foreign investor visas for the precious privilege of entry into our country is bad for our sovereignty, bad for workers and good for corruptocrats...
How long will it be until Obamacare regs demand that health insurers cover leather hoods and ball gags?
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Alrighty then. On that note, have a good weekend!
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MANDATORY MINIMUMS FOR SERIOUS INTOXICATED ASSAULTS
- The NSW Government will introduce mandatory minimum sentences for serious drug and alcohol-fuelled assaults as part of our comprehensive package of reforms aimed at changing our culture and promoting personal responsibility.
- This package of mandatory minimum offences sends the clearest possible message that those who engage in drug or alcohol-fuelled assaults in public will face the full force of the law.
- All the offences attracting a mandatory minimum sentence will also include a two year increase to the maximum penalty when the offence is committed in public by an intoxicated offender.
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HISTORIC MURRAY DARLING BASIN AGREEMENT SIGNED
Prime Minister Tony Abbott and NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell have signed the historic Murray Darling Basin agreement hailing it as a positive outcome for NSW and the broader national interest... |
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FINAL TESTING UNDERWAY FOR INNER WEST LIGHT RAIL EXTENSION
The Inner West Light Rail Extension is another step closer to completion with all nine new stops complete, tracks and infrastructure ready, and vehicle testing currently underway... |
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GETTING SYDNEY MOVING: MORE CLEARWAYS
The NSW Government’s drive to get Sydney moving has progressed to the next phase with four new weekend and extended weekday clearways for King Georges and Roberts Roads, Lane Cove and Mona Vale Roads as well as the Princes Highway now open for public consultation... |
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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TASKFORCE TO EXAMINE SENTENCING AND SUPPORT
Minister for Women Pru Goward has announced the formation of the Violent Domestic Crimes Taskforce to examine if current sentencing options for perpetrators of domestic violence are effective, reduce recidivism, reflect the seriousness of the crime and reflect community expectations. |
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NSW SECURES AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE OF MATILDA THE MUSICAL
NSW has secured another musical and major events coup with West End and Broadway favourite ‘Matilda The Musical’ to make its Australian premiere in Sydney in 2015... |
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$40 MILLION TO SAFEGUARD REGIONAL WATER SECURITY
Regional infrastructure projects aimed at promoting water security will receive $40 million in funding under a new program, Water Security for Regions announced by Deputy Premier Andrew Stoner... |
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AN AUSTRALIAN FIRST: LANE FILTERING FOR MOTORCYCLISTS
NSW will be the first state or territory in Australia to legalise motorcycle lane filtering which will help ease road congestion... |
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NSW GOVERNMENT BACKS TAMWORTH - $7.86 MILLION FOR AIRPORT UPGRADES
The NSW Government has committed up to $7.86 million to support Tamworth Regional Council’s efforts to secure a 25 year Australian Defence Force contract for new pilot training facilities at Tamworth Regional Airport... |
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NEW PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE FOR MOORE PARK SPORTS PRECINCT
A new pedestrian and cycling bridge paying tribute to Australia’s ANZAC and cricketing history will be constructed at the Moore Park sporting precinct with delivery expected in time for the 2015 Cricket World Cup... |
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HONOURING OUR VETERANS: UPGRADES TO A DOZEN WAR MEMORIALS
Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello has announced 12 war memorials in towns and suburbs across NSW will be upgraded and maintained, thanks to NSW Government funding grants... |
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February 28, 2014 / 28 Adar I 5774 / Shabbat Shalom
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The Jewish Press Print Edition
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| Shabbat Shalom from Israel! Get the Latest News... CLICK HERE if images do not display. |
 | February 28, 2014
28 Adar I 5774 |
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 | Jewish Rapper Explains Why Israel is NOT an Apartheid State
There are so many reasons why its false to call Israel an apartheid state that Jewish rapper Ari Lesser wrote a song about it.
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 | Palestinian Water Shortages Due to Palestinian Policies
"Water shortages in the Palestinian Authority are the result of Palestinian policies that deliberately waste water and destroy the regional water ecology," states Prof. Haim Gvirtzman, a professor of hydrology at the Institute of Earth Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a member of the Israel Water Authority Council.
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 | TORAH IN THE NEWS: Spanish Citizenship?
There was certainly a fascinating development in the news recently. The Spanish parliament passed a bill that would allow Sephardic Jews, who are descendants of those who were expelled in 1492, to receive Spanish citizenship.
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 | THE PLACES OF ISRAEL: Arad
Located in southern Israel, Arad is a majestic setting for hiking and exploring the desert regions of Israel south of Jerusalem.
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 | It Happened Here First!
You probably already know about the most famous of Israeli “firsts.” Such as Intel’s microchip breakthroughs, SMStechnology, the digestible camera and cherry tomatoes. But every week there is news of exciting discoveries and innovations from the Jewish State. Last week, there was even more than usual.
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 | Video: The Truth About the UN
Why are there so many UN resolutions against Israel? Ambassador Danny Ayalon exposes ugly the roots of the UN's anti-Israel bias.
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 | LIVING TORAH: Do Your Best For Everyone’s Sake
There are two ways to do anything in life – you can give it your best, or you can do it “half-baked.” God blesses those who give it their best. God does not miraculously intervene in our daily lives; he expects us to put it together ourselves.
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March 1, 2014 / 29 Adar I 5774 / Shavuah Tov
Mishenichnas Adar Marbim b'Simcha
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Former CIA Director James Woolsey addressed the a nuclear Iran, saying that the acquisition of nuclear weapons by the Islamic Republic would change the entire political situation in the Middle East "for the worst". But he had little faith in the ability of the Obama administration to solve the issue, given the lack of resolve in Washington to keep a convincing military option on the table. "It would excellent if we had a President who was willing to take firm stand and put that kind of fear in the hearts of the mullahs in Iran. But we don't, and therefore there is only one military force in the Middle East that's capable of keeping Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and that's the IDF." He cautioned that he did not see it as "the IDF's job" to prevent a nuclear Iran, and that the US had the capability to do so itself. However at the moment he claimed "the chance of Obama doing that is virtually zero.
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Events
- 537 – Siege of Rome: The Ostrogoth army under king Vitiges began the siege of the capital. Belisarius conducts a delaying action outside the Flaminian Gate; he and a detachment of his bucellarii are almost cut off.
- 1127 – Assassination of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders.
- 1484 – The College of Arms is formally incorporated by Royal Charter signed by King Richard III of England.
- 1498 – Vasco da Gama's fleet visits the Island of Mozambique.
- 1657 – Great Fire of Meireki: A fire in Edo (now Tokyo), Japan, caused more than 100,000 deaths; it lasted three days
- 1717 – The Loves of Mars and Venus is the first ballet performed in England.
- 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Patriot militia units arrest the Royal Governor of Georgia James Wright and attempt to prevent capture of supply ships in the Battle of the Rice Boats.
- 1791 – Long-distance communication speeds up with the unveiling of a semaphore machine in Paris.
- 1797 – The Bank of England issues the first one-pound and two-pound banknotes.
- 1807 – The U.S. Congress passes the Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves, disallowing the importation of new slaves into the country.
- 1808 – The inaugural meeting of the Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is held in Edinburgh.
- 1825 – Roberto Cofresí, one of the last successful Caribbean pirates, is defeated in combat and captured by authorities.
- 1865 – East Cape War: The Volkner Incident in New Zealand.
- 1877 – U.S. presidential election, 1876: Just two days before inauguration, the U.S. Congress declares Rutherford B. Hayes the winner of the election even though Samuel J. Tilden had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876.
- 1882 – Queen Victoria narrowly escapes an assassination attempt by Roderick McLean in Windsor.
- 1885 – Sino-French War: French victory in the Battle of Hoa Moc near Tuyen Quang, northern Vietnam.
- 1933 – The film King Kong opens at New York's Radio City Music Hall.
- 1949 – Captain James Gallagher lands his B-50 Superfortress Lucky Lady II in Fort Worth, Texas after completing the first non-stop around-the-world airplane flight in 94 hours and one minute.
- 1955 – King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia abdicates the throne in favor of his father, King Norodom Suramarit.
- 1962 – Wilt Chamberlain sets the single-game scoring record in the National Basketball Association by scoring 100 points.
- 1965 – The US and South Vietnamese Air Force begin Operation Rolling Thunder, a sustained bombing campaign against North Vietnam.
- 1969 – In Toulouse, France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.
- 1969 – Soviet and Chinese forces clash at a border outpost on the Ussuri River.
- 1972 – The Pioneer 10 space probe is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida with a mission to explore the outer planets.
- 1978 – Czech Vladimír Remek becomes the first non-Russian or non-American to go into space, when he is launched aboard Soyuz 28.
- 1983 – Compact Discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan.
- 1989 – Twelve European Community nations agree to ban the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) by the end of the century.
- 1990 – Nelson Mandela is elected deputy President of the African National Congress.
- 1991 – Battle at Rumaila Oil Field brings an end to the 1991 Gulf War.
- 1995 – Researchers at Fermilab announce the discovery of the top quark.
- 1998 – Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
- 2002 – U.S. invasion of Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda begins, (ending on March 19 after killing 500 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, with 11 Western troop fatalities).
- 2004 – War in Iraq: Al-Qaeda carries out the Ashoura Massacre in Iraq, killing 170 and wounding over 500.
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Births
- 1409 – Jean II, Duke of Alençon (d. 1476)
- 1545 – Thomas Bodley, English diplomat and scholar, founded the Bodleian Library (d. 1613)
- 1755 – Antoine-Frédéric Gresnick, Belgian composer (d. 1799)
- 1793 – Sam Houston, American soldier and politician, 1st President of the Republic of Texas (d. 1863)
- 1842 – Carl Jacobsen, Danish brewer (d. 1914)
- 1900 – Kurt Weill, German-American composer (d. 1950)
- 1904 – Dr. Seuss, American author, poet, and illustrator (d. 1991)
- 1913 – Celedonio Romero, Spanish guitarist and songwriter (The Romeros) (d. 1996)
- 1931 – Mikhail Gorbachev, Soviet lawyer and politician, President of the Soviet Union, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1942 – Lou Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor (The Velvet Underground and Metal Machine Trio) (d. 2013)
- 1948 – Jeff Kennett, Australian politician, 43rd Premier of Victoria
- 1950 – Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer (The Carpenters) (d. 1983)
- 1955 – Jay Osmond, American singer and drummer (The Osmonds)
- 1997 – Babar Iqbal, Pakistani computer programmer
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Deaths
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