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March 27th (See this week's devar torah)
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Hi again!

This week was pretty calm in our part of the world. I spent a fair amount of time getting used to working with a Mac -- and compiling a list of grievances against Apple and their designers.

Calm for us, that is... but our trusty local newspaper reports in the "police blotter" section about a husband whose wife threatened to "burn him up". This in a "city without violence", as the sign boldly posted at the entrance to the city proclaims. And don't even mention the increasing number of women I've seen packing heat. Don't mess with 'em, boys, you don't want to get burned!

While Israelis celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the peace treaty with Egypt, the Egyptians studiously avoided any mention of it. And despite the fact that the supposed Israeli war crimes were proven to be a fabrication, our favorite Useful Idiot continues with the same tired claims. Maybe he should move to Gaza and increase the overall IQ of Israel?

Friends still in the US -- you've been put on notice that anti-Semitism is acceptable in the US, although criticism of Islam is not. Come home now, while you can! After all, you can already here the muezzin calling from here -- why wait till you here them there?

On that topic, the Wikipedia article states: The acts of the muezzin are also considered an art form, reflected in the melodious chanting of the adhan. Excuse me? Melodious?!? If you took a dozen cats, and gave them all electric shocks while they were on a tin roof, you wouldn't achieve ten percent of the "melodious chanting" we get from our local half-dozen muezzins, may they quickly ascend to Heaven and leave us in peace and quiet!

Note: today we switched over to "IDT" (Israel Daylight Time), so we are at GMT+3 until the Friday between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, which falls out this year on September 25th.

Until next week,
Shabbat shalom!

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 Help [[tsedaka|feed the hungry]] in Israel!
-It's been a wild week.  Started as still unemployed on Sunday, but by Tuesday the New Company wanted me to start; so I started work on Tuesday.  By the end of the week (actually just half an hour before I left on Thursday) I was given a brand-new, shiny [http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_pro?mco=MTE3MDE MacBook Pro].  I'm using it to compose the blog this week, since I need to get used to this funky new machine.
+This week was pretty calm in our part of the world.  I spent a fair amount of time getting used to working with a Mac -- and compiling a [[MacinWoes|list of grievances]] against Apple and their designers.
+Calm for us, that is... but our trusty local newspaper reports in the "police blotter" section about a husband whose wife threatened to "burn him up".  This in a "city without violence", as the sign boldly posted at the entrance to the city proclaims.  And don't even mention the increasing number of women I've seen [http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=packing+heat packing heat].  Don't mess with 'em, boys, you don't want to get burned!
+While Israelis celebrated the thirtieth anniversary of the peace treaty with Egypt, [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1237727542652&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull the Egyptians studiously avoided] any mention of it.  And despite the fact that the [http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130616 supposed Israeli war crimes] were proven to be a fabrication, [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1237727540314&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull our favorite Useful Idiot] continues with the same tired claims.  Maybe he should move to Gaza and increase the overall IQ of Israel?
+Friends still in the US -- you've been put on notice that [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1237727546890&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull anti-Semitism is acceptable] in the US, although [http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/world/sns-ap-un-un-free-speech,0,5428444.story criticism of Islam] is not.  Come home now, while you can!  After all, you can already here the {{wiki|muezzin}} calling from here -- why wait till you here them there?
-One interesting thing about using "public transportation" is you get to meet ... the "public".  There are some ''interesting'' people taking the bus, to say the least.  The thing is, some of the "public" don't seem to realize that they are in public, and that more than likely most people are not interested in their personal life.  So they talk on their cel-phones at top volume.  Got to find out a lot about my fellow passengers that way, though I wasn't interested.
+On that topic, the Wikipedia article states: ''The acts of the muezzin are also considered an art form, reflected in the melodious chanting of the adhan''.  Excuse me?  Melodious?!?  If you took a dozen cats, and gave them all electric shocks while they were on a tin roof, you wouldn't achieve ten percent of the "melodious chanting" we get from our local half-dozen ''muezzins'', may they quickly ascend to Heaven and leave us in peace and quiet!
-The day I accepted the job offer, a headhunter tried to set me up with another job, also in Jerusalem.  I found out yesterday that another former co-worker of mine also got a job.  So the situation is not as bad as you might think, here -- even though the [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1237392663692&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull unemployment rate is 6.8%].  I know that some say we [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1237461629454&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull must give more jobs to Arabs]; but I say, no!  We need to ''avoid'' giving Arabs jobs at all costs; even when a Jew would be more expensive to hire or might even do a worse job, for several reasons.  First, we have a ''Torah obligation'' to help our fellow Jews (which has higher priority than the similar obligation to help anyone).  So we obviously should employ our fellow Jews before we employ anyone else, but especially those who have proven themselves enemies.  Second, when the Arabs cannot find work here, they will go elsewhere.  Just as when they initially immigrated here from Egypt and Syria and other Arab countries, because the Jews who came here made it a place where one could get work.  So by denying them an easy life, they will seek livelihood elsewhere and eliminate a major security problem plaguing us. Third, we have seen numerous incidents in the past few years, where a "trusted" Arab became an instrument of cold-blooded murder.  So by not employing them, we also safeguard Jewish lives, another Torah obligation.
-I better get busy getting the house in order for Shabbat -- normally by this time I've started that process, but I'm "feeling slow" this week.  Plus, the Mac is really not easy for me to use, so it's taking me much longer than usual to do my thing.  Sorry, next week should be better; and I hope to have more "interesting" things to say then.
+'''Note''': today we switched over to "IDT" (Israel Daylight Time), so we are at GMT+3 until the Friday between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, which falls out this year on September 25th.
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 Shabbat shalom!
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