http://www.jewgleperth.com An Orthodox Voice for the Perth Jewish Community. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:06:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Follow this link  to hear a recording of the ABC Perth Morning show talk-back “discussion” about a Perth school awarding a prize to a student dressing up as Hitler. It appears to be a combination of ignorance, stupidity and insensitivity for Geoff Hutchison and his guests to think that the passage ... http://www.jewgleperth.com/?p=1647 These ten questions (one for each of the Yomim Nora'im) are asked by Rabbi Benjamin Blech of aish.com: Question #1: What should I be grateful for as I begin the New Year? I spend so much of my days saddened by the things I don't have that I forget to be grateful for ... http://www.jewgleperth.com/?p=1643 [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5k0DAerBho8[/youtube] http://www.jewgleperth.com/?p=1641 Each year a Jewish person stands individually amongst the kehilla to petition our creator for favourable judgement.  Our plea is for life.  We reflect on our deeds and accomplishments of the past year.  We make amends where necessary for any ill feeling that we have generated.  We ask whether we have achieved to our ... http://www.jewgleperth.com/?p=1636 This Shabbat, August 28 is Gilad Shalit's 24th Birthday of Gilad. On June 25th 2006 Gilad Shalit was kidnapped when his unit was ambushed by Hamas terrorists: two other Israeli soldiers were killed. Five birthdays later Gilad Shalit is still in captivity and the pressure has been mounting on the ... http://www.jewgleperth.com/?p=1633 http://www.jewgleperth.com/?p=1631 I have returned this evening from the launch of the Friends of Israel which was hosted at the Victory Life Centre, and am in awe of the accomplishments of the organisers. In particular, I was greatly enthused by the public level of support and understanding, with a strong Christian Zionist support ... http://www.jewgleperth.com/?p=1621 As far as political campaigns are concerned, the current election campaign is possibly the lamest on record.  The media cannot move itself from the Presidential style projection of a leadership contest - in other words a choice between Gillard and Abbot as opposed to a choice between  Labor and Liberal.  However ... http://www.jewgleperth.com/?p=1614 I had just been reading that since the Gaza incursion of January 2010 more than 400 rockets have been fired from Gaza into Israel.  One would think that any Country with enemies firing rockets into its soveriegn terrirtory would have the right to eradicate the threat against it's citizens.  Not ... http://www.jewgleperth.com/?p=1608 ONLY ONE WEEK TO GO. THERE HAS BEEN MASSIVE INTEREST FROM OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY AND FROM THE MEDIA. THERE WILL BE A LARGE MEDIA PRESENCE AT THE EVENT AND INTENSE INTEREST IN IT. SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE A BIG ATTENDANCE, TO SEND A CLEAR MESSAGE OF SUPPORT ACROSS WESTERN ... http://www.jewgleperth.com/?p=1602