Uploaded New Learn English Video - Sports

Hi Everyone!

I uploaded a new Learn English video to the Internet.
The topic of the new video is Sports.

The address is:
http://www.learn-english.co.il/videos/index.html

The updated page also contains past videos that I uploaded.

Feedback is welcome.

Have a good week,
Jacob

Pictures of the International Jewish Bloggers Convention in Jerusalem

Hi Everyone!

Today, August 20, 2008, I attended the first International Jewish Bloggers Convention in Jerusalem. It was great meeting, face-to-face, the people behind the Jewish Blogsphere.

A big thank you to everyone that worked on making this event a success.

I posted 143 pictures of the convention on my website at:
http://www.jr.co.il/pictures/israel/jerusalem/2008/jer173.htm

I also copied all 143 pictures to Facebook for name tagging.
There are three sets of pictures and the address of the first set is:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=48349&id=553691548

If you have a Facebook acccount and you are in the pictures or see someone you know, please feel free to name tag the pictures.

Enjoy the pictures and have a good night,
Jacob

Welcome Home to the New Olim (and 364 pictures)

Hi Everyone!

On Tuesday morning, August 19, 2008, I was at Ben-Gurion airport to greet the new olim that made aliyah from North America to Israel.

There were 240 olim on the flight including 18 singles (including 6 joining the IDF) and 46 families with 104 children. The youngest oleh in the group is one month old and the oldest oleh
is 72 years old.

I took 364 pictures of the exciting event and I posted them online at:
http://www.jr.co.il/pictures/israel/history/2008/a373.htm

I also copied 330 of the 364 pictures to Facebook for name tagging.
There are six sets of pictures and the address of the first set is:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=48152&id=553691548

If you have a Facebook acccount and you are in the pictures or see someone you know, please feel free to name tag the pictures.

May the aliyah from all over of the world grow and bring more Jews back to their homeland, Eretz Yisrael.

Have a good day,
Jacob

Only in Israel......Disabled turtle uses new wheels to find love

Hi Everyone!

I am sure that everyone knows about the many medical innovations that have been developed in Israel. Here is an usual one that caught my attention:

Disabled turtle uses new wheels to find love

The Telegraph
August 18, 2008

Arava, a ten-year-old spurred turtle, lost mobility after her hind legs became paralysed.

Weighing 55-pounds (25-kilogram), she could not move herself forward with her front legs alone. So, staff at Jerusalem Biblical Zoo built her a metal board with two wheels that can be easily strapped to her stomach, creating a unique type of wheelchair.

Once the wheels were in place, the zookeepers got more than they bargained for. Arava has started atttracting the attentions of an amourous male turtle, and the pair are now mating. Zoo curator Shmulik Yedvad said the metal contraption obviously appealed to the lusty 10-year-old male turtle.

Arava arrived in Jerusalem a few months ago from a petting zoo in southern Israel with the unexplained handicap. She had not found love before the wheels were fitted.

I posted pictures of the newly mobile turtle at:
http://www.jr.co.il/pictures/israel/things/turtle.htm

Something to see the next time you visit the Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem.

Have a good day,
Jacob

Uploaded New Learn Spanish Video - Human Body

Hi Everyone!

I uploaded a new Learn Spanish video to the Internet.
The topic of the new video is Human Body.

The address is:
http://www.learn-spanish.co.il/videos/index.html

Learn Spanish is a free, on-line, educational resource to learn Spanish words. The flash site incorporates 40 topics, along with over 1,400 Spanish words and phrases. When you click on a word or phrase you can hear it spoken. The high quality audio was created in a sound studio.

The site is multilingual. The menus are in Spanish and English.

The address is:
http://www.learn-spanish.co.il

Please forward this message to anyone that may be interested in learning Spanish. Thank you!

Have a good week,
Jacob

Welcome Home to the New Olim (and pictures)

Hi Everyone!

On Wednesday morning, August 13, 2008, I was at Ben-Gurion airport to greet the new olim that made aliyah from North America to Israel.

There were 235 olim on the flight including 63 singles (including 43 joining the IDF), 36 families with 93 children. The youngest oleh in the group is 5 months old and the oldest oleh is 96 years old. The flight also included 2 dogs and 3 cats.

I took 356 pictures of the exciting event and I posted them online at:

http://www.jr.co.il/pictures/israel/history/2008/a343.htm

When the first page appears, press the F11 key to view the full length of the pictures. To move from page to page, use the navigation buttons on the bottom of the screen.

May the aliyah from all over of the world grow and bring more Jews back to their homeland, Eretz Yisrael.

Have a good day,
Jacob

Fifty Verbs added to Learn Hebrew Verbs

Hi Everyone!

This week I added fifty verbs to the Learn Hebrew Verbs site.
http://www.hebrew-verbs.co.il

Learn Hebrew verbs is a free, on-line, educational resource containing 355 Hebrew verbs conjugated in all tenses (past, present, future, imperative). The site menu provides selection by one tense or all tenses; gender or both genders; singular and/or plural.

For your convenience, you can choose a Hebrew or English menu to navigate the site.

The site is unique because you do not need Hebrew fonts to display the Hebrew words. All words (including the nikud - vowels) are displayed using graphics. There are over 13,000 graphic
images in the system.

Both the student and the teacher will find the site easy to use and very educational. As mentioned, the site is free to all.

Feedback is welcome.

Please forward this message to anyone that may be interested in learning Hebrew. Thank you!

Have a good day,
Jacob

Online Educational Resources about Tisha B'Av

Shalom.

Tisha B'Av is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar because of the incredible series of tragedies which occurred on that date throughout Jewish History.

Tisha B'Av means "the ninth (day) of the Hebrew month of Av." Tisha B'Av primarily commemorates the destruction of the first and second Temples, both of which were destroyed on the ninth of Av (the first by the Babylonians in 586 B.C.E.; the second by the Romans in 70 C.E.).

Although this day is primarily meant to commemorate the destruction of the Temple, it is appropriate to consider on this day the many other tragedies of the Jewish people, many of which occurred on this day, most notably the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492.

You can learn more about this Jewish fast day (August 10) at:
http://www.jr.co.il/hotsites/j-hdayav.htm

May we see the rebuilding of the Temple in our days and that Tisha B'Av becomes a day of celebration.

Jacob