friday morning once again

its friday morning once again
last week the shabbat after elchanans bar mitzvah
we took it easy totally
this week after the 2 day work week of
independence day in israel
im happy to say that am still in a relaxed
friday morning mode
partly because the days are longer due to summer time
and partly for various other reasons
in any event surfing the web
you notice a plethora of articles in the israeli press
lately focusing on the social crisis which
appears to be affecting the body politic here
after sending out to our local forum
http://groups.google.com/group/afikim/topics
link after link
i realised the truth of what
our sages say in the ethics of the fathers
which we read every shabbat between
passover and shavuot
exegesis is not the main thing. doing is
לא המדרש עיקר אלא המעשה

חשיבות עמידה בלוח זמנים

בחור ישיבה כנראה שכח
לבקש פטור מצהל במועד וגויס
ראו בג"ץ 3190/07

http://elyon1.court.gov.il/Files/07/900/031/c04/07031900.c04.pdf

dershowitz vs finklestein

see:http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/12/arts/12tenu.html?_r=1&ref=books&oref=slogin

excerpt from -

After Mr. Dershowitz published “The Case for Israel,” Mr. Finkelstein began working on “Beyond Chutzpah: On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History,” which essentially was devoted to tearing down that book. At one point he accused Mr. Dershowitz of plagiarism and of not having written “The Case.” Mr. Dershowitz, a dogged lawyer known for his high-profile defense of O. J. Simpson and others, tried to get the University of California Press to cancel his adversary’s book, even at one point appealing to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. He failed, but he did manage to include a counterattack on Mr. Finkelstein in his next book.
Vicious name-calling has accompanied these events, much of which is chronicled on both men’s Web pages. Mr. Finkelstein has called Mr. Dershowitz a “raving maniac,” “hoodlum” and “evil.” On normanfinkelstein.com there is a recent Finkelstein article titled “Should Alan Dershowitz Target Himself for Assassination?” On Mr. Dershowitz’s Web site (alandershowitz.com), he has had students compile lists of “The Most Despicable Things Finkelstein Has Said,” “The 10 Stupidest Things Finkelstein Has Said,” and so on.