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Israel Sends Help to Turkey

Feb 8, 2023, Samaria: Israel Defense Force (IDF) has sent a field hospital to Turkey to treat survivors of the earthquake which affected Turkey and Syria. Last night here in Samaria we had an aftershock, 4.0 on the Richter Scale. Personally, I didn’t feel it, but that’s normal for a 4.0.

Jerusalem Post, 8 Feb 2023 pg 1.

 

Image was sent here by a JTOD Partner.

Let’s continue to pray for safety for Syrians, Turks, and Israelis.

Feb 9 update:

Israel has sent 15 aircraft full of hundreds of tons of supplies, with medical people, a 150 person rescue team, and 230 persons to staff the field hospital.

 

Jerusalem Post, 9 Feb 2023, pg 1.
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Kittens of the Cat Colony

1 Feb 2023, Samaria: A tough week; we had to bury our Third Gingie Kitten, almost 11 months old. A cat virus attacked all the kittens and thankfully the other two recovered and survived.  Here they are in the bathroom, thinking long and hard about going out the cat door into the wind and rain of February in Samaria:

The Two Kittens on the shelf system which leads to the cat door.

The Third Kitten didn’t survive to complete 11 months; that virus that almost killed the other two actually managed to cut the third’s life short.  We’ve cared for their mommy cat, and the kittens from their birth, mid-March 2022.

Burial spot for The Third Gingie Kitten.

The two are mostly indoors now, and safe from the chilly cold nights outside. They have full freedom to go in and out independently. The mommy cat never took to indoor life very much. She prefers to roam the neighborhood and get food wherever she goes. She’s fixed (as are the kittens) and she still appears quite healthy. The kittens have learned to play fetch with the ball! Such joyful creatures.

ReLaTeD ArTiClE:

Cats Protest, Want Full Kitizenship

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Area C

23 Jan, 2023, Samaria: Much of Samaria and Judea is located in Area C, the Jewish-majority portion. Leftists wish to prevent Jews building here, Rightists seek to prevent Arabs building here. The leader of the new right-wing government has said that neither would be allowed to build illegally.

Jerusalem Post, 23 Jan 2023, pg 1.

 

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Daniel Oratorio for Choir with Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra

Update: See this linked post.

13 Jan 2023, Samaria: We are in rehearsals with several choirs in preparation for this March 2, 2023 performance with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra.

Screenshot from the website JSO (Jerusalem Symphony,Orchestra), on 13 Jan 2023.

 

A December 2016 performance of just the final section, with our Kamti Ensemble Choir:

 

Details, Names of Performers and Conductor, and Tickets:

Daniel, Musical Play in Two Acts

 

Support JTOD’s expenses while in rehearsals:

Donation

 

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Poverty is 1 in 5

13 Jan 2023, Samaria: 32.6% of people between age 35 and 67 lived below the poverty line in 2021. About 20% overall.

Jerusalem Post, 13 Jan 2023, pg 10.

 

https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/article-728338

 

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Ancient Silver Currency and Stricter Modern Shabbats

9 Jan 2023 Samaria: New archeological discovery confirms that silver metal coins were used for transactions here as of 3600 years ago:

Jerusalem Post, 9 Jan 2023 pg 1.

Also news: The new, more religious government in Israel is making changes to enforce Shabbat further than before in the national level:

Jerusalem Post, 9 Jan 2023 pg 1.

 

https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-727956

https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-726933

 

 

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Israel Now Update: 21 Dec 2022

21 Dec 2022, Samaria: Ms. Furchner was 18 when she worked as a secretary of an office of a gas camp. She claims ignorance even though her office was shown to have a direct line of vision view of the gas facilities; her husband in 1954 admitted his knowledge of the deadly activities in that camp:

Jerusalem Post, 21 Dec 2022 pg 1.

While Nazareth is a predominantly Arab Christian Israeli city, the victims have traditional Muslim names.  So they are Muslim Arab Israeli citizens who were attacked, probably related to the drug dealing business.

Jerusalem Post, 21 Dec 2022 pg 1.
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US Antisemitism Must Be Checked

7 Dec 2022: Representatives from the Jewish Community are in meetings this week with the White House.

“When you allow antisemitism to go unchecked, it’s never just the Jews who are at risk [although] they are always first,” said Ted Deutch, CEO of AJC, quoted in the article.

Jerusalem Post, 7 Dec 2022 pg 2.

 

Jerusalem Post, 7 Dec 2022 pg 2.
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Rosh haAyin resident attacked by terrorist, UN calls it ‘a scuffle’

5 Dec 2022 Israel Now report: The terrorist tried and failed to open the car door to attack the man pictured (below, left) and his wife.  Then the terrorist found a rock and smashed the rear passenger window.  At that point the driver (pictured) drew his weapon and fired.  The terrorist fled, and stabbed a nearby soldier in the face.  When other soldiers approached he resisted arrest for awhile before being fatally shot.

 

Victim interviewed by Channel 11, 5 Dec 2022. The terrorist attacked him while he and his wife were driving their car Friday night.
Jerusalem Post, 5 Dec 2022 pg 9.

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