Interview With Machon Meir Alumnus Yosef Packer (Y Shofario)

It's a Great Mitzvah to be Happy

Machon Meir Interviews Bereaved Father of Ruth Fogel z"l

Listen to Rabbi Yehuda Ben Yishai:

Hakafot Shniyot - Machon Meir

Some pics from the Hakafot Shniyot at Machon Meir. R' Chaim David Serchik and his band got everybody dancing:

Ezra "Elnakam" Yakhin Speaks

I mentioned him yesterday and now I found this film of Ezra Yakhin delivering a lecture at Machon Meir. The man speaks with a passion!

Jerusalem Day Exhibition At Machon Meir

I recently blogged about the Independence Day Exhibit at Machon Meir. Well it seems that they also have an exhibition for Jerusalem Day. You can see the opening hours and other details here.

Here is another pic from the Independence Day exhibit:

Independence Day Exhibit At Machon Meir

Did you see the Independence Day Exhibit at Machon Meir? I did! The exhibit includes relics, newspaper clippings and more from the "way back when". For instance, this is how people did their laundry sixty years ago(click on picture to enlarge):



A phonograph that I estimate is from about 1965 played a record of IDF marching tunes. This was a real eye opener for my children, members of the cassette/CD generation:



Here's a picture of the Lehi wall-newspaper HaMa'as:



There is a lot more to see. I recommend it.

When A Settler Becomes A Hilltop Settler

I've know Rabbi Menachem Listman for over twenty years, ever since we were both students at the Yeshivah in Beit El. Today Rabbi Listman is the director of the English speaking division of Machon Meir. I am honored to say that he is my friend.

Not too long ago I head that he moved to the Givat Assaf hilltop. Givat Assaf is named after Assaf Hershkovitz who was murdered by terrorists on his way to work, three months after terrorists murdered his father. You can see an arial photo of Givat Assaf at this radical leftist web site . I found the rumor hard to believe on one hand, and quite believable on the other. It was hard to believe, because the Listman family is a (bli ayin hara!) large one, and how in the world can they live in a caravan on an isolated hilltop? On the other hand, Menachem and his wife were were always idealists, and the apples (their children) did not fall far away from the tree.

Enough of my rambling! Click here to hear how a settler becomes a hilltop settler.