11/30/2005 06:37:00 AM|W|P|Rabbi Yonah|W|P|Shimon Peres is Israel's leading diplomat and politician. He just presided over a Israel-Palestinian Peace Soccer match in Barcelona, sponsored by his Peres Center for Peace. While Ariel Sharon may be running the show, clearly, Peres, as deputy PM has been heavily involved in Israel's current diplomatic triumphs. Now both have left their political birthing grounds, and go it alone. Peres is also responsible for Israel being a Nuclear power.
Vice Premier Shimon Peres is leaving the Labor Party, wrapping up a 46-year-long membership in one of Israel’s largest political factions....Some 70 mayors, heads of local councils attend [Sharon]'s first activists' meeting since forming Kadima. Sharon's backers say meeting 'overwhelming sucess' The news surfaced during talks with reporters in Barcelona, where the veteran leader signaled his intention to abandon the political house he dwelled in for nearly half a century.
So now, Sharon has left Likud and Peres Labor. The "new guard" are hungry for political influence and power, and the old guard just will not let go. I remember my time with Peres when he visited Poland as Foreign Minister. He has a gift for language and charming he pants off of Europeans. He entertained the Polish political establishment as he does everywhere he goes. Sharon and Peres together represent a formidable political entity that Israel has not had in decades. But what Israel needs now is UNITY. So lets pray, or at least this here Rabbi will pray, that Israel is able to be united behind a common purpose. I know that many on the right harbor resentment towards Peres and Sharon now. Whatever government wins though, we must realize, that Israel decides its own fate not only at the ballot box, but internally. Israel is a place that is sensitive to internal unity or strife. We can loose everything if we do not find a way to be unified and strong and resolute that Jews love Jews. That is why our withdrawal from Gaza, while painful, was a kiddush hashem, it was a in the end a testament to the power of Judaism, to our people, to our love and respect for the sanctity of life. Judaism first brought this concept to the world, that life is sacred, with Abraham and Sarah. These prophets stood apart from the rest of the world to declare that there is One God. And this One God, does not need human sacrifices, but humanitarian love and care. So, wow, I have gotten off topic, not unusual for a Rabbi. Keep the faith and keep on learning torah.|W|P|113336151910211895|W|P|Holy Elders of Zion|W|P|rabbiyonah@gmail.com12/11/2005 07:13:00 AM|W|P|Blogger Rabbi Yonah|W|P|The method and peacefulness of our withdrawal was a kiddush hashem, in that no Jewish lives were lost, no one killed another Jew.

The world waited with baited breath for Jews to take arms and begin fighting each other. they thought that this would bring down Israel.

We are stronger today than we were yesterday. Each time we show our unity, Hashem rewards us.12/11/2005 11:02:00 AM|W|P|Blogger Rabbi Yonah|W|P|Achdut, unity, is the MOST IMPORTANT thing.

All wars can only be won through achdus and emuna in Hashem. It is clear from the prophets and meforshim.

The war that we are fighting has been described by some as milchemet mitzvah. It certainly is this in regards to preserving lives. The further implications of course are much different. Can a milchemet mitzvah cannot be waged by a secular government?11/28/2005 04:32:00 PM|W|P|Rabbi Yonah|W|P|I am sorry. I published a piece about a speaker at Long Beach State and included correspondence that I had with someone about it. It was a mistake, and I hadn’t checked the piece before I published it. I have had a chance to reconcile and apologize in person. Hopefully I will not, even accidentally, publish anything here which might hurt another personally. The University Interfaith Center, my home at Long Beach State is a wonderful place with kind and sensitive people and I never meant to hurt the feelings of anyone on the staff. Thank you for reading.|W|P|113322470817500021|W|P|Apology|W|P|rabbiyonah@gmail.com11/28/2005 12:46:00 AM|W|P|Rabbi Yonah|W|P|The British are once again talking nonsense, which sadly has major implications. According to a report in the NYTIMES, the Brits claim that Israeli policies in East Jerusalem are preventing future peace deals that the Palestinians will except. Hmmm.
EU: Israel's E. Jerusalem policy endangers final-status talks

By Haaretz Service

The European Union's diplomatic representatives have sharply criticized Israel's policies in East Jerusalem, saying it is using settlements and the West Bank separation fence to create a "de facto annexation of Palestinian land," American and British newspapers reported Friday.

The unpublished report warns that the Israeli measures "are reducing the possibility of reaching a final-status agreement on Jerusalem that any Palestinian could accept," The New York Times reported.
When you guys figure out Northern Ireland, get back to us, ok? Jews have a right to live in all parts of Jerusalem. The Jordanians kicked all Jews out of Jersalem, they did not allow any Jews to live or visit there.


|W|P|113316780914992373|W|P|The New White Paper|W|P|rabbiyonah@gmail.com11/27/2005 01:48:00 AM|W|P|Rabbi Yonah|W|P|This received today in my mail box. Please feel free to distribute.

From: Baruch Adler
Reply-To:
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 11:28:21 +0200
To:
Subject: [Jewish Philanthropy] Hungry Children in Israel

Dear Friends,

As of this writing we (Shlom Bonaich in Jerusalem)have been feeding
the children at our institution a hot meal every day, besides Friday &
Erev Chagim, the only hot meal most of them will eat that day.
Unfortunatly the funding that we received up to this point has run out
and we are urgently seeking new funding to feed 55 children at the
cost of $1.50 per child per day, 20 days/month. Can any one out there
please refer us to a source of funding?

Tizku LiMitzvot

Baruch Adler
0505771668
|W|P|113308533597916879|W|P|Feed Hungry Children in Jerusalem|W|P|rabbiyonah@gmail.com11/25/2005 09:26:00 AM|W|P|Rabbi Yonah|W|P|
Jewlicious Laya has brought to our attention a No Shopping Day campaign. And she points out that:
It also happens to be the beginning of official “Shabbat” day, where for a whopping 25 hours, millions of observant Jews the world over agree not only to both buy nothing, but also to drive nowhere, stepping back from the consumer binge and shopocalypse as well as helping decrease our dependence on foreign oil while simultaneously giving the ozone a break. We aid water conservation by not taking showers. We also agree to not allow electronic media to interfere with our interpersonal relationships and spend the day connecting to friends and family as human beings, not MSN’s or voices on the telephone. We allow intimacy to grow between us because we are in no rush. We connect and converse in the classic way of all humanity, over a table of good food and wine. We step back to remember what it is to be human.

We do this not just once a year but 52 times a year. Damn, Jews are so hip.
So I commented to Jewlcious that yes... BUT lets us also not forget that Hashem commands us to take a day of rest. The entire day is Hashem-inspired and connected. Shabbos Hayom La'Shem we sing, Shabbos is a day for Hashem. By dedicating the day for Hashem, we have time for the quality of life additions. In the Hashem-conscious life of Torah, Shabbos is a day of mystical revelation, procreation, and inspiration. Prayer, connecting our souls on high, singing, lots of singing from the heart, from folk-song table melodies to transcendent niggunim in shul. Making a tish, a gathering of souls in order to elevate humanity and existence through song, blessings, food, and words of Torah.

The essence of the Hashem-conscious existence IS Shabbos, in its radical message, an acknowledgment that Humanity is not supreme, but wholly dependent on Hashem's continuous perpetuation of creation, and awareness that our souls need constant, or minimally weekly, nourishment and rejewvenation, by connecting to the Soul-Creator, to Hashem, bringing the soul to simcha, to existential joy, a state of being that opens a high-speed connection with the Creator of All.

Good Shabbos Good Shabbos Good Shabbos. Shabbos is Good!|W|P|113294005447934698|W|P|The Essence of The Hashem-Conscious Existence IS Shabbos!|W|P|rabbiyonah@gmail.com11/27/2005 01:57:00 AM|W|P|Blogger Rabbi Yonah|W|P|Thank you TM!11/24/2005 07:57:00 PM|W|P|Rabbi Yonah|W|P|I've listened to this song every Thanksgiving since I was 9. I remember in Detroit I would camp out next to my little clock radio and go from channel to channel trying to find the song. I would listen to it as many times as I could.
Obie1.JPG Originally uploaded by Rabbi Yonah.
Thanks to officer Obie, we have Arlo Guthrie's ballad, Alice's Restaurant Massacre. Learn about Obie at Arlo,net
After the ordeal, we went back to the jail. Obie said he was going to put us in the cell. Said, "Kid, I'm going to put you in the cell, I want your wallet and your belt." And I said, "Obie, I can understand you wanting my wallet so I don't have any money to spend in the cell, but what do you want my belt for?" And he said, "Kid, we don't want any hangings." I said, "Obie, did you think I was going to hang myself for littering?" Obie said he was making sure, and friends Obie was, cause he took out the toilet seat so I couldn't hit myself over the head and drown, and he took out the toilet paper so I couldn't bend the bars roll out the - roll the toilet paper out the window, slide down the roll and have an escape. Obie was making sure, and it was about four or five hours later that Alice (remember Alice? It's a song about Alice), Alice came by and with a few nasty words to Obie on the side, bailed us out of jail, and we went back to the church, had a another thanksgiving dinner that couldn't be beat, and didn't get up until the next morning, when we all had to go to court.
|W|P|113289105128197794|W|P|Alice's Restaurant Massacre, My Thanksgiving Music|W|P|rabbiyonah@gmail.com11/22/2005 11:42:00 AM|W|P|Rabbi Yonah|W|P|




I arrived early, about 7 am, on the red-eye, into the fair weather of Orlando. The people that I encountered in the short trip have been uniformly nice and polite. Remarkably so.

I want to make a quick mention of the fact that the FAA has decided, or is the TSA, that guitars will no longer be allowed on the plane. Now, it is not as if I want to bust out with dong on each flight (even when flying song), but this is clearly discrimination.

Let it be known that guitar players are really not a threat to national security. (They wont even let you bring the guitar to the gate.)

Rabbi Dubov and Chabad of Greater Orlando deserve a shout out because they loaned us a sefer torah and siddurim. I pulled up Friday morning in my rented EZ Car Rental Durango (thanks Rafi!) and we loaded up.

What an oasis, after passing miles of trailer homes and subdivisions, a the Rabbi made me feel right at home. We talked torah for a while and then I had to head off to do some shopping at Publix and find the conference center.


COMFORT INN-LONGWOOD


The Pool. Not actually used by us this weekend


The conference center is modest, but with the most remarkable blues concert!
Friday night they said, there will be blues. So, besides not really being able to enjoy it (it was shabbat) I thought, "How can this in little Comfort Inn have real blues music?"

We were all shocked and awed by the Smoking Torpedos, although I only heard them muffled through three walls. Still, it sounded like authentic blues.

The program and participants were top notch. It was a meeting of some of the best minds in the Israel advocacy world under one roof for the weekend, and 120 students from about 45 campuses stretching from California to London. The students were uniformly interesting and involved, with nearly everyone attending everything. Not too shabby.

We began with a Rabbi Yonah led singing service. We enjoyed a delicious dinner, and then hunkered down for some pretty fascinating discussions. One, by my old pal Neil Lazarus, of Awesome Seminars who I haven't seen in like 15 years.

Also there was a group from the UK who were seniors in high school. They brought along a couple of Rabbis two, and so we even had a beis din.

We managed to have a nice minyan on Shabbat Morning, although we had to compete with a Barter/flea market show that had been installed in the hallways, outdoors, and other places around the hotel, much to all of our surprise. Of course the organizers and several of the vendors were Jewish and wished us all Shabbat Shalom. They did after lunch one of the best programs.

In this program, several staff members "become" well known anti-Israel speakers. This role playing is very effective for students to learn how to talk in a public setting. Neil had them working on some great strategy. I took a shabbos nap too.

We had a dancing singing havdalah in the courtyard, and cemented our "never invite back these Jews again" status. And not because we were in any way disruptive, but just everyone asked to be let into heir rooms because of the elctronic locks. The Muslim gent who ran the place just could not undersand our issues with the locks. Tried as I could, it was no use. One of the speakers, a christian, opened my door so I could get into sleep.

On Sat night we piled on buses for Orlando Universal's City Walk. So, what is this all about? I confess to have had absolutely no fun at all. it is so contrived and commercial, there is nothing redeeming about it, save the Starbucks where you get some nice coffee. but you don't need a whole city walk for this.


The most bizarre thing, or one of the most, was the Bob Marley CLub. All night every-night, a Bob Marley look alike band and singing.

This was the ultimate in kitsch. OMG!

I'm going to go get some sleep now....on the plane home!












Dani (SWU New York) and Rabbi Yonah













The Speakers












Havdallah dancing and singing



|W|P|113268914688869683|W|P|Orlado Stand With Us Conference, Lots O' Fun|W|P|rabbiyonah@gmail.com11/16/2005 11:52:00 PM|W|P|Rabbi Yonah|W|P|Kazakhstan, bastion of no sense of humor, is mad at Sacha Cohen, creator of Borat. Borat is one of Rabbi Yonah's favorite characters, absolutely brilliantly funny, taking the piss out of everything and revealing so much about our own prejudices. Kazakhstan got all upset last year at Borat's claim that women are kept in cages, the the Kazakh national sport is shooting a dog and then having a party, that Kazkh wine is made from fermented horse urine and that it is customary for a man to grab another man’s khrum. According to Reuters and CNN's Offbeat News, Kazakhstan may sue him.
"We do not rule out that Mr. Cohen is serving someone's political order designed to present Kazakhstan and its people in a derogatory way," Kazakh Foreign Ministry spokesman Yerzhan Ashykbayev told a news briefing. "We reserve the right to any legal action to prevent new pranks of the kind." He declined to elaborate.
Of course, Kazakhstan has done some nice things for Jews. They recently made a really nice shul! Then again so did many dictatorships to show how nice they were. (Because they think that Jews really run the world ?!?) But Kazkhs do have some strange practices, like kokpar “That’s the one where a goat, a dead goat”—a headless dead goat—“is, um, being held as a sort of a prize. And then one rider has it, and he has to run away with it from others who seek to catch it and snatch it from him.” Then they have a party. See The Foward too on Agent Sacha Baron Cohen.|W|P|113221435521868682|W|P|Kazkhstan: Knickers in a Twist over Borat|W|P|rabbiyonah@gmail.com11/17/2005 09:34:00 AM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|No, not Borat! How dare they!
Looks like now is a good time to make some mock-Borat videos don't ya think?
:)11/21/2005 02:16:00 PM|W|P|Blogger Rabbi Yonah|W|P|YES!11/16/2005 10:12:00 PM|W|P|Rabbi Yonah|W|P|A Teacher is being flogged for being, well, a teacher. Saudi Arabia, AKA Islamofascistan, is beating up this fellow for "praising Jews" according to Reuters.
A court in Saudi Arabia sentenced a teacher to 40 months in jail and 750 lashes for "mocking religion" after he discussed the Bible and praised Jews, a Saudi newspaper reported Sunday. Al-Madina newspaper said secondary school teacher Mohammad al-Harbi will be flogged in public after he was taken to court by his colleagues and students. He was charged with promoting a "dubious ideology, mocking religion, saying the Jews were right, discussing the gospel and preventing students from leaving class to wash for prayer", the newspaper said. It gave no more details.
|W|P|113220826862885382|W|P|Teacher Flogged in Saudi For Not Hating Jews|W|P|rabbiyonah@gmail.com11/16/2005 07:58:00 PM|W|P|Rabbi Yonah|W|P|Ms. Glassman, As a rabbi and community leader I feel it is my moral and ethical duty to respond to the proposed changes to Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards (NHTSA-2005-22223). I grew up in Detroit. I understand the auto industry and the pressures not to grow up. But boosting auto fuel economy is clearly an economic, environmental, and national security mitzvah, i.e. commandment. You know we can pretend not to be responsible for our actions, but that is why God tells us very clearly that we are put in the world to protect and defend creation. In is a sin that large gas-guzzlers such as the Hummer are not more regulated. The exemption of these vehicles from fuel economy standards is a free pollution pass to automakers, and is inexcusable. Now that I live in California, I see just how bad things can get vis a via air pollution. Its not kosher to use loopholes, but that is what most US automakers do. Lets close current automaker loopholes now. Cost-efficient technologies already exist to bring midsize SUVs to achieve similar fuel economy as cars without sacrificing safety or performance. Lets separate the kosher from the treif. In other words, lets ensure new size classes won't open new loopholes. Basing fuel economy on vehicle size gives automakers the opportunity to "upsize" their vehicles and downsize their commitment to fuel efficiency. Please consider my situation and recommendations when making your final proposal. Rabbi Yonah Bookstien|W|P|113220007047166091|W|P|Hey Ms. Glassman, Lets Make Kosher Fuel Standars!|W|P|rabbiyonah@gmail.com11/14/2005 11:53:00 AM|W|P|Rabbi Yonah|W|P|
Modern Jewish Girls Guide To Guilt

Ruth Ellenson Presents Her Funny and Poignant
New Book In Long Beach

Ruth Ellenson, featured on NPR, and across the country, comes to Long Beach’s AJCC on December 1, 2005, at 7:30pm, in an event sponsored by Beach Hillel.

Ellenson is the editor of The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt, a collection of essays by Jewish women writers about everything from pedicures on Yom Kippur to divorcing Mr. Jewish Right.

Ellenson is also the daughter of a rabbi and a convert to Judaism. Ironically, the idea for the book on Jewish guilt came to Ellenson in the middle of a Christian Methodist service, where her maternal grandmother was singing in the choir.

"The delight I saw sitting in her presence was mitigated by the fact that I was sitting in front of a large crucifix," Ellenson writes. "Those divided loyalties define who I am, and how I approach my religious identity, which I imagine they do for many modern people."

The book's many essays discuss subjects as diverse as feminist mothers urging their daughters to have babies and the clash of ideologies in Buddhist-Jewish couples.

At the center of the book is the struggle that many Jewish women feel between obligation to one's community, and the obligation to one's individual interests and needs.

An Evening With Ruth Ellenson is free and open to the public. Following the program will be a book signing and a wine and cheese reception.

For more information contact Beach Hillel 562-985 7068


Here all about it at NPR!

NPR : 'The Modern Jewish Girl's Guide to Guilt'


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|W|P|113199816768864980|W|P|Ruth Ellenson is very funny, and she'll be speaking in Long Beach Dec. 1|W|P|rabbiyonah@gmail.com11/10/2005 01:34:00 PM|W|P|Rabbi Yonah|W|P|
Students in Cincinnati deserve a yashar koach!

Students from the Cincinnati Hillel Jewish Student Center gave out pieces of broken glass Tuesday on McMicken Commons while the names of Holocaust victims were read.The broken glass is symbolic of Kristallnacht, translated as "the night of broken glass," which was the first day of the Holocaust.Tuesday marks the 65th anniversary of that day.On Nov. 9, 1938 around 240 Jews were killed, and many Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues were destroyed.Students gave out a small flier with each piece of glass that reminds students about the atrocities of the Holocaust."Remembering the past is a victory of the human spirit," read the flier given out by students.

In Brief: Holocaust victims remember 65th anniversary of tragedy - The News Record - News

Just one correcton, thousands of Jewish businesses and synagogues were destroyed and thousands killed and rounded up on that horrible and infamous day.

Picture: Rachel Bookstein's Broken Mirror Installation, Long Beach State 2004

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|W|P|113165862930368963|W|P|Kristallnacht evokes very clever program.|W|P|rabbiyonah@gmail.com11/11/2005 03:59:00 AM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|Correct11/11/2005 04:05:00 AM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|"Just" weeping... Perhaps a more active position is due.

Danny
samsonblinded.org11/07/2005 08:32:00 AM|W|P|Rabbi Yonah|W|P|A Palestinian boy's family donates organs to Israeli kids.
His organs helped save the lives of six patients. His heart was given to a 12-year-old girl; his liver was divided in two and given to two patients, a six-month old baby and a 56-year-old woman; his kidneys were given to a 5-year-old boy and his lungs were given to a 5-year-old boy and a 4-year-old girl, Israel Radio reported.
It is hard, in these times of great animosity, to find the strength that this family had. Lets hope that this olive branch grows to shadow the vines of hatred, sown by conflict.|W|P|113138157718804560|W|P|A rare olive branch grows in the West Bank|W|P|rabbiyonah@gmail.com11/06/2005 02:47:00 PM|W|P|Rabbi Yonah|W|P|Over the summer I managed to put some classes online. However, it was impossible to hear. Then I refined my technique and equipment and came out with podcasting this fall. I have had some very good feedback, notable from London, UK ,where a fellow has enjoyed a class on Kabbalah that I teach for BJE of OC. Soon, if all works out well, we will really be ramping up the amount of classes available for download through iTunes. It remains the best way to keep up to date on the classes and it all happens automatically, so you can just set it up once and viola! Enter the following URL's into the subscribe to field in podcast, of your itunes. List of podcasts: Campus Rabbi — http://rabbiyonah.audioblog.com/rss/campus_rabbi.xml Madonna and Kabbalah —http://rabbiyonah.audioblog.com/rss/madonna_and_kabbalah.xml Let me know if you are having trouble. Best wishes and Keep the Faith!|W|P|113131785823206370|W|P|Rabbi Yonah's Podasting: Reality or Myth?|W|P|rabbiyonah@gmail.com11/04/2005 08:32:00 AM|W|P|Rabbi Yonah|W|P|
I work as a Spiritual advisor, ie Campus Rabbi, for Hillel in Orange County and Long Beach. I attended your film last night in Irvine with students from Universities of Chapman and Irvine. Everyone of the students was impressed and moved by the film. It was a self-selected group who decided that instead of partying on Thursday night, they would check out this movie. Many want to go into film themselves. We stood around for an hour after the film discussing it. They all thought it was a fantastic telling of things that are going on today. Not one student was negative. Many had their eyes opened wide for the entire film, and will now continue to walk around educated to some of the real and pervasive prejudice, hate, and bigotry that Jews face. Since I have been working here in Orange County with college students, I have had the chance to see many speakers come to campus alleging the same things seen in your film. Regularly, speakers are brought that blame without hesitation the entire 9/11 tragedy squarely on the Bush-Mossad conspiracy. They speak to mostly Muslim groups, that nod and clap. There are also pseudo-academics that reach audiences with a far wider diversity, with essentially the same message. The universities allow their facilities to be used for the most heinous of speakers, with the most vile and hateful of accusations against Jews. We always wonder, my wife and I, what would happen if David Duke, or National Alliance, had a week long hate event against Blacks, Chicanos, Asians, and Arabs etc. I imagine that they would be shut down in a matter of hours. But when week and month long programs are organized with one goal: to defame the Jewish people, we are told to be tolerant of free speech. It is not the case, as it was when I was a college student, that speakers were brought who had a particular case against Israel, and there was room for open debate about the issues. Today the speakers that circulate call for the destruction of Israel, the "purging" of Jews from government, the overthrow of the US government to be replaced by Sharia Law etc. They boldly claim that Jews planned and executed 9/11, that Al Qaeda is a creation of the Mossad and Bin Laden a figment of the CIA imagination. Perhaps that is my only critique of your film, which I found to be captivating, informative, and brilliant. This would be the absence of the call for Israel's destruction on the college campuses around the country and the wild conspiracy theories flying around the halls of the academia. But as with all Rabbis, I have a solution. Please consider creating a film on this ugly scourge poisoning the minds of young college students. The evident agenda of certain university departments. The bias against Jewish students and others that stand up to these forces of intolerance and anti-Semitism. I hope that your film receives as large an audience as possible, and that you will consider bringing the film to our campuses, and speaking about the film to our students. Shabbat Shalom Posted by: Rabbi Yonah Bookstein | November 04, 2005 at 08:55 AM
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31 October 2005 – The United Nations General Assembly (GA) today adopted a resolution designating 27 January Holocaust Remembrance Day, and urged all nations to develop ways to keep the memory alive so that future generations will help prevent similar acts of genocide.Introduced by Israel, and co-sponsored by some 90 Member States, the resolution rejects any denial of the period in time as an historical event, urges States to develop educational programmes that will instruct future generations about the horrors of genocide, and condemns all manifestations of religious intolerance, incitement, harassment or violence against persons or communities based on ethnic origin or belief.

General Assembly designates Holocaust Remembrance Day

|W|P|113083446526426436|W|P|UN Creates Holocaust Rememberance Day. Holy Smoked Mackerel!|W|P|rabbiyonah@gmail.com11/01/2005 10:42:00 PM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|Hey, that's great news!11/02/2005 10:46:00 AM|W|P|Anonymous Anonymous|W|P|Hi Rabbi Yonah, after searching page after page about california general contractor I ran across your blog this post which caught my attention because, of the amount of valuable and informative information you have. Unfortunately california general contractor is not exactly what I was looking for, however I enjoyed reading all your information. Thanks for the reading.