Tag Archives: Jewish holidays

Happy Birthday, Israel!

Posted on April 25, 2012 by admin

  These are maybe the most Israeli two days in the year. Memorial Day – the day we remember the soldiers fallen in the wars of Israel and the victims of the terror attacks against Israel precedes the celebration of … Continue reading →

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Passover Rocks – Hag Sameakh!

Posted on April 4, 2012 by admin

  Passover is two days ahead, and it’s time for the traditional collection of clips which welcomes all Jewish holidays on The Catcher. This time it is all about rock music.     (video source AishVideo)   To remember the … Continue reading →

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Hag Purim Sameah!

Posted on March 7, 2012 by admin

The traditional holiday posting for this Purim gathers music and filmed images, all fun I hope, related to this fun holiday.It’s probably the easiest Jewish holiday to cover 🙂   (video source rogatkaproductions)   The first clip shows a Western … Continue reading →

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The New Year of the Trees

Posted on February 7, 2012 by admin

Tradition is tradition and as on all Jewish Holidays, The Catcher in the Sand celebrated Tu B’Shvat – The Jewish New Year of the Trees with a collection of interesting and fun information, songs, clips gathered from the Internet and … Continue reading →

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Hanukkah Rocks!

Posted on December 19, 2011 by admin

  As the whole Jewish world prepares to light tomorrow night the first candle of the Hanukkah festival, I searched the net as I always do for the traditional round of significant clips, songs, images related to the holiday to … Continue reading →

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Gmar Hatima Tova

Posted on October 6, 2011 by admin

It’s the eve of Yom Kippur and the Jewish world prepares for the fasting and the prayers. As I start to build a tradition also for the Jewish holidays on ‘The Catcher in the Sand’ here are a few works … Continue reading →

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Shana Tova!

Posted on September 28, 2011 by admin

Here we are, on the eve of the Jewish New Year or Rosh HaShana. The Year we enter in this evening is 5772.     The coming of the holiday is announced by the sound of the shofar, which is … Continue reading →

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Israel Memorial Day

Posted on May 8, 2011 by admin

This evening at 8PM Memorial Day begins in Israel. In what is one of the many unique characteristics of this unique country Memorial Day always precedes Independence Day. We cannot celebrate before we remember the heroes that had fallen for … Continue reading →

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Gica Manescu – Vacante iesene in copilarie (2)

Posted on April 5, 2011 by admin

Partea a doua a amintirilor lui Gica Manescu se potriveste cu perioada in care ne aflam si ne prilejuieste o comparatie intre sarbatorirea Pesah-ului acum si atunci. ———– Eram la cateva zile inainte de Pesah. Pasca, achizitionata din timp, se … Continue reading →

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Hag Purim Sameach

Posted on March 18, 2011 by admin

They say that Not Everyday is Purim, but today it is (or almost)! We went out for a morning walk in Herzlya and the streets were full of Queens Esther, brave Mordechai’s and Gadhafi’s … uh … sorry … Haman’s. … Continue reading →

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