Michael Pitkowsky

@mpitkowsky

Tweets and opinions are my own. RT /= endorsement.

menachemmendel.net/blog/
Joined January 2008
1,161 Photos and videos Photos and videos

Tweets

You blocked @mpitkowsky

Are you sure you want to view these Tweets? Viewing Tweets won't unblock @mpitkowsky

  1. 5 hours ago

    We can’t wait to have Ben as the rabbinic intern in our synagogue in Fall 2019.

    An important piece by rabbinical student Ben Freed on the matzav (situation) in Israel. 🇮🇱
    1 reply 2 likes
    Undo
  2. 6 hours ago

    Bennett proudly responded with this picture of him in tefillin that was taken recently and he himself had already sent out.

    1 reply
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  3. 6 hours ago

    On Israeli social media it seems that for some what’s happening in Gaza has taken a back seat to discussion about a satirical portrayal of Naftali Bennett and tefillin a.k.a. phylacteries on the show Eretz Nehederet.

    1 reply 3 likes
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  4. 6 hours ago

    Report that Israeli planes and drones have attacked six different Hamas positions in Gaza with dozens of rockets.

    דיווח בעזה: מטוסי קרב ומל״טים של חיל האוויר תקפו שישה מוצבים של חמאס במקומות שונים ברחבי הרצועה עם עשרות טילים.
    Undo
  5. 7 hours ago

    Confirmed by someone who lives very close to Gaza.

    BREAKING: The Israeli air force is hitting multiple Hamas terror targets in Gaza.
    Undo
  6. 7 hours ago

    Eli Avivi, founder of Achzivland on the Med Sea near the Lebanese border, died this week. Achzivland was known as a haven for bohemians from Tel Aviv, but it turns out that it was also meeting place for Israeli intelligence agents and their Arab contacts.

    Undo
  7. 12 hours ago

    This has importance but other questions need to be answered: 1. What was each person doing when they were killed? 2. Were they hard-core Hamas activists or recent recruits? 3. Were there non-lethal options that weren’t used?

    0:11
    Senior Hamas official sets the record straight on who was killed in last Hamas-orchestrated riots: "50 of the 62 martyrs were Hamas". Take his word for it. This was no peaceful protest.
    Undo
  8. 13 hours ago

    Since many people are speaking about how American Jews are educated about Israel I’ll put in a plug for a great program that my wife coordinates that works towards embracing “the vibrant complexity of Israel” in Jewish ed.

    1 like
    Undo
  9. May 15

    A great intro to manuscripts of the Talmud.

    Really excited to publish this piece by M Katz - a survey of Talmud manuscripts: Stay tuned for more pieces by Katz which will illustrate how these manuscripts help us better understand the Talmud.
    1 retweet 4 likes
    Undo
  10. May 15

    For all of those people who have become overnight experts on Gaza, the Palestinians and Hamas.

    2:16
    "מכר מעזה אמר לי: תחשוב על האנשים המסכנים האלה שפתאום אומרים לאחד מהם שהוא ראש יחידת העפיפונים הבוערים או ראש יחידת הצמיגים. חמאס יוצק להם משמעות חדשה בחיים'". מסביר מה גרם לעשרות בני אדם להתאבד על הגדר ברצועת עזה למרות הסכנה, ולמה זה לא קשור להעברת השגרירות לירושלים
    1 reply 1 like
    Undo
  11. May 14

    Over the weekend some feminist activists had a little fun with the sign at the entrance to Jerusalem that says “Welcome” and changed it to be in the feminine. In Hebrew there is no gender neutral form.

    1 retweet 6 likes
    Undo
  12. Retweeted
    May 14

    Today The students of SAR High School had the remarkable privilege today of being addressed by Mr. Ehud Barak, former Prime Minister of the State of Israel. Watch the recording-

    1 retweet 2 likes
    Undo
  13. May 14

    An important lesson for any organization and business. HT

    Debate and disagreement is necessary and natural in policy making. To his great credit, once told me he hired me at the NSC because he disagreed with everything I said in my interview.
    Show this thread
    Undo
  14. May 14

    A general strike has been called for tomorrow in Israeli’s Arab community to protest the killings in Gaza.

    במחאה על ההרוגים בעזה: הוכרזה שביתה כללית בחברה הערבית מחר • עם הפרטים >>
    1 retweet
    Undo
  15. May 14

    There were other Muslim religious leaders in Gaza who warned the Israelis about the Muslim Brotherhood but in the end they were permitted to receive financial help from abroad. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin apparently read the writings of Jabotinsky and Rabin.

    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  16. May 14

    Israeli investigative program about the role that Israel played in the growth of Hamas. Turning a blind eye with the hope of weakening the PLO had very bad consequences. Amb Dan Kurtzer says that Israeli officials ignored his warnings about Muslim Brotherhood/Hamas. (H)

    0:35
    : האם ישראל הקימה במו ידיה את חמאס? • ישראל רוזנר עם התחקיר המלא >>
    1 reply
    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  17. Retweeted
    May 14

    The death toll in today is terrible. Both Israel and must give more thought to rehabilitating the Strip and stabilizing it for the long run. Debating Mustafa Barghouti today on

    2 replies 2 retweets 5 likes
    Undo
  18. May 14

    The man from Me’ah She’arim took a look at Jacob Walles, the US Consul General in Jerusalem, and from his face could immediately recognize him as being from their extended family. That’s Jerusalem. 5/5

    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  19. May 14

    Be’er describes how they are walking around Me’ah She’arim when suddenly he realizes that a man walking by them in a striped caftan of the Old Yishuv is also a cousin. He stops the man and explains who he is and who the other man is with him. 4/

    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo
  20. May 14

    Eventually that cousin, Jacob Walles, became the US Consul General in Jerusalem and was the lead person in maintaining contact with the Palestinians. One day Haim Be’er took his cousin Jacob Walles for a walk around Me’ah She’arim to see where their family was from. 3/

    Show this thread
    Show this thread
    Undo

@mpitkowsky hasn't Tweeted yet.

Loading seems to be taking a while.

Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.

    You may also like

    ·