Links to recommended viewing and reading #4

Judy Lash Balint provides us with a link to her story about a Jewish bride and a father who were arrested for seemingly praying on the Temple Mount.

Ulla Hadar, our Shaar Hanegev bureau chief, spotted this piece on Yahoo.com about how peaceful life has become in the wake of Operation Cast Lead on  Nahal Oz kibbutz, which is a neighbor of hers.

Phyllis M. Kahn pointed to us to a story by Tom Gross on National Review Online concerning growing prosperity in the Palestinian Authority.

Bruce Kesler sends us the link to an old-time hillbilly cartoon set to Yiddish lyrics. For good measure he also sent us another link to Mickey Katz singing “Duvid Crockett.”

Rabbi Dow Marmur has a column in The Star of Toronto weighing the ethical pros and cons of possibly  swapping 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for Gildad Shalit.