Tuvia Bielski Action Figure

Daniel Craig played Tuvia Bielski in the movie Defiance

Check out this Tuvia Bielski action figure created by fellow blogger Alex

There are many more pictures here

The attention to detail is incredible and his blog is well worth a visit

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IDF Blogger

One of the other few IDF bloggers is Uri who writes an amazing blog on the IDF Armor Corps.

Uri is a tanker from a tanker dynasty.  His father and son are tankers as well.  He has the scoop on all things IDF Armor related and IDF Armor memorabilia too.

Check out http://www.idf-armor.blogspot.com/

IDF Armor Corps חיל השריון-צה"ל

ISRAEL DEFENSE FORCE Tanks and Armor since 1948

Leave him a comment and tell Uri I sent you over!

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Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day

Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah in Hebrew) is a national day of commemoration in Israel, on which the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust are memorialized.


At 10:00 the sounding of a siren for two minutes throughout the entire country begins. For the duration of the sounding, work is halted, people walking in the streets stop, cars pull off to the side of the road and everybody stands at silent attention in reverence to the victims of the Holocaust.

The sirens wailed for two minutes, the entire country came to a standstill. Cars stopped in the middle of the road, people stood, and took time to remember the martyrs and heroes.


IDF Servicemen and IDF Women distribute certificates to Holocaust Survivors

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Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day begins at sunset

"Take heed... lest you forget the things your eyes have seen... and tell them to your children, and their children after them"
(Deut. 4:9)

Yad Vashem - The Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Authority

Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah in Hebrew) is a national day of commemoration in Israel, on which the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust are memorialized. It is a solemn day, beginning at sunset on the 27th of the month of Nisan (April 11-12) and ending the following evening, according to the traditional Jewish custom of marking a day. Places of entertainment are closed and memorial ceremonies are held throughout the country.

The central ceremonies, in the evening and the following morning, are held at Yad Vashem and are broadcast on the television. Marking the start of the day - in the presence of the President of the State of Israel and the Prime Minister, dignitaries, survivors, children of survivors and their families, gather together with the general public to take part in the memorial ceremony at Yad Vashem in which six torches, representing the six million murdered Jews, are lit.

The following morning, the ceremony at Yad Vashem begins with the sounding of a siren for two minutes throughout the entire country. For the duration of the sounding, work is halted, people walking in the streets stop, cars pull off to the side of the road and everybody stands at silent attention in reverence to the victims of the Holocaust. Afterward, the focus of the ceremony at Yad Vashem is the laying of wreaths at the foot of the six torches, by dignitaries and the representatives of survivor groups and institutions. Other sites of remembrance in Israel, such as the Ghetto Fighters' Kibbutz and Kibbutz Yad Mordechai, also host memorial ceremonies, as do schools, military bases, municipalities and places of work.

"The Voice of the Survivors" - The Central Theme for Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day 2010

This year’s central theme for Yom Hashoah is "The Voice of the Survivors", focusing on the many different ways survivors have contributed to Holocaust remembrance and commemoration over the years. Since the end of World War II and even before, survivors of the Holocaust have been key to keeping alive the memory of lost communities, families and individuals who perished in the Shoah.

Their testimonies told personally, written and recorded are a vital source for much that we know today about the Holocaust and are a clarion call to successive generations to keep this memory alive into the future. Through their voices the survivors have kept the commandment to remember the past and teach it to future generations. On this Yom Hashoah we pay tribute to the Holocaust survivors - those who have, despite the pain, shared their stories so that we should all remember and learn the lessons of mankind’s darkest hour, and those who have devoted their lives to the cause of Holocaust commemoration, whether through education, research, literature, music, art, or other channels.

Throughout the Yad Vashem website the voices of the survivors infuse exhibitions, historical narratives, teaching units and ceremonies with content and with meaning. Many of those testimonies have been specially compiled and can be accessed either topic or location.

"For whoever listens to a witness becomes a witness."
Excerpt from a speech given by Elie Wiesel at Yad Vashem

"Unto Every Person There is a Name"

Six million Jews, among them 1.5 million children, were murdered in the Shoah while the world remained silent. The worldwide Holocaust memorial project "Unto Every Person There is a Name", now in its 21st consecutive year, is a unique project designed to perpetuate their memory as individuals and restore their identity and dignity, through the public recitation of their names on Yom Hashoah - Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day. By personalizing the individual tragedies of the Jewish victims of Nazi Germany and its collaborators, this project counters persistent efforts by enemies of the State of Israel and the Jewish people to deny the reality of the Holocaust and cast it as history’s seminal hoax.

"Unto Every Person There is a Name" is conducted around the world in hundreds of Jewish communities through the efforts of four major Jewish organizations: B'nai B'rith International, Nativ, the World Jewish Congress and the World Zionist Organization. The project is coordinated by Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Authority, in consultation with the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs and enjoys the official auspices of the President of the State of Israel Shimon Peres. In Israel, "Unto Every Person There is a Name" has become an integral part of the official Yom Hashoah commemoration ceremonies, with the central events held at the Knesset and at Yad Vashem with the participation of elected officials, as well as events throughout the country.

- Lists of names

"Everyone has a name"
Poem by Zelda
[translated from Hebrew]

Everyone has a name
given to him by God
and given to him by his parents.
Everyone has a name
given to him by his stature
and the way he smiles.
and given to him by his clothing
Everyone has a name
given to him by the mountains
and given to him by the walls.
Everyone has a name
given to him by the stars
and given to him by his neighbors.
Everyone has a name
given to him by his sins
and given to him by his longing.
Everyone has a name
given to him by his enemies
and given to him by his love.
Everyone has a name
given to him by his holidays
and given to him by his work
.Everyone has a name
given to him by the seasons
and given to him by his blindness.
Everyone has a name
given to him by the sea and
given to him
by his death.

From here

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2010 Milbloggies Award in the Foreign National Military category

Here it the acceptance letter that was read on my behalf at the awards ceremony:

It is an honor to receive the award for Foreign National Military blog.

The DoubleTapper blog is a work of love, dedicated to my life in Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East, and to the Israeli Defense Forces where I proudly serve. It is my pleasure informing others about what Israel and the IDF face on a daily basis, and how we respond to the ever-present threats from terrorism and hostility from our neighboring countries .

I can only hope that DoubleTapper blog has given you all a glimpse into why defending Israel is so important, and why the IDF is successful in accomplishing that mission.

Radical Islam, Terrorism and a Nuclear Iran are our shared enemy that needs to be fought on the battlefield and in the blogosphere. As we share these enemies, we also share the convictions that the War on Terror, the importance of antiproliferation, and that educating others through our blog posts about fighting the good fight are all essential to keeping democracy alive and safe for our children.

I am sorry I cannot attend this year's conference, but I am sending you all my best wishes for a good year of blogging about what really matters.


From the Land of Israel,
DoubleTapper 

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I won the Milbloggies Award in the Foreign National Military category!

I won the Milbloggies Award in the Foreign National Military category!

The Milbloggies Award recognizes military bloggers for their contribution to blogging, news and information, and to the military over the past year.

Thanks for your support!

Conference can be viewed live at http://www.vamortgagecenter.com/blog/livestream/

The Milbloggies Awards ceremony is scheduled for 9:30 - 10:00pm EST (USA) on April 10th
The full conference schedule is here and the list of speakers is here.

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IDF Women

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IDF Paratrooper Brigade

The IDF Paratrooper Brigade (Hebrew: חֲטִיבַת הַצַּנְחָנִים‎, Hativat HaTzanhanim), also known as the 35th Brigade, is a unit of paratroopers within the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and forms a major part of the Infantry Corps. It has a history of carrying out special forces-style missions dating back to the 1950s.

Serving in the brigade is voluntary and requires passing a one and a half day physical test in order to be to join the brigade.

Soldiers of the IDF Paratroopers Brigade are distinguished by their maroon beret, paratrooper jump wings, brown leather jump boots and the paratroopers tunic, which is slightly different from the regular ground forces service dress in that it has 4 pockets and is worn outside the pants.

IDF Paratrooper Brigade Anthem

IDF Paratrooper Training

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I'm a 2010 MILBloggies Award Finalist

I'm a finalist for the 2010 MILBloggies in the Foreign National Military category and the only Israeli blogger in the running.

The Milbloggies Award recognizes military bloggers for their contribution to blogging, news and information, and to the military over the past year.

The awards will be presented by the 2010 MILblog Conference Sponsors at this year’s Milblog Conference being held April 9 and 10 in Arlington, VA USA.

If you'd like to add your support to my nomination go here, select my blog and click the Vote button 


Thanks for your support!

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I've Been Nominated

I've been nominated for the 2010 MILBloggies in the Foreign National Military category

The Milbloggies Award recognizes military bloggers for their contribution to blogging, news and information, and to the military over the past year.


If you'd like to add your support to my nomination go here and click the NOMINATE button



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Explosive Breast Implants in use by al Qaeda

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Fox News and the Sun have reported that Female suicide bombers are being equipped with explosive breast implants.

It started with Richard Reid aka the Shoe bomber. Then we had Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab aka the crotch bomber. Now, Boob bombers!

This new al Qaeda tactic involves implanting the explosives in women's breasts during plastic surgery — making them "virtually impossible to detect by the usual airport scanning machines".

The explosive devices are made of pentaerythritol tetranitrate—also known as PETN—one of the most powerful explosives in existence. The surgeons performing the operations place the PETN devices inside bags, just like the ones used to hold the silicone gel inside breast implants. PETN has an explosive energy of 5.810 kilojoules per gram, which means that an explosive cup C—with just a few grams of PETN inside—would be able to open a large hole in an airplane's fuselage, effectively causing a crash.

It is believed the doctors have been trained at some of Britain's leading teaching hospitals before returning to their own countries to perform the surgical procedures.

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IDF Women

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