#GiladShalit is officially trending on Twitter!

We did it, but the fight is not yet over – we need to keep #GiladShalit trending. We’ve seen what awareness this can bring. #IranElection raised Twitter to a whole new political action level – and now it’s Gilad’s turn!

A Jewish write-up in Mashable! Great stuff!

I am a huge Mashable fan. HUGE. And today I had the pleasure of seeing a friend featured on there! @TheKotel has been written up on by Mashable!

TheKotel is a service that allows you to tweet your prayers to @TheKotel and have your tweets placed in the Western Wall! It’s a fantastic service, and I’ve seen anything from “I hope I get the job I’m interviewing for” to “Please grant us world peace” written to the service.

As a former Jerusalemite, I can attest to the fact that having my prayer placed in the Western Wall is not just a way to get my word through to the almighty – but a way for my presence and wishes to walk through Jaffa Gate, down the Jerusalem stone-paved narrow corridors of The Old City, and out to the square where the cafes and Yeshiva kids play.

Down another long corridor and down the steep stairs that lead to a metal detector.

Through the metal detectors and into the wide-open plaza in front of the Kotel.

Into the mens section and up to the ancient wall.

My note placed in a crack in between two large stones that I’ve definitely leaned on and wept over before.

Beautiful.

Swine Flu

Some 50 rabbis from across Israel boarded a plane, and conducted an airborne prayer in the hopes to cure swine flu.

The Yediot Ahronot daily said a plane with 50 people on board circled over Israel on Monday, with the passengers chanting prayers and sounding the Shofar.

Of course – the rabbis all flew in the plane because they wanted to be closer to G-d so he could hear them! Because G-d is up!