Karaite Korner Newsletter #539

New Moon Report
November 2011
Ninth Biblical Month

On Saturday November 26, 2011, the new moon was sighted from Israel. The moon was first sighted:
*from Ariel by Adina Mecklenburg at 4:45pm followed by Anna Coulter, Frank Mecklenburg, and David Coulter;
*from Poriya Illit by Zev Boer at 4:47pm followed by Devorah Boer;
*from Jerusalem by Yoel Halevi at 4:48pm followed by Willie Ondricek, Nehemia Gordon, and Zoran Vucinic.

Pictures of the new moon sighted from Jerusalem are posted at:
http://tiny.cc/xu707

Keith Johnson and I recently did an interview on Truth2U.org speaking more on "Stand Against the Ban". Jono's wife Channi brought invaluable insights and stole the show with her first appearance on Truth2U!
http://tiny.cc/hfr6f

We also did an interview on Jeff Gilbert's program Talking Torah, which is supposed to be the first in a new series every New Moon:
http://tiny.cc/zk34n

Rosh Chodesh Sameach!
Happy New Moon!

Nehemia Gordon
Jerusalem, Israel