Tefillin and Phylacteries were two of the ten most-GOOGLED words last week. I assume our readers know the story of:

Jewish Teen's Tefillin Diverts US Airways Flight 3709 From LaGuardia The flight landed in Philadelphia and was met by police, bomb-sniffing dogs and officials from the FBI and Transportation Security Administration.

The media are having a field-day with this story:

Teen Tefillin Terrorism

Phylactery Phlight Phobia

Rather than go over the much trodden ground of "Airline sensitivity to Orthodox Jewish law" or "Orthodox Jewish awareness of the fear that unusual public behaviour causes on airlines" I thought I give you an insider's look at events here at KosherTube World Headquarter (KTWHQ).

The teen's grandmother, who was waiting for him at Louisville International Airport, said the early flight left no time to pray before leaving New York. "He hadn't had the opportunity to pray, so that is why he did it on the plane," Frances Winchell said. She said the episode was traumatic for the boy, whose mother requested that he not give interviews. "But in any event," she added, "all's well that ends well, and maybe some good will come to the world because of it."

Well perhaps Mrs Winchell had Ruach HaKodesh. Our virtual phone kept ring off the hook. KosherTube has more than a dozen videos on the subject of Tefillin:

How To We Wear Them; Why We Wear Them; How To Make Them;  What's Inside; Etc, Etc

So the major media outlets all beat a path to our digital door and we had countless GOOGLE Alerts about new links and new references to KosherTube.

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If you wish to discover and enjoy Kosher video, and/or express your thoughts in video on traditional Jewish concepts... this is the place for you.

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Our sources will be many and varied. We have an archive of hundreds of hours of materials that we developed over many years. In addition, Rabbis Rebbetzins and Scholars across the are recorded weeklyand uploaded. As well as uploading video, we search high and wide on the web for Kosher videos to embed on this site – new and unique Kosher videos that shed light on our world. If it is on the Web and it is Kosher we're hunting for it. By the way if you find it first either post it yourself through the "Add Video" function or email us to do so. Budget permitting, we aim to produce original programming, especially for children. And of course we are counting on you to upload your own Kosher videos to make this site your site.

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If you upload a video that is not approved, we will tell you why and will be happy to discuss it with you via email and/or in our online forums. We'll also try to suggest an online venue where your video would be more appropriate.

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