Category: <span>Israel</span>

Ambassador Bolton’s “3 State” Peace Proposal, Nonsensical

Ambassador Bolton addressing the Ingeborg Rennert Center’s Guardian of Zion Award dinner As I already blogged on A Jewish Grandmother, my husband and I attended the Ingeborg Rennert Center’s Guardian of Zion Award Dinner last night. So, besides the food, the real highlight of the evening was the speech by …

A 44-Line Summary of the Miracle of The Six Day War

[taken from chapter 6 of To Cross The Line With A Bridge (Rabeinu Publications, 2015) quoting the time-table from Beit Torah Ohr Gadol’s disk series “Sha’at HaEfes”] “Maybe others had the patience for durations like the Hundred-Years War or the down-sized Thirty-Years one, but for His holy people back on …

Summary of The Kastner Affair:  When We Say ‘Never Again’ and ‘Never Forget’ – It Includes This Too

[Summary taken from chapter 9 of To Cross The Line With A Bridge, Rabeinu Publications, 2015 and is OF (and citations refer to) Ben Hecht’s book Perfidy] On May 5, 1953, the Attorney General of Israel presented Malchiel Greenwald a criminal complaint for libel against Dr. Israel (Rudolf) Kastner.  On …

“Stay Focused”!

Sunday, 10th June 2007 – Haifa, Israel  I set my alarm for 4:00 AM to give myself time to shower and prepare for our long morning. Funnily enough, Motti managed to get to sleep at a relatively normal hour (normal being a very loose term in the Rosenzweig Unabridged Dictionary) …

No Stories to Tell – A Shrink’s Journey to Orthodox Judaism

Life goes better when someone else makes the mistakes but you benefit from them, right? If you agree with that, you’re gonna LUV this book review. PS – Sharing is one thing, but re-publishing my work in a different forum (print, broadcast or online) is another. NOBODY has the right …

They Really Never Leave – Visits From My Dad Z”L After His Passing

  The week of Yom Ha’atzmaut, on 6 Iyyar marked 23 years since my father died. His death was “all of a sudden”and quick. Although he had a long cardiac history, it was something very unexpected. The medics at the scene told me that even had he been in a good hospital …

To Whom Do You Pledge Allegiance?

All those who claim to believe in Hashem – whether they call Him the Lord, God, or Allah – must therefore believe that (1) Hashem gave the Nation of Israel the Land of Israel forever, (2) Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, and (3) Judea and Samaria are part of Eretz Yisrael.
As a Jew, I pledge allegiance to Hashem and His Torah, one Nation under Hashem, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.