אין מילים There are No Words, “Ain Milim”
אין מילים There are No Words, “Ain Milim”
Category: Israel
The Sound of the Siren
Please God, please watch over him…over all of them. Let this be the last time we mourn newly fallen.
Klita N’ima
Aliya is a tough process for normal people. Olim appreciate all the help they can get to make the transition to Israeli life as pleasant as possible – Klita N’ima, and even for deciding if they’ll make aliya. Should you make aliya? Could you make aliya? Will political realities FORCE you …
A Letter To Pres. Trump in Advance of His Meet with Abbas
Dear Mr. President: Later this week, you will be meeting with a person, who (on the outside) appears to be an older, respectable gentleman, in the twilight of his life. Do not let that outward appearance fool you. Sir, he is a terrorist with blood on his hands. Not only …
The 28th of Iyar, Book Review
The State of Israel has been gearing up for celebrating the 50th anniversary of our miraculous victory in the 1967 Six Days War…That’s why I’m very happy that Rabbi Emanuel Feldman has republished his lovely and honest memoir, his day by day journal written during the weeks leading up to the Six Days War and the war itself.
Milestones and Roadblocks
In the summer of 1986, my mother turned seventy years old. She had been a widow then for the same amount of time as she had been married. To mark the milestone, my brother, my then husband, and I held a surprise birthday party for her. The pictures that sit …
Israeli Memorial-Independence Days Connection, Suits to a “T”
Our Independence Day celebrations honor those who were killed. By celebrating we are saying that they didn’t die in vain, and that our enemies will not defeat us, not militarily and not psychologically.
An “Only in Israel Story,” The Arab Bus Driver
Not long ago, after getting on a bus to Jerusalem, I realized they the bus driver was an Arab. This happens a lot, because as I keep saying: “Israel isn’t an apartheid state!” Honestly, I don’t inspect the driver when getting on the bus, so unless it’s a driver I’m …
Sean Spicer, the Pope and the Holocaust
The fact that people in such positions would make such absurd statements is indicative of a larger problem fostering ignorance and insensitivity, not because of Holocaust denial or even anti-Semitism, but simply because of not knowing the facts.
Comments on Israel’s Indigenous Population
There is only one answer. Palestinians are not indigenous to this land.
Pessach (Passover) – Judaism Encapsulated
B”H The core and essence of Judaism is Am Yisrael’s exodus from the galut in the Land of Egypt. And Pessach is the holiday that celebrates and prepares us for just that, the exodus. That is, The Exodus is THE paradigm journey. It is a concept and reality at the …
When You Go To War
There is a battle raging in Israel and sadly, it is between Ultra-Orthodox Jews and non-Ultra-Orthodox Jews. On the bright side, it is a battle that unifies many diverse communities. On the negative side, they are unified against one of our own. In the last few weeks, the debate has …