Hebron-Past, Present and ForeverPolice State December 29, 1995 David Shirel, resident of Tel Rumeida in Hebron is serving a three month administrative restraint order, issued by the Israeli Defense Forces. The order forbids him to leave his home without written permission from the army. The last time he left his home for Jerusalem with permission, he was detained for over […]
Read more3rd candle of HanukkahThe time is 12:00 – midnight in Israel. I am sitting here with tears in my eyes. Rachel is weeping again. For the last 14 years, everytime I’ve travelled to Jerusalem, I’ve passed by Kever Rachel, the tomb of our Matriarch, beloved wife of Ya’akov – Rachel. No more. Beit Lechem is off-limits. Kever Rachel, Beit Lechem, […]
Read moreIn May 1967-less than a month before the `Six-day War, our beloved teacher, Rav Zvi Yehuda Kook, of blessedmemory, on the 19th anniversary of Israeli Independence,said,“In those first hours (after the UN vote in Nov. 1947-Ed. note) I couldn’t accept what had been done, with thatawful message, that the prophecy was fulfilled – `My Landhas been divided’! Where is our […]
Read moreThe house was surrounded by special law enforcement agents. Nobody would escape. Using the newly invented bullhorn, a voice blasted into the tense stillness of the early morning. “OUT OF THE HOUSE, ALL OF YOU! – Mattitayhu, you and all your trouble-making boys – out – NOW. The whole area is surrounded – don’t make us come in after you.”Inside, […]
Read moreHebron-Past,Present and Foreverby David WilderHanukkah – Hebron Today December 15, 1995 In May 1967-less than a month before the `Six-day War,our beloved teacher, Rav Zvi Yehuda Kook, of blessedmemory, on the 19th anniversary of Israeli Independence,said,“In those first hours (after the UN vote in Nov. 1947-Ed. note) I couldn’t accept what had been done, with thatawful message, that the prophecy […]
Read moreHebron-Past, Present and Foreverby David WilderThe Jewish Community of Hebron Democracy and MajorityDecember 1, 1995 The magic words – democracy and majority. Democracy – rule of thepeople. Majority – fifty percent plus one.I worked for two years at the School of Medicine of HebrewUniversity in Jerusalem. One of the doctoral students, very leftwing, used to speak of democracy as if […]
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