————-Day of Judgement——————May 16, 1999Monday is a day of Judgement – a Day of Awe. It is a day whenthe Israeli People must make a choice – one of the most, if not themost, important, critical, fateful decisions made by a public body, aJewish body, ever. Most decisions are made by a small group of people, inthe heat of a […]
Read moreElections 1999 May 14, 1999Next week we again go to the polls. Three years ago we defined thoseelections as the most fateful in the State of Israel’s history. They were.But these elections are more important.Binyamin Netanyahu is not “the child we were praying for.” He has committedalmost unforgivable blunders, including abandonment of over 80% of Hebronand most recently, agreeing to the […]
Read moreThe Shame and the PrideErev Yom Hebron 5759May 13, 1999Tomorrow is Yom Yerushalayim Jerusalem Day. Saturday, the 29th day of Iyar is the thirty-second anniversary of our return to Hebron – what we call “Hebron Day.”Hebron Day is normally a time of special significance. Following an over 30-year absence from the first Jewish city in Israel, as a result of […]
Read moreThe Crossroad of Civilization May 7, 1999After years of waiting excavations have begun in the Tel Hebron (Rumeida) neighborhood. This location is thought to be the site of the original Hebron, home to the Patriarchs and Matriarchs and King David, well over 3,000 years ago. The first week or so of digging revealed a huge (for those days) winery, probably […]
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