November 2004 – DavidWilder.Org

Expect the Unexpected

Expect the Unexpected November 29, 2004 In Israel, today is known as “kaf-tet b’November. ‘Kaf-tet’, two letters of the Hebrew alphabet represent, in Hebrew, the number 29. In other words, the 29th of November. That’s today’s date, so what’s so special about it? As far as I know, there aren’t any other days in the Gregorian calendar, known by their Hebrew […]

Colin Cancer

Colin Cancer November 22, 2004 Shalom. I have to begin this week with a response I received to last week’s column, as it appeared on the israelnationalnews.com web site. “Dear Mr. Wilder Thanks so much for your great article “once a terrorist always a terrorist”. It is really great and is just very true. I am an Arab, Egyptian, with […]

Once an Arab, Always an Arab

Once an Arab, Always an Arab November 15, 2004 Now I can breathe a sigh of relief. A couple of days ago I met with journalists who came to interview one of the ‘fanatic extremists’ whose views and opinions are on the very fringe of Israeli society. Of course, many of their questions focused on ‘what’s next,’ following the demise […]

Brain-dead or Alive?

Brain-dead or Alive? November 8, 2004 No. This article is not about him. I don’t want to even mention his name. Maybe I’ll explain why a little later. No, this article isn’t about Arabs. It’s about Jews. Last week Aaron Lerner, director of IMRA [www.imra.org.il] posted a very interesting feature, which I had missed. I guess I wasn’t the only […]

Hebron and Ma’arat HaMachpela– The Roots of the Jewish People

Dvar Torah: Hebron and Ma’arat HaMachpela– The Roots of the Jewish People Parshat Chaye Sarah, 5765 (2004) November 4, 2004 The Torah teaches us that Avraham, sitting outside his tent following his brit milah, seeing three men approaching, ran to fix them a meal. When he entered the sheep pen to prepare fresh meat, a calf ran away. As Avraham chased […]

Giving back India

Giving back India November 1, 2004 Yesterday I attended a very interesting media conference at the College of Judea and Samaria in the Shomron community of Ariel. The conference was dedicated in memory of David Bar-Illan, a fine man who deserves more than a few words of tribute. A concert pianist of international renown, Bar-Illan was also editor of the Jerusalem Post and […]