It’s out of the theatre of the absurd. Yesterday a colleague of mine received a phone call from an officer in an IDF unit stationed in Hebron. He had a request/demand. Two soldiers are stationed outside Beit HaShalom for security purposes. The officer told my friend that the soldiers are ‘cold’ and requested/demanded that people in the building supply them […]
Read moreThe Farce Called Democracy Published: Sunday, January 13, 2008 11:30 PM Israeli democracy at its best. A couple of days ago, a few young people were arrested in Jerusalem for pasting posters of George Bush, Shimon Peres and Ehud Olmert wearing keffiyehs. Three others were The present opposition has just begun.arrested for distributing information about our “moderate peace partner,” Fatah, to […]
Read moreWarriors of our Land by David Wilder The Jewish Community of Hebron December 30, 2007 This morning I was told an amazing story, which I'd never heard before. I was sitting with my good friend and teacher, Rabbi Yisrael Shlissel, the dean of the Ohr Shlomo Study Hall located in Tel Rumeida. I had just related to him one […]
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