Tammuz 28, 5768, 7/31/2008 Yossi Ezra’s Return To Hebron A few weeks ago, I bumped into some journalists in the Avraham Avinu neighborhood. Seeing me, they asked about various problems, including threatened expulsion from several buildings here in Hebron. Finishing up their interview, they concluded by saying/asking, “I guess you don’t have too much to be happy about with all […]
Read moreTammuz 15, 5768, 7/18/2008 Eretz Yisrael is obtained with hardship Yitzhak Herskovitz: I want to help guarantee the survival of Israel.The Talmud in the tractate Brachot teaches us that three prizes are obtained via hardship: Torah, the Next World, and Eretz Yisrael. Yitzhak Herskovitz has first-hand experience with the adversity involved in redeeming and settling Eretz Yisrael, the Land of […]
Read moreTammuz 12, 5768, 7/15/2008 If I forget thee…. Tomorrow’s planned prisoner exchange is very bittersweet. Almost everyone has an opinion and all sides have some element of legitimacy. On one hand, the price is so very high; on the other hand, we have a responsibility to bring our soldiers home, dead or alive. A soldier, entering battle, must know that […]
Read moreTammuz 8, 5768, 7/11/2008 Ethical Sleaze Three “major’ topics were headline news earlier this week. The first was absolutely revolting, dealing with sex allegations against former President Moshe Katzav. Coverage of accusations against Katzav are described almost down to the last detail. It’s as if Israel radio and TV news are attempting to compete with porno shows, rated triple X. […]
Read moreTammuz 3, 5768, 7/6/2008 All in a Day’s Work This morning started off fairly regularly, as Sundays go. A favorite person of mine was coming in to visit. My friends Prof. Rachel Suissa and her husband Erez Urieli have lived for a number of years in Norway, but are both native Israelis. They initiated an organization there called ‘the Center […]
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