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Transformation of Ruins- A Gush Katif Wedding The pinnacle of the wedding celebration comes not at the end of the party, rather at the beginningThose of you who’ve been reading my postings over the years might remember my strong bonds to Gush Katif, and particularly to Kfar Darom. Every once in a while, for one reason or another, I find […]

Detiphing Hebron Printed in the Jerusalem Post: http://goo.gl/Ub7V The past two weeks witnessed massive attacks aimed at Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon as a result of his “infamous” meeting with Turkish Ambassador Ahmet Oguz Cellikol. The meeting was purported to be an Israeli diplomatic scolding following airing of a Turkish television show which allegedly portrayed IDF soldiers kidnapping and shooting […]

A ‘National Heroes’ Law – The Wilder Way – Blogs – Israel National News Edit This morning, still at home due to a lingering virus, I listened to Yaron Dekel on Israel radio’s Reshet Bet ‘HaKol Diburim’ – (It’s all talk) daily morning program. His first guest was Knesset Speaker Ruby Rivlin, who initiated Israel’s latest law, passed yesterday, granting […]

Act now to stop Mitchell-Israel is not the 51st State! – The Wilder Way – Blogs – Israel National News Act now to stop Mitchell-Israel is not the 51st State! Tevet 29, 5770, 1/15/2010 Stop Mitchell’s latest mission to Israel…the US is actively forcing Israel to acquiesce to declared terror-supporters, namely the PA and their leader, Abu Mazen, thereby infringing […]

A Giant Step in the Right Direction – The Wilder Way – Blogs – Israel National News A Giant Step in the Right Direction by David Wilder Tevet 22, 5770, 1/8/2010 Yesterday Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon visited Hebron, together with MK Anastassia Michaeli, both of the Yisrael Beitenu party. Ayalon works together with party head Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman. […]

Tevet 15, 5770, 1/1/2010 Shabbat protest for security near Ma’arat HaMachpela This construction is being financed – on the order of tens of millions of dollars – by enemy organizations, as part of the war against the Jewish people and Eretz Israel.Hebron-Kiryat Arba leaders call on all area residents to struggle for secure passage to the Tomb of the PatriarchsOver […]

Rabbi Meir Chai HY”D: A story that must be told December 31, 2009 A few days ago one of my sons visited the Chai family in Shavei Shomron. He lived in that community for a number of years and knowing the family wanted to pay a condolence call. At their home he heard the following story, which he later related […]

A light extinguished, peace violated, a life lostDecember 24, 2009 Many years ago, when my oldest son, now 28, was in his first year of high school, he woke up one morning only to hear that one of his teachers had been murdered the night before in a terrorist attack. He never forgot that teacher, and named his first son in […]

The Hanukkah Chronicles – The Wilder Way – Blogs – Israel National News ‘(After the war) …the Jewish leaders strengthened Jerusalem and refused to allow the enemy to raise his head. When the enemy leader saw that the Jews were strong, he feared them and began moving his large army. The Jewish leaders suspected the enemy and also began moving […]

No more music at Ma’arat HaMachpela?December 20/21 2009 Ma’arat HaMachpela For the first time in years – probably as a result of a direct order from the new Commander of the Central Region, it will be forbidden to play Jewish prayer music at the Ma’arat HaMachpela courtyard.   For years, Jewish visitors arriving at the Ma’arat HaMachpela have been greeted […]