• Beit Hadassah

    LAND FOR PEACE OR PEACE FOR PEACE

    Exactly 20 years ago, Rosh HaShana eve, about 11:30 pm. I was downstairs at Beit Hadassah, near the museum, taking a look at emergency supplies with my friend Uri Karzen, when it started. Massive shooting. Unlike anything we’d heard before.
    Little did we know that this was the beginning of what’d we’d predicted all along, that is, the Oslo war, otherwise known as the 2nd intifada, which continued for over 2 years. And countless deaths.

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Let the truth hang out

Nisan 9, 5769, 4/3/2009 Let the truth hang out After Avigdor Lieberman’s introductory statement yesterday as Israel’s new foreign minister I started thinking about writing this article. This morning, seeing one of the headlines in the Jerusalem Post, that thought was reinforced. However, after the brutal murder of a 16 year old at Bat Ayin, the thought transformed into words […]

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Let the truth hang out

After Avigdor Lieberman’s introductory statement yesterday as Israel’s new foreign minister I started thinking about writing this article. This morning, seeing one of the headlines in the Jerusalem Post, that thought was reinforced. However, after the brutal murder of a 16 year old at Bat Ayin, the thought transformed into words on paper. You may not have picked up Lieberman’s […]

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Bibi’s Hebron Conundrum

Bibi’s Hebron Conundrum Published: Thursday, March 12, 2009 11:43 PM Will he concede the Hevron Accords were a mistake? On September 7, 1995, Binyamin Netanyahu, then-candidate for Prime Minister, issued the following statement while visiting Hebron:The Jewish settlement will remain in Hebron permanently. If someone tries to take it away, my friends and I will be here, and they will […]

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The Great Iranian Sting

Tevet 17, 5769, 1/13/2009 The Great Iranian Sting  in The Jerusalem Post While our warriors are on the battlefield fighting, it’s difficult to express criticism of any kind. But it is of the utmost importance to know and internalize that the present warfare is not only about rockets pounding our southern cities. Of course, any sovereign nation cannot allow its […]

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Time to soul-search

Kislev 24, 5769, 12/21/2008 Time to soul-search This is being written on Erev Hanukka, the holiday of light. In Hebrew we greet each other with the traditional blessing, “Chag Urim Sameach” – “Have a happy holiday of lights.” I just came inside from photographing two wondrous events. First, the construction of a huge Menorah on the Abu-Sneneh hills, opposite the […]

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Extremism Breeds Extremism

Extremism Breeds Extremism Dec. 12, 2008 The real danger to Israeli society is not a few dozen kids throwing rocks while violently and illegitimately being thrown out of a home in Hebron. The true threat to our country is the warping of the fundamental institutions whose presence is supposed to protect the people rather than terrorize them. The decisions made […]

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The Time is Now! – Moshe Feiglin & Manhigut Yehudit

Kislev 10, 5769, 12/7/2008 The Time is Now! – Moshe Feiglin & Manhigut Yehudit Moshe Feiglin represents the paradigm Jewish leader: a man of faith and convictionFollowing the brutal expulsion of Jewish families from Beit HaShalom in Hebron, former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu proclaimed, “We must act with an iron fist against the outlaws.”http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3632769,00.html Of course, this was stated before he […]

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Tate’s talking – We just have to listen…

Tevet 16, 5769, 1/12/2009 Tate’s talking – We just have to listen… Tate’s talking to us. We just have to listen to what He’s saying. Tate’s talking to us.We have a doctor who lives here in Hebron. Born in Iran, he’s a unique personality. His specialty is respiratory illnesses, lungs, and the like. But despite the fact that his diploma […]

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Beit HaShalom – The house that Morris built

Beit HaShalom – The house that Morris builtNov 28, 2008 A professor from Bar Ilan University, an expert on ancient affairs, investigated the value of silver thousands of years ago. He concluded that the price our Patriarch Abraham paid for Ma’arat HaMachpela, four hundred silver shekels , the caves where the Patriarchs and Matriarchs are buried, is worth, in today’s […]

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