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Av 17, 5768, 8/18/2008 Gestures This afternoon a group of people gathered at the ancient Jewish cemetery in Hebron to participate in a memorial service on the anniversary of the killing of Hebron resident Elazar Leibovitch six years ago. Murdered at the same time were three members of the Dickstein family- the mother, father and young son. Elazar Leibovitch was […]

“Abbas wants his troops in Hebron”Sept  17, 2008 The Israeli internet news site, ynet(ynetnews-) posted an articleheadlining: “Abbas wants his troops in Hebron” According to the article’s author, Roni Sofer, ” Israel is examining the possibility of expanding the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority’s security forces to include Hebron, this following a request made by the PA. The move would […]

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 […]

Tammuz 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 […]

Tammuz 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 […]

Tammuz 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. […]

Tammuz 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 […]

Sivan 20, 5768, 6/23/2008 Komokarzy the First visits Israeli Knesicircus Komokarzy the First today blasted his way into the Israeli Knesicircus, taking center ring. It wasn’t clear to the viewers if the visitor was appearing as a clown or a suicide bomber, and they had trouble deciding whether to laugh or cry. Actually Komokarzy confided to the Prime Monster of […]

Sivan 19, 5768, 6/22/2008 Reaction:The Two Israels-Nicholas D. Kristof in NYTimes Nicholas D. Kristof called me a few days ago and we spoke for a while on the phone. Obviously he visited Hebron, but did not see fit to interview me at the time, preferring a phone conversation. That fact, in and of itself, is unfortunate, for had he spent […]

It is a Very, Very Good Land Published: Sunday, June 22, 2008 11:55 PM Spies, spies and more spies. We just read the Torah story of the twelve spies, ten of whom slandered Eretz Yisrael, preferring to remain in the desert rather than continue on to the holy land promised to Avraham, Yitzhak and Ya’akov, as well as to the rest […]