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You Cannot Erase History January 10, 2005 Wow aren’t you excited? Everyone seems to be jumping up and down. Some, really happy. Others – not so much. After all, it looks like we have two innovative, democratically elected governments, new horizons, fresh out of the bag. Who could ask for more? I mean, who could be upset? Well, why don’t […]

You Cannot Erase History by David Wilder The Jewish Community of Hebron January 10, 2005 Wow aren’t you excited? Everyone seems to be jumping up and down. Some, really happy. Others – not so much. After all, it looks like we have two innovative, democratically elected governments, new horizons, fresh out of the bag. Who could ask for more? I […]

The Fundamental, Eternal Values of our People January 3, 2005 Shalom. Last week, expulsion forces, led by “annihilation authority” director Yonatan Bassi, made their way to communities in the northern Shomron, communities marked for destruction by the Sharon government. Traveling the roads wasn’t easy. At the Shavei Shomron community, not far from their destination, furious Israelis lined the road, protesting, […]

Please G-d, Stop the Missiles December 27, 2004 Where to start? Yesterday afternoon I attended a demonstration in the heart of Tel Aviv, joining hundreds of others protesting the continued bombardment of Gush Katif. In truth, we weren’t protesting the attacks – rather we were protesting the lack of reaction. The Israeli armed forces are doing nothing, absolutely nothing, to […]

The Katif Wall?December 20, 2004 Last week, during Hanukkah, the kids were home on vacation. Here in Hebron we try to provide daily activities for the children, including parties, trips and the like. On Tuesday one of my friends approached me and asked if I’d be busy the next day. As all spokespeople are trained to do, I answered his […]

A Little Light Goes a Long Way Hanukkah   December 13, 2004 Shalom. We are in the midst of Hanukkah – the holiday of lights. Today is also the first day of the new month of Tevet – as we say in Hebrew – Rosh Hodesh. Hanukkah is generally a happy holiday – eight days when we light the menorah, commemorating […]

Expect the Unexpected November 29, 2004 In Israel, today is known as “kaf-tet b’November. ‘Kaf-tet’, two letters of the Hebrew alphabet represent, in Hebrew, the number 29. In other words, the 29th of November. That’s today’s date, so what’s so special about it? As far as I know, there aren’t any other days in the Gregorian calendar, known by their Hebrew […]

Colin Cancer November 22, 2004 Shalom. I have to begin this week with a response I received to last week’s column, as it appeared on the israelnationalnews.com web site. “Dear Mr. Wilder Thanks so much for your great article “once a terrorist always a terrorist”. It is really great and is just very true.  I am an Arab, Egyptian, with […]

Once an Arab, Always an Arab November 15, 2004 Now I can breathe a sigh of relief. A couple of days ago I met with journalists who came to interview one of the ‘fanatic extremists’ whose views and opinions are on the very fringe of Israeli society. Of course, many of their questions focused on ‘what’s next,’ following the demise […]

Brain-dead or Alive? November 8, 2004 No. This article is not about him. I don’t want to even mention his name. Maybe I’ll explain why a little later. No, this article isn’t about Arabs. It’s about Jews. Last week Aaron Lerner, director of IMRA [www.imra.org.il] posted a very interesting feature, which I had missed. I guess I wasn’t the only […]