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Sing We WillAugust 11, 2003 Shalom. Today is only Monday, and already it’s a difficult week. Yesterday a fifteen year old boy was killed by a Hizballah-shot missile. Haviv Dadon, living in the north Israeli city Shlomi, was the latest victim of Arab warfare against Israel. The Israeli reaction was virtually nil. Par for the course. This morning we were […]

A shack between Hebron and Kiryat Arba   Aug 4, 2003 Shalom. Late yesterday afternoon my sixteen year old son approached me and asked that I show up at the Hebron Heroes neighborhood with my camera at about ten o’clock in the evening. He told me that another attempt was being made to reestablish the site, which has been created, […]

Titus and a Spy July 28, 2003 To the Honorable George W. Bush President of the United States of America To Ariel SharonPrime Minister of the State of Israel Dear President Bush and Prime Minister Sharon, Shalom. Prime Minister Sharon should know, but it’s possible he has forgotten. President Bush probably doesn’t know, unless his advisors have informed him. The […]

“Let My Husband Go” July 21, 2003 Shalom. Since last Thursday night the name Shalhevet has returned to headlines, which read, “Shalhevet’s father arrested by Israeli intelligence forces.”  Yesterday close to two hundred people protested the arrest of Itzik Pass and his brother-in-law, Mati Shvu, and the repressive conditions they are encountering in a Jerusalem Shabak detention center. The protests […]

Help Jonathan Hear the Shofar in Jerusalem July 14, 2003 Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon, better known as the “Rambam,” is considered to be one the greatest Jewish scholars who ever lived. His codification of Jewish law, called the Mishna Torah, written almost a thousand years ago, is a primary pillar upon which Torah-observant Jews live their lives today. What does […]

How Many More Ariels? July 7, 2003 Shalom. Early this afternoon I opened the newspaper and saw a little boy, smiling, wearing a leather helmet on his head, waving at the camera. The article alongside the picture, in big white letters on a celebratory blue background read, “Ariel returns with a smile.” I stopped my other activities to read the […]

Happy Hudna June 30, 2003 Well folks, peace is at hand. According to some accounts, there are even pessimists who are optimistic. The new-found love between Israeli officers and their palestinian ‘counterparts’ is so apparently visible in the newspaper pictures published today, especially the front page photo of an Israel officer resting his hand on the arm of a uniformed […]

Increasing Attention Spans June 23, 2003 Shalom. Last week I spent a few days in Washington D.C., participating in the annual Zionist Organization of American Mission to the U.S. capital. The events included both the expected and the unexpected. The expected: a presentation by State Department official, Dr. David Wurmser, dealing primarily with issues concerning weapons of mass destruction. Of […]

Uncle George June 2, 2003 Shalom. As this is being aired, I am sitting outside my home, Beit Hadassah, in Hebron, doing my monthly stint of guard duty. All of us take turns, for six hours, thereby assisting in the efforts to keep Hebron’s citizens safe. Opposite me are a number of Arab apartment buildings, including a large villa, perched […]

CheshbonMay 29, 2003 Why cry over spilled milk’ Repetition of these tales is not an act of simple story-telling. As a matter of fact, these accounts are indicative of just about everything that has occurred in Israel ever since. And is still occurring today. From David Wilder This end of this week marks Jerusalem Day and Hebron Day ‘ the […]