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Five Hundred Meters and Five MinutesSeptember 9, 2002 On September 2nd, I experienced one of the most bizarre events I can remember. Deputy Minister of Construction and Housing, Rabbi Meir Porush of Agudat Israel, arrived to visit Hebron. Meir Porush is a very good friend of Hebron and was quite instrumental in the past, providing assistance for major building projects. […]

More Little BoysAugust 27, 2002 One of my daughters spent last year in the Shomron community of Eli, doing her first year of voluntary service. Religious girls, rather than serve in the army, volunteer for a year or two. She celebrated this past Shabbat at the community, as they marked the 18th anniversary of the founding of Eli. On Saturday […]

The Fruits of Miracles August 19, 2002 Shalom. Way back in 1994, the Meshulam family, Rabbi Inon, his wife Orna, and their children left their home in Rechovot and made Aliyah to Hebron. Here they took up residence in Beit Shneerson, right next to Beit Hadassah. Rabbi Inon, a serious Torah scholar continued to study and teach. His wife Orna […]

The Second Matmid July 29, 2002 Shalom. Last Thursday night I left for a Shabbat program in New York. Before leaving I asked some friends to left me know immediately, if, G-d forbid, anything happened. Only a few hours after arriving on Friday morning the phones started ringing. The first accounts were of four Israelis killed by Arab terrorists, a few […]

An Israeli Twilight ZoneJuly 22, 2002 Shalom. A few weeks ago I introduced the evening’s commentary as a “fairytale,” my own cynical way of dealing with true episodes, which are stranger than strange. Tonight, rather than label the following story a fairytale, I’ll leave it at, what some of you might remember as, ‘The Twilight Zone.’ Hebron resident Noam Federman […]

Noam Federman’s Twilight Zone July 22, 2002 Shalom. A few weeks ago I introduced the evening’s commentary as a “fairytale,” my own cynical way of dealing with true episodes, which are stranger than strange. Tonight, rather than label the following story a fairytale, I’ll leave it at, what some of you might remember as, ‘The Twilight Zone.’ Hebron resident Noam […]

Blind LoveJuly 17, 2002 About four years ago I was invited to attend a Bar Mitzvah in Toronto, Canada. A few of our friends from Toronto arranged a number of speaking engagements for one of my colleagues and myself, and we flew to Canada for the weekend.  In order to get from my host?s home to the synagogue I had […]

A good way to start the week July 8, 2002 Shalom, Over the past two days I’ve been exposed to a number of interesting encounters. I’d like to briefly relate them to you. Yesterday morning I met Chavi and Daniel Eisenberg at Ma’arat HaMachpela, following morning prayers. They had called me a few days before, asking to see some of […]

There really is more to life than footballJuly 1, 2002 Shalom. Last night, while sitting down for a bite to eat I turned on the radio. What was the talk of the day? Yesterday afternoon were the World Cup Finals – as we call it in Hebrew, the Mondial. According to radio stats, over one quarter of the world’s population […]

Shalom. It’s just over a week and the heartache is still close to unbearable. So much blood has been needlessly spilled, and the murder of Elazar Lebovitch has left its mark. There are two topics I’d like to discuss tonight. First, but not for the first time, the police. Hebron’s police force has to be one of the most heartless […]