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The Lessons of 1929 July 30, 1999 Not too long ago a journalist visiting Hebron asked me why the Jewish Community of Hebron so stubbornly refuses to accept protection from the Palestinian Authority. “After all,” he stated, “it is probable that in the near future all of Hebron will be part of the Palestinian State, including the Jewish neighborhoods where […]

AIDSJuly 26, 1999 Today will be recorded as an infamous date in the annuls of Jewish-Israeli history. This day may be recalled as the commencement of Arafat’s assault of Jerusalem, strange as it may be, less than a week after Tisha b’Av, the day we mourn the destruction of the First and Second Temples. Historians will probably have difficulty explaining […]

Wind It Up and Let It GoJuly 15, 1999 It is definitely an interesting scenario. The newly elected Prime Ministerof Israel walks into the President’s study at the White House. The two menare holding their first meeting together and it is an entirely privateaffair. Only the two of them. Ehud Barak sticks out his hand, wanting togive Clinton’s hand a […]

From the City of David to the City of DavidJuly 9, 1999 This morning I left Hebron with my oldest son, travelling north toJerusalem. Today however, we didn’t make the trip to go shopping or do anyother errands. Our goal was a tour of Ir David – the City of David,otherwise known as the village of Silwan, to the east […]

The Eye of the StormJuly 2, 1999 Yesterday Bill Clinton said during a news conference “I would like it if the Palestinian people felt free and more free to live wherever they like, wherever they want to live.” He also said that “settlements are a provocation.” He expects Israel to immediately implement all agreements signed with Arafat, i.e., the Wye […]

Lessons from the NorthJune 25, 1999 A short time ago we called friends of ours in Kiryat Shmona. D. has livedthere all her life. Her husband A. has lived there since they marriednineteen years ago. I know Kiryat Shmona fairly well, as my wife lived andworked there for two years, before we met.I’ll never forget my first glimpse of Kiryat […]

————-Day of Judgement——————May 16, 1999Monday is a day of Judgement – a Day of Awe. It is a day whenthe Israeli People must make a choice – one of the most, if not themost, important, critical, fateful decisions made by a public body, aJewish body, ever. Most decisions are made by a small group of people, inthe heat of a […]

Elections 1999 May 14, 1999Next week we again go to the polls. Three years ago we defined thoseelections as the most fateful in the State of Israel’s history. They were.But these elections are more important.Binyamin Netanyahu is not “the child we were praying for.” He has committedalmost unforgivable blunders, including abandonment of over 80% of Hebronand most recently, agreeing to the […]

The Shame and the PrideErev Yom Hebron 5759May 13, 1999Tomorrow is Yom Yerushalayim Jerusalem Day. Saturday, the 29th day of Iyar is the thirty-second anniversary of our return to Hebron – what we call “Hebron Day.”Hebron Day is normally a time of special significance. Following an over 30-year absence from the first Jewish city in Israel, as a result of […]

The Crossroad of Civilization May 7, 1999After years of waiting excavations have begun in the Tel Hebron (Rumeida) neighborhood. This location is thought to be the site of the original Hebron, home to the Patriarchs and Matriarchs and King David, well over 3,000 years ago. The first week or so of digging revealed a huge (for those days) winery, probably […]