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I can remember back some 21 years ago, when I first came to Israel. At that time I didn’t know anything about anything: Israel was still, more or less, a foreign country. At that time I had no intentions of making Aliyah; my mind was set on studying law in the US. But I can distinctly remember during the many […]

Hebron-Past, Present and ForeverOh Say Can You See September 16, 1995 Flag-mania has hit Hebron. International news crews are aiming their cameras at the Kordova Girls School, located directly across the street from Beit Hadassah and Beit Schneerson in the center of Hebron. The reason for the attention: a “palestinian flag” raised on the roof of the building by its […]

Hebron-Past, Present and ForeverThe Ways of the Righteous September 6, 1995 If yesterday I wrote about Satan dressed up as humans, today I am obligated to speak about the other side. And there is another side. A half hour ago I came home from an unbelievably joyous occasion – happy for several reasons: 1. A wedding in Hebron is always a […]

There was something in the air. There were soldiers where soldiers usually aren’t posted, there were buses of miltary and border police stationed across from the enterance to the Avraham Avinu neighborhood and in other parts of Hebron. The officers were out in full force. The Devil himself was coming to visit. You know, it’s almost funny. I was standing […]

Hebron-Past, Present and Foreverby David Wilder Connecticut-Hebron-JerusalemAugust 27, 1995 On Friday evening, before the beginning of Shabbat prayers, a good friend of mine, (andone of the best tour guides in the country), Haim Mageni, approached me and asked me if Irecognized the pictures in last weeks’ newspapers. I responded no, I hadn’t seen anything out ofthe ordinary – what was […]

Delegitimization of a species – the Death of Ideals August 20, 1995 Friday evening Israel Television broadcast a feature concerning the inadequacy of Hebron’s water supply.  I quote from today’s Jerusalem Post editorial:       “But the fact is that many Arab residents do not get water for days, weeks and months…At the same time, the 450 Jews living in the […]

Hebron-Past,Present and Foreverby David Wilder The Hebron Massacre- August, 1929August 10, 1995 Next Monday, the 18th of Av marks the 66th anniversary of the 1929 riots that plagued Eretz Yisrael. Jews were murdered throughout the land, but the worst slaughter was in Hebron. What was the relationship between the then Jewish Community of Hebron with their Arab neighbors? We have […]

The past week has been extremely turbulent. The struggle over the Dagan Hill in Efrat, and the addition to Beit El, climaxed with the arrest, detention and release of Efrat’s Rabbi Shlomo Riskin. Rabbi Riskin, having left the Lincoln Square Synagogue pulpit in Manhattan, for the Biblical landscape of the Judean Hills, is never far from productivity, or controversy. He […]

This week (July 13-21, 1995) has been one of the more difficult sets of seven days that we have experienced this summer: the murder of two 19 year old men by “peace-loving” Hamas, who, according to some Israelis were actually justified in what they did – Major General Ilan Biran stated that Wadi Kelt is closed to Israeli tourists because […]

Obedience-Acquiescence-CapitulationJuly 14, 1995This week the following report was received from IMRA, by Dr. Aaron Lerner:“Marwan Kanafani serves as Yasser Arafat’s advisor and spokesman within the President’s Office. In an exclusive telephone interview from Gaza, Kanafani explained the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) position with regards to Jewish worship in holy places. ‘The Tomb of Rachel in Bethlehem and the Tomb of Joseph […]