Dear Annie, As a long time...
Some thoughts on the value of global communication The following was the welcome message I wrote upon combining my various personal blogs into one...
Some misc. thoughts and ideas
Collection of essays and articles written either for publication or sinply to help me think the issues through
Dear Annie, As a long time...
Okay, I admit it! I can’t resist! Does that mean I’m a closet S&M;? Again I’ve signed up to participate in the National Novel Writing Month “event” (from lack of a better designation). I’m busy thinking of possible plots and ideas they could contain, not that it matters, once I sit down my characters will invariably hijack the entire process. Also if the above wasn’t enough punishment, I’ve also agreed to try and fulfill...
Israel Prize winner Professor Ze’ev Sternhell was lightly wounded after a small pipe bomb at the entrance of his home in Jerusalem exploded overnight Wednesday. He was taken to a Jerusalem hospital early Thursday. (JPost.com Sept 25, 2008) It of course is fascinating to see how the Left fights for the rights of the Arabs dedicating to destroying Israel, yet when someone supposedly attacks them, you should see the gloves come off!
The following is a powerful “I believe …” statement by a man I only know by name, but respect and to a great extent, agree with. My Yom HaAtzmaut contribution to “Second Thoughts” this 60th Independence Day, 2008. Today, too many friends and foes define Israel, and Zionism, by the Arab world’s hostility. Doing so misses Israel’s everyday miracles, the millions who live and learn, laugh and play, in the Middle East’s only functional...
A moment of history from the annuals of the U.S. Congress in 1922 On June 30, 1922, a joint resolution of both Houses of Congress of the United States unanimously endorsed the “Mandate for Palestine,” confirming the irrevocable right of Jews to settle in the area of Palestine�anywhere between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea: “Favoring the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. “Resolved by the Senate and...
In response to Israel Matzav: Email from Sderot maybe its about time someone arranged for Tel Aviv / Ramat Gan / Hertzeliya to get a taste of a few kasamim?
“All we want is an open border crossing,” Abu Zuhri said. “Instead of making these threats against the Palestinian people, he (Aboul Gheit) should voice his anger against the Israeli occupation, which is what is closing the border crossings between Gaza and Egypt.” Can some one explain to me how Israel is the reason Egypt is closing its border with Gaza?
by Rabbi Dov Berkovits The writer is head of ‘Bet Av — Renewal and Creativity in Torah’ and former director of the Pardes Institute. He’s long been involved in programs for religious and secular Israelis. Berkovits’s latest book, She-asani Gever — Talmudic Discussions in the Eye of a Storm, is scheduled for publication by Yediot Aharonot in the coming months. A recent exchange of letters to the editor in The Jerusalem Post between Moshe...
by Tzvi Fishman4 Tevet 5768, 13 December 07 [I'll be honest, I'm not a fan of Mr Fishman nor have I ever been an enthusiastic supporter of Rav Levinger. None the less, when a person speaks truth, I accept it from where ever it comes. In my 56 year experience, the past thirty four of them in or associated with Israel and the Jewish People, the following rings true as few other blog posts...
The Fourth Chute at Sunset, originally uploaded by ssphillips. The past few weeks I’ve been taking a long (virtual) trip to the land of nostalgia, visiting places I where I once played, canoed and hiked. For this year’s NaNoWriMo project I’m writing a ‘fictional’ autobiography. I explain to people who know me that the facts (as they pertain to the protagonists in the story) are fictional, but the emotional portrayed are real. As part...
