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Timeless: "A Club I Don’t Want to Join"
A friend of mine whose sibling was murdered a few years ago by Arab terrorists told me that when her mother came to comfort Rena Ariel, she was looked upon as a role model as bereaved mother and had...
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Obama to Israel Aid Will Damage More Than Help
The strings attached to the large aid package the Obama Administration has offered the State of Israel is more like a noose designed to strangle Israel's military industries.That's it in a...
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Ladies, Boycott "Always"
As you would most probably guess, I'm past the age of needing "Always" and similar products. But I must admit that in my day, that was the brand I frequently bought. A few days ago, a friend tipped me...
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Will Brexit and Theresa May make for Better Britain-Israel Relations?
Here in Israel, there are those who say that one of the reasons that some British voted for Brexit was the EU's extreme anti-Israel policies including the fact that it sponsors all sorts of...
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Maybe This Year, For the First Time, I Will Vote in U.S. Elections
creditEven though I reached American voting age forty-six 46 years ago, when one had to be twenty-one 21, I've never voted in U.S. Elections. Maybe if 1970 had been a "presidential year" I would have...
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Squatters* are Lawbreakers! Not According to UN and Int"l Media
Various NGOs from the United Nations and European Union have been illegally building homes for Arab, Bedouin etc in parts of Israel. And when the Israeli Government takes perfectly legitimate steps to...
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TERROR in France Yet Again
I had completely different blogging plans for this morning, but the news that greeted me changed it all.Yes, there was yet another TERROR ATTACK in France. I'm capitalizing it, because the news...
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Deja Vu, Again...
When an Arab terrorist plowed into me and dozens of others at a Jerusalem Bus Stop just over twenty years ago, it was probably a rather innovative genre of terror attacks. The first reaction of the...
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Turkey Falling Apart, "Jinxed" by Israel Agreement?
Photo Credit: Channel 2 NewsJust a few weeks ago Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu considered himself very lucky to come to an agreement with Turkey.Netanyahu said that with both the world and the...
View ArticleGuest Post: Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton
* * * GUEST POST * * *After 8 years of the Obama-abomination, Israel cannot afford another Israel-bashing American President. A vote for Hillary is a vote for wiping all-of-Israel off-the-map forever...
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Miracle in Jerusalem- Trust The "Gut Instinct"
Arutz 7The first I heard of today's Jerusalem miracle was on the family whatsapp*" which mentioned that my husband was stuck on his way to work because a terrorist had been caught.Apparently, a...
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"Lone Soldiers"... Great Idealists
It's so sad to hear that any of our IDF soldiers, or anyone, had been killed, whether by terrorist, accident or the inexplicable. And when the dead was one of those called "Lone Soldiers" it's even...
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Bush Republicans- Sore Losers!
In American democracy, like baseball, tennis and American football, there's no such thing as a tie. There's one winner and winner takes all. True democrats, small "d," are supposed to accept their...
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In Mourning...
I'll be taking a break from my regular schedule, since my brother passed away yesterday. Others may be posting on the blog. I may or may not or on different topics.My brother didn't marry, so the...
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Bucket List, In The Movies
my brother, the loving uncle, 1973with Sharon KatzDuring the time I knew that my brother was dying, I became more aware of my own mortality, a feeling many have in similar situations. So when an email...
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Visited My Parents' Graves
While at leaving my brother's funeral on Friday I made a point to visit my parents' graves. As in Jewish tradition I placed a stone on each.As you can see, my father's half still needs to be filled in....
View ArticleGUEST POST: How Did a Reform Rabbi Become an Orthodox Jew
by Michael Arsers, Jewish Action Magazine, Summer 1999[GUEST POST BY MR. COHEN]================================================My journey from Reform to Orthodox Judaism has taken many unusual turns....
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World Getting More Dangerous
For all of those who have repeated the awful mantra about Israel being "too dangerous" to go to, I'd like to remind you that the world is getting more and more dangerous. The terrorism that so many...
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Shiva Visitors, How to Behave When Trying to Comfort a Mourner
As I find myself sitting shiva, in the Jewish mode of mourning for the second time in three months, I'd like to say a few things.First of all, the Halachot, Jewish Laws of Mourning are the most humane...
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Sitting Shiva, Showing Home Movies and Other Tips
I'm almost finished sitting shiva for my brother. Just over two hours left. Soon I'll change out of my shiva "outfit," the same clothes I've been wearing since leaving for his funeral. Except for...
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