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The "Pilot Trip" That Went Very Wrong, Parshat Shlach Lecha
This week's Parshat Shavua, Torah Portion of the Week Shlach Lecha is basically about a "Pilot Trip" to the Holy Land that ended up being a disaster.Gd had instructed Moshe to send out a very...
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Corona, COVID-19 Safe "Visits," Check Out Some Blogs
Take advantage of being home more for entertaining yourself on your phone, computer or tablet to read some blog posts. The blogs I follow are the independent ones, not those supplementing op-eds on the...
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Ribonut, Sovereignty vs The Trump-Kushner Apartheid Terror Plan
Yesterday I was in Jerusalem and had a bit of time between appointments, so I made my way to the Women in Green's three day "Yes to Sovereignty over the Land of Israel, No to Palestine" conference.It...
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Bibi-Gantz Coalition, Political Trick?
When will Israel have new elections?Odd couple for sure. There's no humor in the present Israeli coalition of Bibi-Gantz, Likud and Blue and White plus the chareidim and a few others. Gantz's political...
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Shiloh is Growing- See The New Streets
This week one of my walking buddies and I decided to explore the new streets in Shiloh. We've both been living in Shiloh since almost the very beginning. In those days and even the entire first decade...
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Maximum Attendance Should be PERCENTAGES, Not Numbers, Life in Corona...
When the Israeli Government announced "corona gifts" of money to help citizens out without proving poverty or restricting the money to the lower income bracket, I davka agreed. It would cost more to do...
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Fascists Take To The Streets Reject Laws
I'm glad I don't live in a large city right now. Fascist mobs are demanding government changes trying to use their power to overrule the elected government.Now, don't get me wrong. It's not like I...
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Tikkun Olam: ISRAEL VS COVID 19, Book Review
Tikkun Olam: ISRAEL VS COVID 19: How is One of the Planet's Smallest Countries Helping to Tackle the World's Biggest Challenge? by Jodie Cohen is headed with: "Tikkun Olam." I found the book...
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Celebrating Fifty 50 Years in Israel, Part 1
I've chosen this photo to head my celebratory post, because it's "dreamy," and for me life in Israel, the Holy Land is definitely living a dream....
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Chutzpah, Wisdom and Wine- Book Review
"Chutzpah, Wisdom and Wine- The Journey of an Unstoppable Woman" by Jodi Samuels is a very unique memoir. Samuels tells honestly of her life, a journey full of surprise turns. Think of buying a ticket...
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Yes, Things are a Mess Here
Blogger is having some sort of age crises and has decided to make major changes. The graphics/layout that has kept me happy for years has gone demented or to the "next world." I've just wasted tons of...
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Celebrating Fifty 50 Years in Israel, Part 2
Yes, I was pregnant that first year in Israel, and before theyear was up, we became parents.Many of you have been asking for more of my stories about our early days in Israel, fifty 50 years ago. So...
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Forget "Herd Immunity,""Swedish Model," It's Evil
Israelis who don't like the idea of wearing a mask and keeping "social distance" to avoid contracting or spreading coronavirus/COVID tout the "Herd Immunity,""Swedish Model." Unfortunately they're...
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Rule of The Streets/Mobs/Demonstrations Anti-Democratic and Very Problematic
I was born and grew up in the United States and came to age in the 1960s when anyone how cared about an issue demonstrated in the streets, sidewalks or wherever we could, generally with police permits....
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Simchat Torah in Stereo Plus
Eleven years ago I didn't celebrate Simchat Torah. It was the Jewish year 5770 I had rushed to New York to bring my elderly father to Israel. The holidays fell like this one, 5781, with Succot...
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Save The Date: Rosh Chodesh Kislev
Chances are that Rosh Chodesh Kislev will be colder than Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan was. And Gd willing we'll have already been blessed by a nice rainfall or two or more by then. But whether we'll need to...
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Sort of Locked-down Jerusalem, Corona COVID Life
Yesterday I escaped to Jerusalem for a few hours. To be honest, it's rather risky. For me, my age makes me one of those who should be avoiding people. And in terms of corona COVID statistics, Shiloh is...
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Exploring Local Shopping Center aka Shiloh Industrial Zone
About a mile from my house, downhill, is the "Aizor Ta'asi'ah," Shiloh Industrial Zone, which also has all sorts of stores. I hadn't been there for a couple of years, since we shop in the supermarket...
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American Election Results- Was There Cheating?
I've never voted in American Elections. When we made aliyah, moved to Israel, twenty-one 21 was the voting age. I was twenty-one, but there was no way I was going to wait around in New York another...
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Rosh Chodesh Prayers, Tevet 5781, Save The Date
This morning I walked down to Shiloh Hakeduma, Tel Shiloh to meet friends for our Women's Rosh Chodesh Prayers. Next month Rosh Chodesh Tevet will be Wednesday December 16, 8:30am. תפילת נשים בשילה...
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