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Three Days In the North of Israel: Some Personal Reflections
Three Days In the North of Israel: Some Personal...
The news that I, along with Rabbi Avi Weiss (Rav Avi), would be embarking to the North of Israel on a mission of solidarity and unity was met by many friends...
Aug 2, 2006
By Yamin Levy
The First War, All Over Again
The First War, All Over Again
This is a different kind of war, and an old kind of war. In the last war, when they blew up buses and restaurants and sidewalks and cafes, Israelis were enraged,...
Jul 27, 2006
By Daniel Gordis
Feeling the War
Feeling the War
In Jerusalem, we barely feel the war. All right, the price of vegetables is almost double of what it was a week ago, but other than that, everything appears normal, at...
Jul 27, 2006
By Debbie Shapiro
When Blurry Lines Suddenly Become Clear
When Blurry Lines Suddenly Become Clear
One of the more troubling aspects of warfare in the 21st century is that one rarely finds the well-defined battle lines or moral clarity such as existed in early 20th century...
Jul 20, 2006
By David Bogner
Letters to the Front (Page)
Letters to the Front (Page)
My love affair with letters (reading them, that is) began in 1965 with the epistolary novel Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster, a charming 1912 saga about an orphan and her one-way correspondence...
Jul 19, 2006
By Chava Willig Levy
Moving Out
Moving Out
My husband walks in this afternoon to find me sitting on the couch, eyes staring straight at the cheerless wall opposite me, burnished with tears. “What’s wrong?” he asks. Concern, but...
Jul 12, 2006
By Yael Mermelstein
I’m Afraid It Will Be Like This
I’m Afraid It Will Be Like This
Early in the fall, I visited a high school in Sha’ar HaNegev, not far from Sderot and the Gaza border, to interview some students. A while into the conversation, I asked...
Jul 6, 2006
By Daniel Gordis
“Is This Mine?” & “I’ll Take You Home”
“Is This Mine?” & “I’ll Take You Home”
Is this Mine? Racheli S. is the daughter of a friend of mine. She told this story to her mother, who told it to me. Only in Israel…. Racheli was sitting...
Jun 28, 2006
By Tzvia Ehrlich-Klein
Of Tefillot and Tickets
Of Tefillot and Tickets
“It could only happen in Eretz Yisroel,” declared Blimi, her dark eyes gleaming. Our shabbos guest, Blimi Wechsler, was enthusiastically describing the trip she and her friends had taken after Chanukah....
May 5, 2006
By Sheila Siegel
A Place to Sigh – Israel Memorial Day
A Place to Sigh – Israel Memorial Day
I WENT TO A FUNERAL — a spring funeral — in the city of Jerusalem. An Israeli soldier was killed; a Jewish boy had died. Another name was added to a...
May 5, 2006
By By Yaffa Ganz

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