Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
Living in a war zone
Below is an email from a friend that I met when I visited Israel as a High School student - we have stayed in touch for 17 years! I got to see her again when my husband, son and I visited Israel in 2006.
She lives in Ashdod (South of Tel Aviv) with her husband [...]
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Sunday, January 2nd, 2005
Happy New Year!
May 2005 be one of great joy and peace for all. To kick it off right I’d like to introduce you to two organizations that I support and I hope you will find both interesting and worthy of your support.
Rabbis for Human Rights - RHR North America
http://www.rhr-na.org/ and http://www.rhr.israel.net/
RHR/NA is a rabbinic organization dedicated [...]
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Wednesday, October 27th, 2004
Israel is moving on
Israel got parliamentary approval for a unilateral plan that for the first time will remove Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip and West Bank. This won’t move people out right away, but it does pave the way for changes in the near future.
While I do feel sympathetic towards anyone who is pushed out of [...]