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22 January 2009
Who Hates Who?
The following is a letter to the editor of an imaginary paper that would only be read by people who understand that I mean well, and who know that I write this as a humble teacher moved to teach:
Dear Editor:
If a friend of yours confided that she had several [...]
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19 January 2009
An Olah Without a Parachute XII
There is a war going on in our country.
Fathers, brothers, sons, cousins and friends are leaving their families to go fight this war. The people left behind remain worried, nervous and on edge. They brace for the worst and pray for the best.
Wars are different when your life is touched by it - when [...]
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14 January 2009
Bad Karma?
Is it possible that even when you do the right thing it will bring you negative consequences?
Imagine that your Aunt walks into the room, this is the first time you have seen her since she became ill. She looks gaunt and pail, but you want to cheer her up so you tell [...]
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25 December 2008
An Olah Without A Parachute: Chanukah edition
Happy Chanukah!!
It is really such a delight to walk down the streets in Israel and see all the lit menorot that the municipality puts up. There are shining chanukiot on the street lights and Chabad has put up their menorah sans fire truck in the center of town. The chanukah cheer is further reinforced by [...]
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23 December 2008
Not your parents’ Israeli cuisine…
I have visited Israel three times, all within the past five years. Friends and family who visited Israel many more years ago have related stories of the country from days past. I find it fascinating to compare them to my own experiences and see how the country has changed so much in such a short [...]
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17 October 2008
Another Israeli Take on the Upcoming U.S. Elections
I just received my absentee ballot for the upcoming U.S. elections in the mail and I’m psyched. Yes, I know that some critics will question whether an American living outside the country has the moral right to vote for a president of a country in which he is no longer living. But I plan on [...]
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13 October 2008
The issues
In the upcoming election, we have two very qualified choices for President. John McCain has been a government servant for 26 years, and nobody can deny his heroism in Vietnam. Barack Obama is an inspiring speaker and has many people believing that government can do good for the people of this country and [...]
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7 October 2008
“Jewish Mother for Obama”: First Video from Orthodox Community to Refute Anti-Obama Rumors
Janette Hillis-Jaffe, An Orthodox Jewish supporter of Senator Barack Obama who lived in Israel for five years, has released a ground-breaking video (www.JewsObamaIsrael.com) encouraging other Jews who love Israel to join her in supporting Obama.
Hillis-Jaffe, who lived in Israel during the Second Intifada and the start of the Iraq War, knows first-hand the existential dangers [...]
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6 October 2008
Soapbox Hobo 2: Gambling with Sevens
There was a poem someone might have meant to write that could have gone like this: “It’ll be 21 years from when I wrote this song/Maybe 22 -we won’t be ’round long/As time hurries on/That which was green turned to brown.”
21 is an interesting number as it is 3 times 7, both of which are [...]
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5 October 2008
Palin’s Pastor Problems vs. Obama’s
I recently wrote a post on my personal blog that has been getting some people kind of heated. I posted some videos and a sermon given at Sarah Palin’s church, which cause me grave concern over the possibility of her being elected vice president. I’d like to clarify some things.
First of all, the [...]
