These next 24 hours are critical! Please think of all that Chabad has done for you and think of what you can do for Chabad. We need you to partner with us in creating our new permanent home in Ashdod. No donation is too small and think of what a great mitzvah you would be… Read More We Need Your Help!
Contrary to the common stereotype, not everyone in the Holy Land is slinging an M-16. In fact, gun permits and gun ownership here are truly a privilege and certainly not a right. The ones that do carry a firearm are usually highly trained, former military and have passed extensive tests, both medical and psychological. Although… Read More Secure Schools…Israeli Style
This year, as fate would have it, the forces and the universes are all aligned! It’s a Chrismukkuh miracle! Happy holidays to everyone from the Kosher Family. Enjoy this time with your families.
As I have mentioned before, my house is very international. We live in Israel but I was (obviously) born in American and the Kosher Mom was born in France. At any given time, a blend of three languages can be heard in our home. The Kosher Kids speak Hebrew among themselves while I speak English with… Read More J’aime Votre Coque
The ride to school in the morning lasts one song (unless it’s Bohemian Rhapsody, in which case it could take a week to finish). My three very different children all have three very different tastes in music. Thanks to Google Play I am able to fulfill all of their musical fantasies. My oldest is into… Read More DJ Dad
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4878433,00.html With all of the election noise, this great, little story about Israel seems to have been overlooked. Israel, a constant target by various anti-Semitic UN agencies, seems to have been ranked number one in terms of field hospitals. Moreover, there are no other field hospitals in the world with that same “number one” ranking.… Read More The Little Nation That Does
http://www.timesofisrael.com/22-years-later-aryeh-deri-returns-to-interior-ministry/ No matter how hard I try, I will never completely understand the messy web that is called the Israeli political system. Arie Derry, a former interior minister, actually served three years in jail on corruption charges. Not only has he been accepted into the current government (after having to take a seven year “break”… Read More Uncorrupting a corrupt system
This morning while dropping the Kosher kids off at school (Chabad of Ashdod), I witnessed an incredible act of “hesed” (human kindness). The Rav and his wife (the Rebbetzin) stand watch as the many cars and buses pull up. They are there almost every morning, rain or shine (sometimes extreme rain and extreme shine) to… Read More Hesed
As an ex pat American living in Israel, I am knee deep in two sets of discussions regarding gun laws and how they should or shouldn’t be changed. I think I will leave the debating alone for now, as it seems the internet and social media are full of heated discussions regarding personal safety issues… Read More No Second Amendment Here
They say we are in for some wintry weather this coming Shabbos in the Holy Land. Instinctively, when we want warm, traditional comfort food we usually turn to some sort of meat dish. This dish (another one of my mother-in-law’s recipes) is a great alternative if you are looking for something new to try (that… Read More Couscous Poisson
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