“Status quo” is a term I used to despise. I can remember sitting on my American couch in my American living room shouting at the TV (before I moved to Israel) that the “status quo” was not something that should be kept. As busses were blowing up and people were being murdered (during the second… Read More Status Quo
Several years ago, I took my first (and only) trip to Paris. My wife (The Kosher Mom) was born in France and it was important to her that we take a trip to introduce me to her family. Although she and her immediate family (mother, father, brother, sister-in-law, grandmother) made Aliyah, (moved to Israel) she… Read More Paris …. Pas ce que je pensais
Yesterday, a picture of a Nazi flag hanging over an Arab village (next to a Mosque) was making its way around social media. I became enraged at the mere site of the flag waving, nevermind that it was flying high, above an Arab village in the Palestinian Authority. I think what enraged me even more… Read More SYMBOLS
http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/354383/video-pro-palestinian-march-in-morocco-rife-stage-execution-of-orthodox-jews.html As a direct result of the recent Arab terror in Israel, I have noticed a tremendous increase in what the media labels “Pro-Palestinian Rallies” throughout the world. I have a problem with this term, “Pro-Palestinian Rallies.” This widely accepted and widely popular term is code for “anti-Jew/Israel rallies. If in fact these were pro-Palestinian… Read More A March in the Wrong Direction
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/MSNBC-slammed-for-using-Palestinian-propaganda-map-in-news-segment-426315 Last night, shortly after my wife and I put our children down for bed, our smart phones started beeping. Another terror attack had just taken place, this time at the Central Bus Station in Beer Sheva. Since the children were fast asleep, we turned on our television to watch the events as they were… Read More The World vs. Israel
http://reshet.tv/News_n/heb/news/Politics/Security/articlenews,195436 Have you ever been to the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem? I bet you’ve never seen it like this. This just happened a short while ago. A terrorist was neutralized after stabbing a 70 year old woman and the security services were searching for a second, armed terrorist. This is real. This is Israel. This is… Read More Waiting for the Bus
Ashdod seems to have it all. We have beautiful beaches, some great restaurants, a mix of Jews that have settled here from all over the globe, synagogues, ancient ruins, and yes, shopping malls. Lots of shopping malls. We have indoor malls, outdoor malls, strip malls: You name it. And now, unfortunately, we can add terrorists… Read More Big Fashion
Well, it’s time. My wife called me this afternoon after she picked up our three children from school. My middle son had to be rushed into his class today. They were all playing in the (enclosed) playground outside of his classroom when some suspicious Arabs were spotted in the nearby sand dunes. The teacher, always… Read More The Talk
This morning, I had some free time (yes, it does exist) so I went down to the shops below my building. There are several bakeries and coffee shops, lottery stands and fruit vendors. Most, including the lottery shops, have tables outside where the customers sit, drink strong Turkish coffees and espressos and talk about world… Read More A Stroll Through the Neighborhood
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