The Life Lesson I Learned from the War (15-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
A military expert’s wisdom for war and for living a better life.
Read MoreAll Time Israeli Birth Record—68 Babies Born the Day War Ended
Beersheva’s Soroka Hospital is home to the busiest maternity ward in Israel. On an average day, 35 babies are born there. But on the last day of Operation Protective Edge, something bizarre happened. The birth rate nearly doubled and 68 babies were born there in one day. Israeli officials say that this sets a record […]
Read MoreNachlaot Pedophile, Zalman Cohen, Convicted!
Justice in this world is slooooow. It’s also almost always partial. For complete justice we have to wait for the True Judge in the World to Come. And this is especially true of cases involving child sexual abuse. Three summers ago, when we discovered that over 80 Nachlaot kids had been molested and/or raped by […]
Read MoreTheir 1st Day of Camp
How many weeks ago did your kids start camp? For these children from the South of Israel who spent the last month cowering in bomb shelters, camp only started today. I hope they have so much fun! They certainly deserve it!
Read MoreSo, Nu? Who Won the War?
I spent this Tisha b’Av night reading deeply troubling reports about anti-Semitic and anti-Israel demonstrations which took place this past July throughout Europe. These demonstrations were sometimes violent, but always seething with hatred for all Jews everywhere. Will this ever end, I thought? 2600 years ago Jeremiah said that we Jews were a “Nation that […]
Read More“Every Grandchild and Great-Grandchild is My Revenge”
Reb Cohen was still a boy when he was sent with his parents and siblings from his native Hungary to Auschwitz. He was the only member of his entire family who survived the Shoah. After the war, he moved to Israel, where he was welcomed and cared for along with many other young survivors by […]
Read MoreA Funeral Instead of a Wedding
This Tisha b’Av I will also be crying for Gali Nir, the fiance of 26-year-old IDF Major Bnaya Sarel HY”D. Over 10,000 people attended Sarel’s funeral at Hebron’s ancient cemetery late this past Saturday night. Gali, whom he was supposed to marry in three weeks, said: “I have no way to attempt to explain to […]
Read MoreAlmost a Bride– For Eternity
This Tisha b’Av I will be crying for Edna Sarosi, the bereaved fiance of 23-year-old IDF commander Hadar Guldin who eulogized him today at his funeral. Her intense grief, I think, holds within it all Jewish suffering from the Temple’s destruction until today. Edna said: “My Hadar. The love of my life. My and our […]
Read MoreWhy I Came Back to Israel this Summer (11-Minute Mommy Peptalk)
It wasn’t easy for me to leave behind an idyllic Canadian cottage for Israel at war. Why did I do it?
Read MoreShmor Elokim: A Song for Our Soldiers
This song’s powerful image of an Israeli soldier at war moves me to tears over and over. In addition to its moving words, it touches my heart to think that it was written by Rivka Leah of distant Australia! Even at the most distant points on the globe, Jews are thinking of Israel and concerned […]
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