August 31, 2010
Categories: Children, Israel . Tags: Israel, Children, Jerusalem, dancing, blues . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
By Avrum Rosensweig I just flew 6000 miles to Israel in a metal cylinder. I peered out the window and one moment I saw the snow dotted ranges of Labrador and the next, the mountains of Turkey. How will we arrive in Israel in 2025? I was in another world, one I hadn’t visited since [...]
July 29, 2010
Categories: Israel . Tags: agoraphobic, Israel, land flowing with milk and honey . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
I just flew 6,000 miles to Israel in a metal cylinder. I peered out the window and one moment I saw the snow-dotted ranges of Labrador and the next, the mountains of Turkey. How will we arrive in Israel in 2025? I was in another world, one I hadn’t visited since 1994. Agoraphobia stood in [...]
July 19, 2010
Categories: Israel . Tags: Agorophobia, Arabs, Israel, Jeruslam, The Land of Israel . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
1. A lovely Shabbat at my sister and her family’s house in Jerusalem. 2. An incredible walk up to my niece’s apartment, along a roadway that overlooks the Mt. of Olives and the Old City. 3. Countless fascinating taxi trips with compelling taxi drivers. 4. A visit to my Father’s gravesite outside of Beth Shemesh. I [...]
July 13, 2010
Categories: Israel . Tags: Israel, Jerusalem, tikun olam . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
Israel is a glorious country. It just is. I just returned from there after a seven day business trip. Most of my time was spent in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. I have not been in the Holy Land since 1994 and this was more or less, a home coming for me. I had been told [...]
July 5, 2010
Categories: Israel . Tags: Gaza, Israel, Israelis, Jerusalem . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
Read this headline: Abbas to Obama: I’m against lifting of Gaza blockade The Palestinian president reportedly told Obama that lifting the naval blockade of Gaza would bolster Hamas, a move that shouldn’t be done at this stage. http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/abbas-to-obama-i-m-against-lifting-of-gaza-blockade-1.295771
June 12, 2010
Categories: Israel . Tags: Abbas, Hamas, Israel, Obama, PLO . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
June 12, 2010
Categories: Israel . Tags: Israel, Macdonalds . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
•”The time will not come until Muslims will fight the Jews; until the Jews hide behind rocks and trees, which will cry: O Muslim! There is a Jew hiding behind me, come on and kill him…” •”The Nazism of the Jews does not skip women and children, it scares everyone. They make war against people’s [...]
June 6, 2010
Categories: Israel, anti-Semitism . Tags: anti-Semitism, Hamas Charter . Author: avrum . Comments: 1 Comment
Israel is in very big trouble. The Jewish people are in peril. How can one think otherwise? The key players in the Middle East brouhaha today are: Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah, the PLO and Syria. Each one of them is governed by violent, brutal, cruel and sadistic men, frothing and dripping anti-Israel feelings and anti-Semitic beliefs. [...]
June 6, 2010
Categories: Israel, anti-Semitism . Tags: Israel, Jewish People, Hamas . Author: avrum . Comments: Leave a Comment
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