Thoughts on being Jewish

From Gapcohen's Email box this morning: " This is nothing short of wonderful. Notice how the Iranian does not shake hands with the Israeli winner and when the announcer announces first place she does not say Israel. Israeli Flag next to Iran 's in world master weight lifting in Poland... You will find this very moving. When they play the Hatikvah the Israeli athlete is fighting back tears as he is overcome with emotion. What a wonderful moment for him to win and then to hear the Hatikvah being... Sign in to see full entry.

In 1913, an American Jewish woman, Henrietta Szold, sent two nurses to Jerusalem through the just-formed Hadassah Organization. This combination of action and ideology, a concept called "practical Zionism" is still prevalent today. According to Nancy Falchuk, current President of Hadassah, "from the foundation of Hadassah (in 1912) to Israeli independence (in 1948), a group of Jewish housewives, many without telephones in their homes, built a medical infrastructure and much of the education... Sign in to see full entry.

Today, Nick Kristoff had an interesting Op-Ed piece in the New York Times. I generally find his coverage of the Middle East to be anti-Israel, but he does make some good points as an activist/journalist. Today, he wrote about a Muslim woman - a doctor- in Somalia who has gone up against the radical Islamists, forcing them to allow her to open schools for women and back off. She insists on running the schools, and, she also insisted on an apology from the worst offenders for their behavior. She... Sign in to see full entry.

Body image is universal; why not put Palestinian, Israeli and Bedouin women together to try to lose weight and see what happens? With the help of her friend, a Palestinian nutritionist, filmmaker Yael Luttwak came up with this idea after having a “vision” while hiking in Israel in the late 1990’s. “What if Yasaar Arafat and Ariel Sharon – both fat guys – got together to get in better shape? Wouldn’t meeting together to jog and work out put them in better moods?” Luttwak wanted to bring women... Sign in to see full entry.

I said the same thing. Prager has more authority; Click on here to watch and listen Sign in to see full entry.