Thoughts on being Jewish

The UN reminds me of that ineffective or passive-aggressive teacher who catches the long-suffering student finally responding to the bully sitting beside her. The bully pokes you in the ribs, puts tacks on your seat, tries to pull your hair out and finally, finally, you turn around and slam your taunter, hoping this will put an end to all this violence. But the teacher chooses to see only the response, and so the bully becomes the victim and you're sent to the principal's office. This is pretty... Sign in to see full entry.

Check this out - in our own country. Calls of "Jews, go back to the ovens, we need a big oven" and "NUKE Israel" are particularly chilling. Pictures speak a thousand words. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3Xl68kP4wo Sign in to see full entry.

This dispatch is from Afula in Northern Israel, near "Har Maggido" or Mount Maggido - known to Christians as Armageddon. Here, Israeli Arabs (not to be confused with those who live in the West Bank and Gaza - who are not Israeli citizens) and Jews work together to heal the sick and injured. Notice in the following letter, that the injured Arab children were hurt by their own Arab neighbors. Of course, if reported in BBC or other world-media, reporters would make it seem as if these kids were... Sign in to see full entry.

This is from my friend in Israel; tells it like it is. “Fifteen Second Children” By Rabbi Boaz D. Heilman Never a dull moment…. This maxim is doubly true here in Israel. On the one hand, it is Hanukkah, a light-filled, joyous holiday. Children are off from school, enjoying latkes and delicious, still-warm sufganiyot (fried doughnuts filled with a wide assortment of jellies and creams). The malls are filled with shoppers; song festivals and other entertainment attractions draw crowds of all ages.... Sign in to see full entry.

According to President-elect Obama, speaking of the more than 6,300 rockets and mortar shells from Gaza that have fallen on Israel since 2005, said "If somebody was sending rockets into my house where my two daughters sleep at night, I would do everything to stop that, and would expect Israel to do the same thing." Lets think about that for a second; 6,500 rockets. Into homes. Into schools. Into hospitals. Random Israelis injured and killed, and the world asks for "restraint." Where was... Sign in to see full entry.