Near Misses & Tragedies
I’ve been noticing many near misses with young children, unattended or under-attended, who cross the street without having enough time to make
it to the other side. Many children also cross the street diagonally, which adds to the danger, since they are in the street longer.
Tonight, I saw two mothers pushing their strollers [...]
I am no security expert, but I am a relatively experienced international flyer. I can tell you this, the new travel restrictions on flights to and from the USA make me very uninterested in flying. I suppose that’s what the Al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations are hoping for as much as their more dastardly plans.
New [...]
The heat was on Israel. All the world’s eyes were focused on our little country and what would happen if we dared to disagree with our major patron, the United States. Our PM’s speech last week was intended to deflect some of the searing heat headed our way. For a day or [...]
Israel finds 17 more A/H1N1 flu cases
Consider this: You are sitting near someone who is coughing up a lung. You know that he often travels overseas for work. He just got an aliyah and benched gomel, returns to his seat cough and all. Do you worry that maybe he has [...]
“Arabs did to Israel what Borat did to Kazakhstan” is what Ido Aharoni, head of the Brand Israel project told the Knesset Defense and Security Committee on Tuesday. Brand Israel will attempt to cut into the heavy losses Israel has already suffered in public relations over the past years.
The reference to [...]
I read an interesting interview yesterday with a Rabbi from a program that specializes in keeping religious soldiers on the path of learning Torah _after_ they leave the army. I can’t remember the Rabbi’s name, but this was the gist of his argument on why Hamas and Palestinians seem to be gaining so much [...]
My cousin was visiting in Sderot last week. He is a Rabbi and sofer (Biblical scribe), and often travels to places in Israel to check religious articles to see if they need to be repaired.
He shared with me this absurd and truly ‘unreal’, but very real story:
Last week, he visited a few houses in Sderot [...]
