The eight-day festival of Chanukah, has two aspects to it: The story of the miracle, when – at the time of the rededication of the Temple – enough oil for one day lasted for eight. And the historical story of the defeat by the Maccabees of Antiochus, ruler of the …
Read More »Arlene from Israel – Fighting with Head High.
“Imagine if there was a country you had no personal connection to, that people accused of being an apartheid state. This state was constantly condemned all over the world, and in the UN, for war crimes and human rights violations. Imagine if this country was claimed to be founded on …
Read More »Arlene from Israel – THE LEGAL GROUNDS CAMPAIGN.
Many is the time that I have alluded to this Campaign, and to Israel’s legal rights in Judea, Samaria, and all of Jerusalem. Today I will move further in explaining the Campaign. This is for your edification, and in the hopes that you will choose to be involved. Please make …
Read More »Arlene from Israel: Step-by-Step
There are – forgive the cliché – just so many hours in the day. And so, which happens now and again, as I am working on the Legal Grounds Campaign, it is impossible to do a full posting, as much as I would like to. There is enough happening to …
Read More »Arlene from Israel – Back to Work.
As usual there’s a great deal to read here from Arlene and some important information too regarding Hamas, so please click on links to read further. The Chanukah week, which is now closing, was a blessing. Now, invigorated, I see that it is time to return to the serious and …
Read More »Arlene in Israel – “Before Shabbat”
On Tuesday, my co-chair of the Legal Grounds Campaign, Jeff Daube, and I participated in a Voice of Israel radio broadcast hosted by Jeremy Gimpel and Ari Abramowitz. Lior Amihai of ‘Peace Now’ was invited to join our conversation by phone. It was a lively discussion and I invite you …
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