Month: April 2008

It’s a custom in Israel, to remember the Holocaust on one specific day, though many in Israel remember it every day, as it continues to […]

It was a terrible incident, a tragedy. A mother and four of her children killed. Immediately, the Palestinians condemned Israel and said it was caused […]

The pattern remains – we send assistance and do all that we can to avoid a humanitarian crisis in Gaza while desperately trying to balance […]

It’s the little things that amuse me, remind me that Elie lives most of his life now on a different plain than we do. During […]

On a long drive back from the border of Lebanon, past the shores of the Sea of Galilee, and through the Jordan Valley to home, […]

…the army may well take back. When Elie realized that he would not be home for the Seder (and that his aunt and uncle were […]

No, those weren’t Elie’s words but the words of a guest who came to our home. A young man who is studying here in Israel […]

Passover is the time of freedom – a celebration of our release from the bondages of slavery; a beginning of the long journey we took […]

Amidst the often-frantic preparations for Passover, I took a day for myself and drove Elie to his base in the north. I wanted to see […]