Month: February 2009

It was a wonderful Shabbat though Elie wasn’t home. It was one of those great days where the weather is miserable (thank God) and so […]

For those pilots who are not familiar with the Middle East…Israel is the small jewel resting at the crossroads between Africa and Europe and Asia. […]

One thing I have learned after being a soldier’s mother for almost two years now, is that even though he carries a gun, dresses in […]

for a vacation for its soldiers. That’s great, right? But wait, it gets better. Elie and a group of soldiers felt that the planned activities […]

In Israel, each soldier is allocated a certain number of vacation days per year. Combat soldiers, Elie tells me, rarely are able to take all […]

There are two stories on CNN tonight, one about a cat and one about a woman. The cat was put to sleep after a relatively […]

The thing about weather is that it is…or it isn’t. You look up and the truth is there before your eyes. Whatever will come later […]

I am for the most part, among the community known as “eternal optimists.” Not always and not in all things, but generally, I try to […]

President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt has openly criticized Israel. He says that the issue of opening the crossings and the ceasefire agreement should not be […]