11/11/04 Mevaseret Zion There's a new airport in Israel. Thank God. No more Arafat. Thank God. My brother-in-law is visiting. Thank God. My son is planning a ...
CLICK ON THE LINK FOR A MENORAH EXPERIENCE. AFTER THE SITE LOADS CLICK ON THE SHAMMAS TO ACTIVATE ALL THE CANDLES THEN PLAY WITH THE OTHER CANDLES BY CLICKING...
I thought you'd find the letter below from the mother of a terrorist victim moving and touching. A Palestinian suicide bomber blew himself up on a Saturday...
bangitout.com's Seder Sidekick 2005: http://bangitout.com/pesach2005.html Torah, songs, jokes and a whole load of fun.. You'll be the hit of your seder! Have a...
Stuart Pilichowski Mevaseret Zion 05/05/05 Holocaust Rememberance Day Is this what's it's supposed to be like? It's Holocaust Remembrance Day. I find myself in...
Stuart Pilichowski Mevaseret Zion May 30, 2005 I just returned from visiting Gush Katif with a busload of fellow residents from Mevaseret Zion. For most it was...
Stuart Pilichowski Mevaseret Zion June 3, 2005 It happened to me. It might have happened to you. I meet someone I haven't seen in a while. We make small talk. ...
Stuart Pilichowski Mevaseret Zion 8/19/05 Angst. Anger. Despair. Disillusionment. Disappointment. On and on. How to get through the next phase? What IS the...
Stuart Pilichowski Mevaseret Zion Sunday, August 21, 2005 I really wish the Israeli left had as much sympathy and empathy for the families evicted from Gush...
The dialectic of Jewish existence. What does that fancy phrase mean? It means Jews don't have joy without sadness, we can't laugh without crying. The festive...
Stuart Pilichowski Mevaseret Zion The day after Yom Kippur 5766 I've lived a sheltered life. Since moving to Israel almost six years ago I've davened in a...
Stuart Pilichowski Mevaseret Zion 10/21/05 I've been to Turkey pretty often these last few weeks. Turkey is a Muslim country. They're currently observing...
I got spooked by the mere suggestion. "We'll go to the Kotel, the Western Wall, tomorrow morning for services." What's the big deal? We'd both been there too...
Can you imagine this scenario: I go to sleep a bit earlier than my wife. Say about 10:30 at night. I'm really zonked and fall asleep before my head hits the...
http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w060123&s=halevi012606 THE RISE OF HAMAS AND THE FALL OF PALESTINE. End Game by Yossi Klein Halevi Here then is the real...
ELECTION DISPATCH WATCHING HAMAS New Yorker Magazine Issue of 2006-02-06 Posted 2006-01-30 Shalom Harari is a former Israeli Military Intelligence officer who ...
Stuart Pilichowski Mevaseret Zion, Israel February 7, 2006 It all started out rather innocently and innocuously. I needed the latest statistics on apparel...
Stuart Pilichowski Mevaseret Zion, Israel Feb 15, 2006 A letter to my cousin: David, Gordis is a great writer. This piece is probably one of his best. Yes,...
Stuart Pilichowski Mevaseret Zion, Israel March 14, 2006 It all started out rather innocently and innocuously. I needed the latest statistics on nuclear waste...
Stuart Pilichowski Mevaseret Zion 5/24/06 I was in the middle of a meeting at my office in the stock market- Bursa section of Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, when...
Stuart Pilichowski Mevaseret Zion, Israel July 14, 2006 I sat alone in the back of a taxi in Amman when the driver told me he lived in Ramallah. I sat alone in...
Stuart Pilichowski Mevaseret Zion July 16, 2006 Is it possible to not be at least a little bit afraid in light of missiles falling on Safad, Tiberias, and...
" Rosh Hashana is all about a new beginning and new chances. Remember that God is always in the picture. Even if you didn't invite Him, He is always there...
Stuart Pilichowski Mevaseret Zion December 13, 2006 I'm a funny guy (or weird) for those of you that don't know me personally. If someone comes to visit me I...
It's like a dream come true. It's what a society is supposed to look like. Everyone as one. No separation, no labels to distinguish one from the other. (I'm...
Stuart Pilichowski Mevaseret Zion, Israel March 13, 2008 It always seems as if the sanest, simplest solutions always defy us. Once we discover the ultimate...
Stuart Pilichowski / Mevaseret Zion / June 3, 2008 God: Yossi, Nice to see you. Lapid: My friends call me Tommy. God: Oy, Yossi, that may be one of the issues....
The most powerful individual on the planet isn't the President of the United States. It's his Chief of Staff. Rahm Emanuel. He controls what and who the...
