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Jan 14, 2024

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Meeting Israelis and Saying NO to Apartheid - 1/14/24

by Janet Hammer

Somewhere along the road to delegitimizing Israel people started calling it an apartheid society. I put the blame squarely on the shoulders of former president Jimmy Carter, who popularized this slanderous term and loaded Israel with another burden of hate. Well today I traveled from Kfar Sa…

Jan 13, 2024

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Finding the Language to Describe - 1/13/24

by Janet Hammer

I’ve been in Israel now for a few days but jet lag has been hanging on to me. I feel young at heart but my body is acting old. Isn’t that how jet lag works? You feel like an extra 20 years have been added, and not in a nice way! But whether it’s the burden of years or the burden we all…

Jan 12, 2024

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Bravery Disguised As Everyday Life - 1/12/24

by Janet Hammer

I spent my first night in Israel in Kfar Saba, a town with a long history and some very interesting features, just a bit north of Tel Aviv. The next couple of days I will be in the desert town of Mitzpe Ramon, founded only in the 1950s as an immigrant community (mostly Romanian and Moroccan …

Jan 11, 2024

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Israel and Hatikvah: We All Have A Lot of Work To Do - 1/11/24

by Janet Hammer

Back in the ‘70s when I was in college there was a widespread myth that Israel was a militaristic society, bristling with aggression and violence. This trope came from my “progressive” liberal fellow students with whom I of course felt a close affinity though none of them had been to I…

Jan 10, 2024

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Israeli Hostages Greet Me Landing In A Different World - 1/10/24

by Janet Hammer

The minute you get to the airport in Tel Aviv things are different. For example in the main hall of Ben Gurion Airport the faces of hostages still held by Hamas peer up at you as you come down the automated walkway. Not celebrities, not corporate logos, not sports stars or vacation destinati…