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Feeling Proud and Empowered to Do More - 2/11/24

Today is Day 128
 
My phone is lit up with warnings about Rafah. US media is warning the ‘world’ as seriously as serious can be about Israel’s persistence and tsk tsk “audacity” to continue operations in Rafah. 
 
Really?!
 
What choice does Israel have? 
 
As I read …

Empower Hope: Be a Hero for our Community's Most Vulnerable on Super Sunday

Super Sunday is tomorrow, and this year, it carries a powerful theme: "Donors are the Super Heroes." As we prepare to celebrate this day of giving on February 11, 2024, we want to shine a spotlight on the heroes in our community who are making an extraordinary impact on the lives of our comm…

Optimism and Disproportionate Concern - 2/10/24

I feel overwhelming optimism about Israel, something I’ve mentioned in previous posts, and which I will continue to discuss in this ongoing account. Yet when I explain Israel and my optimism for our future, my comments are clouded by doubt. Not my doubt. It’s a doubt that has been plante…

Keep It Personal. Because I Take It Personally! - 2/9/24

Keep it personal. Three words that mean a lot.
 
I continue to try to share my personal experiences and observations as the war continues into its fifth month and the traumas do not end. These months have been incredible. It’s hard to communicate how bad they’ve felt for me. On Octobe…

Safety Is Never Absolute - 2/8/24

This week The Jewish Press of the Florida Gulf Coast republished a picture from my visit to Kibbutz Be’eri. Yes, it’s a classic pose. I am wearing a helmet and a ceramic vest. Quite jaunty. It was taken the first day of our solidarity mission and we were visiting places inside the milita…