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Feb 3, 2024

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Everything Has Changed - 2/3/24

by Janet Hammer

I am back in the US “but everything has changed.”
 
At Saint Petersburg’s Museum of Fine Arts:
 
 
 
As a volunteer docent, I share and discuss the art found in our encyclopedic museum with our amazing visitors. I guide everyone from Pinellas County sixth grade groups on a ma…

Feb 1, 2024

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I Bore Witness. I Can’t Stay Silent - 2/1/24

by Janet Hammer

We look two lane Highway 232 to Kibbutz Ber-eri. It is so close to the border of Gaza it remains restricted and one needs military clearance to enter the area. We heard artillery fire. It sounded somewhat distant but actually quite close. We were reassured it was kilometers away and part of …

Jan 31, 2024

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Unexpected Antiquities - 1/31/24

by Janet Hammer

Maybe you remember that in an earlier post I wrote about the impressive way Israel has preserved antiquities that would have otherwise been lost to the sands of history.
 
I have also written about the …

Jan 29, 2024

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Humanitarian Israel: My Friend Tova - 1/29/24

by Janet Hammer

 I’m finally Facebook famous!

Perhaps even more important than my recent star appearance in Facebook, I’m here to share the truth about Israel. Joking aside, I want to use my findings from my recent trip to highlight the many ways that Israeli civil society functions as a conduit for…

Jan 28, 2024

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Waking Up Worried - 1/28/24

by Janet Hammer

Maybe some of you, like me, woke up today feeling worried about the world before glancing at the phone for recent news updates. The news update are never nice. They remind us of the hell thats there outside our walls in a world roiling with hate and violence. And that’s the “conventional…