What was Hamas Thinking?

Posted on October 16, 2023October 15, 2023 by Simon

Israel has a right to exist and to defend itself. Last week Hamas terrorists crossed the line into evil. They did it with the intent to provoke a response. At this point, eight days after the the terr... Read More

Shabbat Shalom

Posted on October 15, 2021October 5, 2021 by Simon

“It is not that Israel has kept the Sabbath; the Sabbath has kept Israel.” Ahad Ha’am A view in the door of the Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island. It is the oldest synagogue building in t... Read More

Shana Tovah

Posted on September 28, 2020September 7, 2020 by Simon

“No sin is so light that it may be overlooked. No sin is so heavy that it may not be repented of.” Shana Tovah To a Good Year... Read More

WWIT Episode 2 Israel

Posted on August 24, 2019April 6, 2020 by Simon

What Was I Thinking About Israel Nowadays most of our politics is about what outrage President Trump has perpetrated this week. The national press has shown itself to be extremely biased against the p... Read More

Eva’s Story

Posted on May 5, 2019May 5, 2019 by Simon

For more than a year now I have been sorting, digitizing and restoring the photos of Eva Gold, my mother-in-law. I have learned a lot about her and her era. The resilience she showed was amazing. So w... Read More

Book Review: Let There Be Water

Posted on April 19, 2019April 7, 2019 by Simon

Let There Be Water By Seth M. Siegel Because I have lived for the last fifty plus years in places where there isn’t enough water I read a lot of books about water. Some are better than others. T... Read More

The Holy Land Casino, Las Vegas

Posted on January 2, 2019December 28, 2018 by Simon

This is a republish of a post I made in 2007. It is still a good joke but is now even less likely to be done. Although in this age of Donald Trump maybe the impossible is possible. by Simon on Decembe... Read More

What a Great Country

Posted on December 12, 2018December 10, 2018 by Simon

“Americans are famous for their get up and go because all of us have ancestors who got up and came.”... Read More

Happy Hanukkah (Day 5)

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Simon

The story of Judas Maccabeus and the Maccabee Revolt in Judea was written about by the contemporary Roman historian Tacitus. Every time you wish someone a Happy Hanukkah you are acknowledging the hist... Read More

Roosevelt and Israel

Posted on April 18, 2018April 18, 2018 by Simon

Would Israel exist if the United States had let in a million mostly Jewish refugees in the 1930’s and 1940’s? Almost certainly not. Israel came to be because of the intense need for a place of... Read More

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