It feels like only yesterday I was in the USA visiting with family and friends in the USA—but a look at my calendar confirms that we are only one week from Christmas. So much has happened since I returned, and [...]
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As most of you know, I’ve been quite busy working on my book. This week I crossed a major milestone—my book is now available on the USA Amazon website for presale! To my surprise, although I categorized it under Family [...]
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Recently a friend sent an article to me written by well-known commentator, author, and lawyer, Ben Shapiro. In it he critiques the understanding of Hanukkah by turning it into the Jewish version of Christmas. He points out that Hanukkah “after all, is about a war: a war against Hellenism, the attempt by Greek forces to […]
Well, its that time of year again. By the time you get this post, I’ll be on my way to Canada and the USA to visit friends, family, and attend a conference in Columbus, Ohio. What about your cats? And for those of you who are wondering, some friends of a friend are taking a […]
As you all know, I am very active in the Chinese Church in Haifa. The news coming out of China these days is disturbing, to say the least. I thought you might want to know some of what is happening, not from a news channel but from an almost direct source, i.e. what I’ve been […]
It was Friday morning. As usual the store was packed. I only needed two items, and stood in line. My leg had been bothering me so I was with my cane. And then came the typical Israeli, with maybe 5 items, pushing ahead of everyone, and me, saying something like, “I was here” or “I […]
I always tell people that today is a new year… from this day exactly a year ago. And without fail, they give me a weird look. I suppose you have to be in my brain to get it. I was brought up with January 1 as being the New Year. Then I moved to Israel. […]
