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I'll call Baila: October 2011
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שמור נא לי א-לי הטוב". Tuesday, October 18, 2011. Tell the world he's coming home. Many years ago, on July 4 1976 an elite commando unit of the Israeli Defense Forces stormed the Entebbe, Uganda airport and freed the 102 Israeli hostages held there after they were hijacked on an Air France Flight by terrorist palestinian organizations. It was a bold and daring raid by the Israelis, indeed a national victory that the entire country celebrated. עצבונה וששונה הם שתי וערב בבגד יומה. Gilad, you have been "eve...
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I'll call Baila: November 2010
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שמור נא לי א-לי הטוב". Tuesday, November 9, 2010. Preventing pre-marital sex in religious teens/twenties and other assorted dating and marriage issues. There's an interesting discussion going at A Mother in Israel. Regarding a trend where fearful parents are promoting the young marriage of their children (young being 19-22 years old, presumably ages where these young men and women are not finished with army service or university, and likely not yet in some kind of profession). To making a decent living?
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I'll call Baila: March 2012
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שמור נא לי א-לי הטוב". Thursday, March 15, 2012. I'm kinda rusty with the writing thing, so please bear with me. On Shabbat, Isaac and I will be celebrating our 20th anniversary. I've been thinking about this milestone. Alot. I have so much I want to say churning inside of me, and I'm not sure I can express it properly. At least in a way that is private, and graceful. The thing is, I wouldn't be being completely honest with you. Or with myself. And yet here we are. Together. Intact. There are...The thing...
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I'll call Baila: June 2011
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שמור נא לי א-לי הטוב". Sunday, June 26, 2011. Blogging the chofesh hagadol (Big, huge, no-end-in-sight, looong vacation) Week 1. The "Chofesh HaGadol", or "long vacation" is the term given for the summer vacation that Israeli school children have every year. All elementary schools here finish on June 30 and begin on September 1st, thus leaving two full months for vacation. The teenagers (yes, that would be. Kids), finish about June 20, giving them an added bonus of ten days. When we first arrived here in...
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I'll call Baila: March 2011
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שמור נא לי א-לי הטוב". Sunday, March 13, 2011. I just wanted you to know. I know that many of you (readers and facebook friends who sometimes tune in to the blog) may not be aware of what has happened here in Israel over the weekend. I just wanted you to know. Broke into a home where two adults- a man and a woman, parents, and their five children were sleeping. This. Two other children, ages 2 and 8, were apparently sleeping in a side room missed by this. I suppose, in light of the devastation in Japan a...
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I'll call Baila: September 2011
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שמור נא לי א-לי הטוב". Saturday, September 10, 2011. The little cherry tree on Woodmere Blvd. I was there when the tree was planted. Who perished in the towers and began raising her two young daughters without him. I thought. The rain was more in keeping with our collective mood. Wonder, how could those buildings not be there. Gone. Vaporized. "Take nothing for granted", I would tell myself as I drove down that road. And then would come the question- "What am I doing here? Links to this post. Who were yo...
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I'll call Baila: May 2011
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שמור נא לי א-לי הטוב". Tuesday, May 31, 2011. I was going to put up a different post but then decided to hold it for a day. Because it's Yom Yerushalayim! Under Israeli rule Arabs and Christians have access to their holy places. The Palestinians want Jerusalem in any kind of peace deal they may negotiate with us. Be given access to those places should such a scenario take place? In any case, Happy Jerusalem Day to all. In honor of the day, I'm posting a recipe for. Beef kidney (small morsels). Those of y...
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I'll call Baila: September 2010
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שמור נא לי א-לי הטוב". Thursday, September 30, 2010. And this is the blessing. I was struck today by several thoughts as I listened to the last Torah portion of the year. וזאת הברכה (V'zot Habracha)- "And this is the blessing". Moses, before he takes leave of his people, the Jewish nation, blesses each of the 12 tribes according to its national responsibilities and individual greatness.*. ויאמר ה' אליו זאת הארץ אשר נשבעתי לאברהם ליצחק וליעקב לאמר לזרעך אתננה הראיתיך בעיניך ושמה לא תעבר. Links to this post.
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I'll call Baila: On twenty years
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שמור נא לי א-לי הטוב". Thursday, March 15, 2012. I'm kinda rusty with the writing thing, so please bear with me. On Shabbat, Isaac and I will be celebrating our 20th anniversary. I've been thinking about this milestone. Alot. I have so much I want to say churning inside of me, and I'm not sure I can express it properly. At least in a way that is private, and graceful. The thing is, I wouldn't be being completely honest with you. Or with myself. And yet here we are. Together. Intact. There are...The thing...