A Soldier's Mother

Israel is a land that was, according to the Bible and logic, very fertile. I believe I read somewhere that when the Romans conquered Judea and sent the Jews into exile, they salted the earth to prevent our return. I googled it...yeah, google is now a verb... and there are more than 50,000,000 references to it. I didn't click on them to see if it was true or not. The bottom line is still the same.

I keep hearing the words of Charles Woods as he speaks of his son Tyrone. Tyrone was a Navy SEAL - who did what Navy SEALS have been doing for as long as they have existed - he went to the aid of his fellow Americans. For 7 hours, he fought terrorists. He and Glen Doherty managed to hold them off, managed to kill 60 of them, according to some reports. And in all that time, no Americans arrived to help them, to save them. No one came to their aid despite repeated requests, despite available assets.

Jews caring for one another, that is how I would explain Israel to someone.

If you are thinking of voting for Kadima and Shaul Mofaz, if you are thinking of voting for Likud and Bibi Netanyahu - take a look at this news report.

What right does Assad have to shoot missiles at Israel if Obama strikes his country?

When you are a soldier's mother, you cope by learning the concept of "one day at a time."

The upcoming President's Conference has a rich list of speakers and unlike some others, I personally don't think Stephen Hawking will be missed.

It was a smart move on the part of the accused, Abdel Hameed Shehadeh, in hiring a Jewish lawyer as only a Jew would have the nerve to make such an outrageous request.

Honestly, that message could have been delivered from New York.

There are things we do not understand - so many things, but I believe God answers every prayer that is sent to Him.

You should be "seated" when you hear this joke; it's got a "bang-up" punchline!

If Gaza fires rockets at Israel and misses, Gaza is still guilty and should be punished. Hard.

I considered the question, "Should we pray for Peres?" struggled with it for barely a second, and knew we should be because he's a Jew, because he's a human being.

Beinart has decided that it is acceptable to boycott products from the West Bank but he encourages purchasing products from what he inaccurately and annoyingly refers to as "democratic" Israel. Here again is the latest form of idol worship that plagues Beinart and many left-wing American Jews - democracy.

Few believe we won't be going back in to Gaza in the future to stop the missiles at our cities, the Fajir 5 and its next generations.

Someone asked me if Israelis were forced to vote or they had a choice...we so have a choice and we choose to vote.

Irena Sendler is a reminder that in the darkest of times, a small light of humanity and hope brings forth the greatest hopes.

At some point, Israel has to do more than just stop Hamas until the next time. At some point, we will have to finish the job and eliminate Hamas' ability to fire on our people...or perhaps, just eliminate Hamas.

A Rogues' Gallery

My children go to school behind fences, with an armed guard at the gates.

It’s time to stand up against the bias & no longer accept the constant UN prejudice against Israel.

All Israel walks beside them, holding them in our hearts, listening, our hearts breaking with theirs

The soldier did not kill an "innocent" civilian. He killed a person with means and intent to murder soldiers or random innocent Israeli civilians.

What we understood in Ma'alot, we cannot comprehend in this tragedy. In Newton, we are lost.

Memorial Day in Israel is not a day of picnics and sales or barbecues and fun. It is agony. It is pain.

"Where are you?" he asks. "I'm in the office. The car is at Ammunition Hill. Do you need to take it?" There was a brief hesitation. "There was an attack at Ammunition Hill."

The latest lie-line of the Gaza propaganda machine is that Gaza has no army, no forces.

We Jews say that all prayers are answered - every single one. Just sometimes, the answer is "no."

Bernie, it sounds great when you tell the cameras you're "proud to be Jewish" but you need to be proud you are a Jew - a noun, Bernie, not an adjective. That's what it is to be a Jew - it is not a description, it is the essence..

I'll start by explaining that in Israel, a common phrase is "yehiye b'seder" - it will be okay.