On the Anniversary of Entebbe, Malkah is Home on the Range
Latest update: July 6th, 2012
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Malkah shooting at Caliber 3
Photo Credit: Yishaei Fleisher
As for me, I saved a bullet casing that fell on the floor and the earplugs we were issued to wear on that day. I’m putting them aside for my kids. We all want to leave our children our treasures when we die (don’t worry, I don’t plan on dying for at least another 88 years). We pass on our diamonds, our stocks, our properties, our books and photographs. But I’m going to leave these little trinkets for them to cherish – because they are just as valuable and prized an inheritance, and something I think will mean more to them than the cash (God willing, lots and lots of cash).
See, with anyone else, anywhere else, it would’ve been just another day at the range. But for me, on the 27th of Sivan, with Shai Ish-Shalom, in Judea, with our Tavor, at Caliber 3, it was the passing of a torch. I joined a long line of Jewish history and heroism, and became part of the deep and primal beauty and bravery of the Real Israel. Be the next.
tell a friendAbout the Author: Malkah Fleisher is a graduate of Cardozo Law School in New York City. She is an editor/staff writer at JewishPress.com and co-hosts a weekly Israeli FM radio show. Malkah lives with her husband and two children on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.
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Thanks to Stephen, David, Yori, Rafi, Yishai, Sharon, and Shai!
Very cool
Malka you are nothing like Bar Refaeli, you don't look like a draft dodger!
Next time we go to a plowshare range.
What a cool lady….
thanks dude
Dude???? I'm a woman probably old enough to be your ima.
sorry ma'am, for me 'dude' is a gender-free badge of awesomeness. Thanks for reading!
Dood in Hebrew means "friend", doesn't it?
I haven't lived in the States for 25 years…not up on the slang any more.
You're SO welcome Mrs. Fleisher–anytime!
Wonderful writing, Malkah!
thanks!!
I wrote earlier but it was taken from me, so I'll simply say I think it's great that she learns how to shoot a gun; and like the others I too believe it's very well written.
All should be well with a good week and good Shabbat.
Shalom, Shalom, Yosef of Oklahoma and Texas.
the righteous and braves deserved noteworthy praise! may their tribe increase!
So true. I was told it was a Mitzvah to teach our kids to swim as it may save their life one day. The same can be said of the martial sciences… Training in my family is mandatory
Not a well written article–Malkah Fleisher a thief!
You're not a very happy person, are you?
Yori Yanover What's wrong with this guy?
anti zionism is just the P.C. version of plain old anti semitism. sod off r.c. fowler
a thief? you mean thief of hearts, right?
Yori Yanover Just being honest Mr. Yanover!
John P Center How do you go from "not a well written article and Mrs. Fleisher being a thief" by her own admission–to anti Semitism?
Logically one cannot–but you Mr. Center are an ignorant fool–as disapproving of an author's writing style and of their thieving does in no way equal anti Semitism!
Mr. Fowler, what did she steal?????
yeah? what did I steal? The bullet casing? I don't think anyone needed that. The earplugs – I mean, I'm not sure it's so hygenic to hand those back in…
Clever retort, Malkah!
great article malkah,
bravo Malkah. the girl in the picture is my grand daughter who was born in Jerusalem. may you be a great example to her.
Ish-Shalom said: ”We know that [battle] can bring us to die. And we’re willing to die… we know that’s what it takes, and we’re willing to take it.”.
This is not only the attitude of someone who is living for something much higher than himself, but also the only way to be Truly liberated from the impeding worldly darkness.
If more of us felt this way, we would be unstoppable. Thank you for this article, Malkah Fleisher.
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