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1) Posted Nov 19 2008

Why Should I Suffer?

By Dov Gilor

There is a great scene in "Fiddler On The Roof" where a donor gives a beggar one kopek. "Why only one kopek?" asks the beggar. "I had a bad week," replies the donor. "If you had a bad week," responds the beggar, "why should I have to suffer?"

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2) Posted Oct 22 2008

Where Are We Today?

By Dov Gilor

Many Americans may wonder how it is possible for Ehud Olmert to still be prime minister of Israel after having resigned on September 21.

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3) Posted Jul 23 2008

A Great Victory For The Arabs

By Dov Gilor

Two Israeli soldiers have been returned from captivity - dead!

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4) Posted Jun 18 2008

Status Normal

By Dov Gilor

Have you noticed that some problems just won't go away?

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5) Posted May 14 2008

Pray For Us

By Dov Gilor

Having recently celebrated Israel Independence Day, I wonder why so many Jews refuse to pray for the State of Israel and for our Jewish sons and daughters who serve in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

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6) Posted Mar 05 2008

Do You Understand?

By Dov Gilor

Do you understand the daily rocket attacks against Sderot, Israel?

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7) Posted Jan 09 2008

Enemies From Within

By Dov Gilor

When things get bad, I must remember that thousands of people in Israel are doing wonderful mitzvot daily, and we cannot become discouraged.

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8) Posted Dec 12 2007

Where Are Our Brave Maccabees?

By Dov Gilor

In recent weeks, there has not been much good news from Israel. Many of us had expected Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign due to the police investigations against him, but he has brazened them out.

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9) Posted Sep 19 2007

Too Close To Home

By Dov Gilor

Let me begin by wishing all of my readers a very happy and healthy new year. This past year was filled with many wonderful joys and several sorrows, but we thank Hashem for another year of life.

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10) Posted Aug 29 2007

Six Thousand Miles (Part IV)

By Dov Gilor

Part I of this series introduced the 6,000-mile driving tour to the Canadian Rockies that my wife, Barbara, and I took in the van driven by my brother, Avi, and our sister-in-law, Martha.

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11) Posted Aug 15 2007

Six Thousand Miles (Part III)

By Dov Gilor

Our fourth Shabbat was observed in Toronto. My former Chabad chavrusah, Yosef Baruch Spielman, had arranged Shabbat hospitality for us at the home of his niece and nephew, Elisheva and Rabbi Chaim Weinman.

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12) Posted Aug 01 2007

Six Thousand Miles (Part II)

By Dov Gilor

Part I of this series introduced the 6,000-mile driving tour that my wife, Barbara, and I took in the van driven by my brother, Avi, and our sister-in-law, Martha, to the Canadian Rockies.

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13) Posted Jul 18 2007

Six Thousand Miles (Part I)

By Dov Gilor

Like many other New Yorkers, during my 35 years of living in Brooklyn, I had rarely traveled outside the tri-state region and had never been to Florida, California, the National Parks or to most states outside the East Coast.

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14) Posted May 16 2007

Cancer Requires Chemotherapy

By Dov Gilor

Israel is celebrating 40 years since the reunification of our holiest city, Jerusalem, and the miraculous victory of the 1967 Six-Day War.

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15) Posted May 09 2007

I Am Afraid!

By Dov Gilor

I recently read a background story about presidential candidate Barack Hussein Obama online in the New York Times, and I seriously began to worry.

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16) Posted Apr 25 2007

The Close Connection

By Dov Gilor

Israel Independence Day is a very special celebration.

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17) Posted Jan 31 2007

O' Captain, My Captain

By Dov Gilor

I am upset. I am embarrassed. I am touched by the righteous anger of the average man. I am saddened by the lessons being learned by our children.

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18) Posted Jan 17 2007

Fifty Years Of World Bnei Akiva

By Dov Gilor

I recently joined an overflow crowd of more than 1,000 current or former Bnei Akiva members for a reunion at the Jerusalem Theater.

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19) Posted Jan 03 2007

Does Anyone Care?

By Dov Gilor

In 2002, Israel surrounded the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem to restrain a group of 39 Arab terrorist gunmen who were firing at them from inside the church.

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20) Posted Dec 20 2006

Chelm Revisited

By Dov Gilor

We recently returned to Israel after a short visit to the United States.

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