The new concern in the American-Jewish community is the number 25. According to a Gallup poll conducted in the midst of the Gaza war, 42 percent of all Americans supported Israel’s action. Among people aged 18 to 29, that number was 25 percent.
A projectile from fighting in the Syrian civil war struck the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Thursday and Israeli forces responded by attacking a Syrian army position, the military said.
“I’ve had a great life”, insisted Joan Rivers. “If I dropped dead right now, nobody’s going to say ‘So young’. I’ve had such a great ride.”
Israelis living on the Gaza border have warily returned home after fleeing mortar and rocket fire during a seven-week war but they are angry with the government and fear it is just a matter of time before their villages are targeted again.
At first, the idea of going on a Birthright trip seemed silly, at best. I’d already been to Israel, twice – once on a family trip when I was 15 and first exposed to lax drinking laws and Jewish college boys, and again before my senior year of high school, on a Write on Fellowship trip.
Paul Gaugin, the famous 19th-century French artist, commented: “When I want to see clearly, I shut my eyes.”
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