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They Also Serve Who Wait and Worry
Besides limiting the TV viewing of his girls, ages 5 and 9, Finley said, \”I tell them, \’I\’ll let you know when it\’s time to worry.\’\”
\”When there\’s been a big battle,\” the rabbi continued, \”I tell them the next day, \’It was time to worry, but I forgot to tell you, so now you don\’t have to worry.\’\”
And so each day goes for the Finleys and thousands of American families like them, who desperately hope to learn something about the fate of their loved ones and try somehow to deal with knowing very little.
Kayitz is one of approximately 1,000 Jewish men and woman serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. They represent a fraction of the estimated 20,000 Jews among the 1.5 million in the U.S. armed forces.
Anxiety and Hope
What was once a thriving and influential community of 130,000 Jews in the 1940s has been reduced to less than 50 people, and no one in Los Angeles has been able to contact them for some time.
A Just War May Be Great Risk to Israel
As a stand-alone goal, the removal of Saddam, even killing him, is morally justified. From the Jewish point of view, he is a rodef, a pursuer.
We Soared With Ilan
Yuval Rotem, Israeli consul general for the Western United States, delivered these remarks at a Feb. 1 dinner for Pressman Academy,
honoring him and his wife, Miri, at the Airport Westin Hotel.
‘Light’ From Darkness
The UPS man brought an envelope containing a beautiful ray of hope, an exceptional picture book by Jane Breskin Zalben titled \”Let There Be Light: Poems and Prayers for Repairing the World\” (Dutton Books, $15.99).
Inspiration Burns in Flames of Menorah
Every Chanukah, I am struck by the beauty of my chanukiyah as the flames glow steadily against the darkness around them.
WUJS Wants A Sweet Year for Israel
When Kim Herzog dips apples and challah in honey this Rosh Hashana, she says she will be reaching extra deep to get some sweetness, because after six months in Israel, she and the country need it more than ever.
The Fruit of Peace
What did Moshe want? When it all came down to it, after Moshe accepted that he wouldn\’t be leading Israel into the land, what did he request of God? Not surprisingly, he asked nothing for himself, focusing instead on the people who would need to go on without him. As we read this week, \”Lord of the spirit of all flesh, appoint, I pray thee, a man to lead the congregation who will go out before them and who will come in before them, who will lead them out and who will bring them in.\”
Volunteer of Hope
Anna Krakovich\’s kind eyes and bright smile don\’t express the horror she experienced that tragic day eight years ago.
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