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Cheshvan 6, 5769, 11/4/2008
Those Phone Calls Again
It's good news, bad news. The good news is that Israel's election season is much shorter than the American one, which can be best described as never ending. The bad news is that ours has begun. Even if I didn't keep up with the news, I'd know now, because... I got one of those phone calls: "Please answer this survey. It's only one question:
Any guesses which number I pressed and why?
 In the Likud primaries, would you vote for Land of Israel loyalist Michael Kleiner, who is running with Benny Begin? - Press one for yes,
- two for no and
- three for undecided."
All I could think of was who's this Michael Kleiner? Where has he been the past few years? If he's such a Land of Israel Loyalist, why hasn't he been busy working, campaigning, demonstrating etc? MK's Arieh Eldad and Effie Eitam were injured at Amona. Where were Kleiner and Begin? They haven't visited endangered villages like Shiloh. Now that it's election time, suddenly they're interested! Former MK Michael Kleiner who left the Likud party a few years ago together with MK Benny Begin, speaks with ... Sorry Charley, or should I say Mickey? Suddenly, you woke up? Why haven't you been crying out in pain for the sake of Eretz Yisrael all along, or at least since Arik Sharon announced his dangerous Disengagement Plan? Benny Begin may be considered the most honest and uncorruptable in Israeli public life, but his, your timing makes you both look like opportunists. As I tried to explain to the Hatikvah leadership, those delusioned idealists trying to promote MK Dr. Arieh Eldad as the "last hatless hope" for Israel's right wing, there are tried and true, tested and reliable techniques and tactics for promoting ideas. One thing is that you must constantly work, not just during official campaigns. Politics is a very complex profession. You must work at it all the time, have stamina, endurance. You must promote an encouraging message, a vision to galvanize the people. Any guesses which number I pressed and why?
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Cheshvan 5, 5769, 11/3/2008
NRP--RIP?
For sure the venerable Yosef Burg is rolling in his grave, possibly even more than after some of son Avrum's statements. The news is that the Mafdal, National Religious Party leaders have disbanded the party. No, they haven't left politics. They have just decided that the party should metamorphis into something new, more marketable. So, is the NRP dead? I don't think so. Read the fine print. And stay tuned. MK's Orlev and Elon are calling it a religious party with non-Orthodox MK's too. Let's see what happens. Israeli politicians, Left, Right and Center, are running around in a panicky tizzy. It reminds me of the game "Musical Chairs," when the music stops and everyone's trying to quickly find a seat, so they won't be left standing and then forced to leave the game.
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Cheshvan 2, 5769, 10/31/2008
Malaria-- Election Fever
It's just minutes before Shabbat here. Of course, the best to do besides voting and thinking of whom to vote for is to pray. That's what I did at the Tel Shiloh yesterday. Here are a few election posts. First, two from America. I'll just give the the locations, east coast and west. And here's the election malaria post. Food for thought and for your prayers. Shabbat Shalom U'Mevorach
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The Eye of the Storm
by Batya Medad
A Unique Perspective
by Batya Medad of Shiloh
Batya Medad made aliya from New York to Israel in 1970 and has been living in Shiloh since 1981. Recently she began organizing women's visits to Tel Shiloh for Psalms and prayers. (For more information, please email her.) Batya is a veteran jblogger and recently stopped EFL teaching. She's also a wife, mother, grandmother, photographer and HolyLand hitchhiker, always seeing things from her own very unique perspective. For more of Batya's writings and photos, check out: Shiloh Musings And: me-ander |
