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Elul 12, 5768, 9/12/2008
My Students Surprised Me
Teachers, and people in general, take too much for granted. We presume... I remember getting very angry with an 11th grade class which wouldn't write the compositions the books made me expect them to. Later I discovered that they didn't know how to write proper compositions in Hebrew, so writing them in English would be doubly problematic.
But the truth is I'm glad that a generation is growing up more connected to Judaism.
 Another thing I took for granted is that they know the months of the year. Yes, they do, but the calendar they live by is in Hebrew, the Jewish Calendar. In Israel, checks are legal tender if the dates are Jewish, rather than goyish. My students weren't chareidi, who reject many non-Jewish things. But my students live in a Jewish world, and that may have been frustrating when they had no idea that May comes after March. But the truth is I'm glad that a generation is growing up more connected to Judaism. Shabbat Shalom U'Mevorach-- Have a Peaceful and Blessed Shabbat
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Elul 11, 5768, 9/11/2008
For 50G's
Hat tip, Jewlicious
Many American towns and cities are named for Biblical places. In those places, there are no laws preventing Jews from living and thriving. Not far from my parents is a Jericho, where unlike in the real article, there is a Jewish community.
Going to Alabama is like settling for rhinestones instead of diamonds.
As you know, I live in Shiloh, BibleLand, which bothers the American government. The American State Department doesn't want Jews living in our Holy City. I'm not interested in living in any of the imitation Shiloh's, like in California, Alabama, Florida, Georgia or more. In Alabama, there's a small city named Dothan, which has a Jewish community that is trying to beef itself up by offering a $50,000 package for Jews to settle there. The original Dothan/Dotan is a Biblical site. It's where Joseph's brothers sold him. Now, I think that Jews should live in Israel, the HolyLand, Bible Land, and I find it very ironic that davka, Dotan is offering money. If you're interested in Dotan, why settle for the imitation? There's a Jewish community in the Shomron, Mevo Dotan. Going to Alabama is like settling for rhinestones instead of diamonds.
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Elul 9, 5768, 9/9/2008
Still Stuck With Olmert
 Those over-ambitious Kadima MK's are straining at the bit hoping that Olmert will give them a chance to rule before the next elections decimate their numbers. Last night I had the unpleasant experience of hearing Meir Shitrit on Israeli TV bragging about how much harder he'd work to find some deal the Arabs would go for in a "quest for peace." Putting Olmert away for good won't be easy, so don't set the table for the party yet.
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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 |
