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Elul 11, 5769, 8/31/2009
Human Rights, Free Enterprise
As usual, I'm having trouble deciding which of my Shiloh Musings articles to post here. Don't be shy in letting me know if you think I made a mistake. My me-ander is a different sort of blog; some of you may find it interesting. You'll see a different side of me there. Human Rights, Free Enterprise Human rights, civil rights, free enterprise, natural growth, capitalism... We can throw Darwin in too, the survival of the fittest and all that. We have a major housing shortage and over-crowding in Shiloh.  Our neighborhood synagogue is being almost doubled in seating capacity. The committee has done a miraculous job finding ways to expand it and quickly. One of the advantages of being in a climate where it doesn't rain in the summer is that building additions is easier. No covers were needed from rain. OK, I should have worn a sun hat and sunscreen on Shabbat. My seat isn't too exposed, but some of my friends kept changing their places as they chased the shade.  There are dozens of temporary, quickly built homes like these, constructed on site, like giant lego or tinker toys.  Luckier families, who already own real homes are expanding them to suit their needs. In the rest of the world, or for Arabs a couple of kilometers away, this would be no big deal, but the world makes different rules for Jews in the our HolyLand. And unfortunately, our Israeli politicians concentrate their efforts on currying favor with our enemies, rather than doing what's best for Israel.
Enough of the hypocrisy! Let the international politicians, world community and "moralists" concentrate on real problems like Iran, Arab terrorism, cancer and pollution. In the meantime, we're busy living and building. Just mind your own business!
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Elul 8, 5769, 8/28/2009
What Wasted Votes!
There's always more on Shiloh Musings and me-ander. The following post also appears on Shiloh Musings, where there has been quite an interesting response. Shabbat Shalom u'Mevorach!I feel like a broken record, repeating time after time, that most people who voted for Likud had wasted their votes. They trusted that Bibi's "Center" campaign would get him in power to give us Right wing pro-Jews in the Land of Israel policies. Instead, as I suspected and blogged, he is using his power to give us Labor-Kadima and Loony-Left policies.
Sorry, chevra, but you've been had! Don't kvetch now about not liking Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's policies. Do something.Leave the Likud en masse and join the National Union, and that especially includes Likud MK's who, along with Moshe Feiglin's Manhigut Yehudit, are the guiltiest of this con. They gave the Likud a "Mehadrin Hechsher--strictest approval" that a vote for Likud would ensure a strong and Jewish Israel, protecting Jewish Rights in our HolyLand.
Things will not get better within the Likud and we don't have time for Feiglin's plea for "patience."
Shabbat Shalom u'Mevorah
May you have a peaceful and blessed Sabbath
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Elul 6, 5769, 8/26/2009
2 For 1: Am I Stupid? Choose A Foreign Capital
Just a reminder that I post more frequently on Shiloh Musings and me-ander. Maybe I'm Stupid I just don't understand this "agreement negotiation" as a condition to "peace talks." All of these "conditions" before the "real talks" seem to cover what should be discussed, if you believe that "peace" can be negotiated between a country under attack and the terrorists attacking it. Is the United States the enemy? If not, why are we negotiating with them? These negotiations are just the entry ticket to talks with the Arabs. So that means that whatever concessions the USA wrings out of Israel, the Arabs will start at that point and grind us down to nothingness. I just don't get it. Why are we participating in this horrendously dangerous game? One of Bibi's Better Soundbites This is all so obvious, but unfortunately rare to hear it from an Israeli politician in power: Netanyahu to UK: Jerusalem is Sovereign Capital of Israel Actually in this speech, he gets even better. "Jerusalem is not a settlement. It is the sovereign capital of the State of Israel, and Israel will not accept limits on its sovereignty there," he told reporters bluntly. "We have been building in Jerusalem for 3,000 years." Moreover, growing Jewish families in the existing communities of Judea and Samaria need schools for their children and homes to live in, he added. "This is different from grabbing land," he emphasized, and said he hoped to find a "bridging formula" that would enable Jews living in the regions to live a "normal life."
Unfortunately, without consistent action, it's just empty words. And why distinguish between different cities, town, etc into "settlements" and "not settlements?" I don't understand why we don't arbitrarily decide which city we should recognize as capital of the countries which refuse to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's Capital City! Obviously, New York City is the Capital of the United States, and Liverpool is the Capital of Great Britain. Which cities/countries would you recommend?
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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 |
