Journal

Friends: It has been some time since I have communicated with you.  Five months after the attack of October 7th, it was time to return

It Would Have Been Enough At the Passover Seder we have many songs we sing.  Our table is always filled with people of different faiths

Puttin’ on the Ritz I remember one occasion when my second son was young.  One moment he was holding my hand, and the next he

Simple Math 136 hostages remain inside Gaza, 19 are women and two are children.  We pray every day, multiple times a day for their release. 

Deep Thoughts Jack Handey and Lorne Michaels (Saturday Night Live) worked together from 1991- 1998 when SNL brought Jack’s one-liners to thousands of Americans.  Lorne’s

Children, Sports and the Loss of Innocence Day 100.  136 hostages still being held in Gaza and if you were to look at my calendar,

No Good Choices You are in a pitch-black area.  As your eyes adjust to the smoky air and the deafening booms you see a twinkle

Why I Never Wanted to be an Ostrich In 1967 there were 394,000 people in Gaza.  In 1990 there were 776,000 people in Gaza.  Most

Operation Keep Them Warm Christmas has just passed in the Holy Land, and we took a break by spending the day in Tel Aviv.  Tel

Scars According to our friends at Brittanica, Terrorism is defined as:  “The calculated use of violence to create a general climate of fear in a population and thereby to

Hugs When I was a teenager, my Mother of blessed memory and I used to watch Dr. Leo Buscaglia on the Public Broadcasting Network  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhmUeAkP8X8.  Mom

Context When I applied to the University of Pennsylvania in 1987, I was turned down.  My second choice at the time, Carnegie Mellon, accepted me

Awoken Once Again At 6:30 AM on Saturday, October 7th we were awakened by air raid sirens as missiles began to reign upon the Holy Land. 

Hotel Hamas Apparently, Hotel Hamas gets a five-star review on Trip Advisor.  I’ve stayed at the Motel 6, and I’ve stayed at the Ritz Carlton. 

Welcome Home 50 Days.  The Sabbath has ended and we cannot get enough information about those coming home:  Adina Moshe, 72, a grandmother from Kibbutz

Loss The greatest pain a parent can experience is the loss of a child.  When we lost our son in 2021, our world crashed.  It

The Loss of a “Tzaddik” (Righteous Man) When Barack Obama ran for President his campaign slogan was “Change We Can Believe In.”  It was an

Lessons: When I had young children in school I taught them to never raise a fist first.  Never.  It was forbidden in my home.  It

The Wonder of 40 Forty days is a long time.  It is also an important number.  When Noah was on the Ark, the flood lasted

Friends: As my closest friends often remind me, I am “far from perfect.”    In my journal released yesterday I mistakenly identified Ismail Haniyeh, one

Kfir Bibas and Our Missing Children “Israel, Israel you can’t hide, we want Jewish genocide.”  This is the chant being heard on ivy league campuses,