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Harriet GimpelThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
Sandstorms in the desert blown our way from the Sahara. My eyes itch. It irritates my throat. The government issues warnings. The Ministry of Health...
A few days ago, I read an article seeking a contemporary message in the Haggadah. When we read this book every year at the Passover seder table, with...
Returned from a local peace rally, convinced it has no influence. Yet my mood lifted. Classic revitalization that meeting the likeminded generates....
Thursday morning power walk after delay due to air raid siren, hoping not to encounter another while walking, charting my route calculating run time...
Saturday morning headline: war for uranium destruction. Other unattainable objectives no longer serve politicians’ justifications for war. Saturday...
When I get two or three text messages from concerned family or friends abroad in the same hour, while it could be coincidental, I check the news. New...
Preparing our family Friday dinner yesterday, we had one air raid siren compelling us to go into the safe room. So far, we’ve been able to turn off...
Not masquerading for Purim, it’s my true face – inability to take a stand. Guilty as accused: you changed your mind? Didn’t you just say the...
Sirens – 11:30 PM, 1:47 AM. Relieved the next siren only awakened us at 6:30 AM, followed by frequent sirens until 2:00 PM. Resuming after 9:00 PM....
Like automated entities we headed for our safe room when air raid sirens woke us at 8:30 this morning. Messages from abroad filling my WhatsApp...
Beating my chest Yom-Kippur style, a presumed act of personal and collective repentance, demonstrating my sense of shame, determined to assume...