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DO YOU HEAR THEIR WEEPING, Somewhere in Israel
Dear Family and Friends,
Somewhere in Israel tonight, there is a woman whose life has been pretty much like mine. She’s done laundry and shopping and picked the toys up from the floor hundreds of times. She’s planned menus and welcomed guests, bandaged [...]

Have you ever been in a conversation (or as happened to me tonight, been sitting next to someone in a conversation) when a third person comes up, interrupts the conversation, says “I am sorry for interrupting” and then proceeds to start talking to one of the people who had been involved in a conversation?
Am I [...]

Anti: House of Joy – I and II
Pro: Chayyei Sarah – I, II, III, IV
Indifferent: Hirhurim – I

from the NY Times…
An Israeli soldier and his sister, a settler in Neve Dekalim, comfort each other near a synagogue.
An Israeli settler and his daughter resisted as police attempted to escort them from their home in Kfar Darom.

From the Nefesh B’Nefesh Yahoo Group:

Hi all from sunny Israel,
I just wanted to share one thing for all those people yet to come. Someone, on one of these boards (thank you SO much, by the way), told us something that has made SUCH a difference. They told us to always consider your first [...]

Below is probably the saddest Arutz-Sheva email I have ever received. I quote verbatim (emphases added):
1. Violent Expulsion Begins in N’vei Dekalim Synagogue
By Hillel Fendel
Following hours of waiting, the army/police have begun the violent expulsion of over 1,000 youths in the N’vei Dekalim synagogue.The expulsion is being reported to be harder than the police thought.
At [...]

The one’s who got through…

Today, among other things happening in Israel, the fifth (of six) Nefesh B’Nefesh flight of the Summer landed at Ben Gurion airport. Although participants in the welcoming ceremony were asked to “Celebrate Aliyah” and “Focus on your friends and family”, it was just too much when (erstwhile cool politician, now a left-wing Sharon and Peres [...]

Congratulations to Katie-Yael for getting all of her worldly possessions packed and shipped. Without panicking (too much).
Update: Mazal Tov to all of the new olim. Good Luck.

Update: It appears that Dov has finished with this series (for now). Yeyasher kochacha and thanks for the chizuk!
Dov Gilor of the Jewish Press is authoring another series on aliyah as a follow up to his True Role Models series. This one is called Modern Role Models.
Aliyah to Israel helps the country grow and remain [...]