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Paula R. Stern is the co-founder of Retraining4Israel (www.retraining4israel.com), a new organization working to help olim make aliyah successful. Paula made aliyah over 30 years ago with her husband and their three children. She lives in Maale Adumim and is often referred to as “A Soldier’s Mother”. She is now a happy wife, mother of five (including two sabras), and grandmother, happily sharing her voice and opinions with others. She is also a senior tech writer and lead training instructor at WritePoint Ltd. (www.writepoint.com). Please visit her new website: www.israelheartbeat.com
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A hospital. A real hospital. A hospital dedicated to only one thing - healing people - any people, all people. And today, Iran bombed that hospital.
Your orange buildings don't move me. I know you mean well, so I've held my peace but I'm chocking with each one I see.
The land will hold you close and your memories will be forever blessed. We are so sorry...
So today, the rain is perfect. It matches our tears and washes our fears gently. Today is a day to remember that all is in the hands of God...no, not to be angry with Him. He did not murder our hostages. He is bringing them home and He will punish those who hurt His children. There is the justice.
I've thought about this - more times than I would like to admit.
It's time to make this the final war.
Never mind. We will continue to fight for the world you don't deserve because you may not have meant the words "never again" but we did, we do, we will.
It is important to understand that many who question October 7 are mentally challenged and mathematically rated as needing to be placed back in first grade.
We are close to finding out the fate of Kfir and Ariel Bibas. It is more than our hearts can handle. What are the chances that they are alive and if the are, please God, how will they ever learn to live in the light again, to trust again?
Please don't put my star, my menorah on your tree. You are not honoring my tradition that way, you are blurring the importance and the modesty of what we are about.
But the BIG attack hasn't come. Iran is slowly backing away after realizing how hard Israel plans to hit back...Hezbollah is losing commanders regularly.
Maybe the truth is in that coffee and maybe it's time to stop the lies. We, those people the world calls "settlers" are not filled with hate.
As Gaza lies in ruins, so too will Lebanon very soon.
It boggles the mind and so instead of Joe Biden, I remember Menachem Begin's response...we are not trembling Jews. We are the lions of Judea.
Today, I cried and felt broken and old for hours and hours until friends started reaching out, telling me the same advice I have given them in the past. Breathe. Just breathe. Pray for Israel. Pray for our soldiers. That is what we ask of you.
I thought of Kfir who was born free in our land, and still hatred has taken him from us. I thought of the lies told by the South Africans in the International Court of Justice and I thought of the lies told in Jedwabne.
I once loved the clouds... yet now, I don't know.
As hard as it was to have my sons serve Israel, I am infinitely proud that they have, that they do...Somehow, a few years ago, I felt I should stop this blog because I was no longer a soldier's mother 24/7. Now I realize that I am, that I will be, for years to come.
How ugly the world has become
Today, I cry for an America that has forgotten the lessons of 9/11 by supporting a terrorist regime
We don’t need these missionaries to “share” their testimonies, and their peace will never be ours until they respect us enough to honor our beliefs as they hypocritically demand we honor theirs.
Each time I traveled abroad, no matter where I traveled, I felt a difference, a concern, a warning. In a Greek port, divers went under our ship to make sure there was no bomb. In Italy, police boats escorted our ship in and back out to sea again and stationed a police car nearby. In […]
“What will Israel do?” seems to be the question of the day. We know what Biden’s America will do and we know what Europe will do, so it is left to little Israel, yet again.
This war that is beginning has perhaps been foretold from the start of time. And I tell you with great sadness that the Jewish people are under attack and there are two main components and one main reason...
When can we wish you a "Happy Anniversary" on YOUR aliya?
Long ago, I became a believer in the "You can't fix stupid" movement. Intelligence is not something that you can control. It is an innate part of your being. Stupidity, however, can be cured by education. So, what it comes down to is accepting that some people don't want to be educated. Some refuse to see Israel as it really is.
In the streets of Israel, there is the feel of war. As always, despite living on the brink of war, it always comes as a shock that this time we fell; this time it didn’t fizzle away to “relative calm” at the last minute. But this time, as we watch explosions over Tel Aviv, finally, there seems to be general consensus that this time is different.
Once again, yet again, it is time to make it very clear to our enemies that the choice is theirs. They can live with us in peace, or they will know no peace.
We are what we have always been, an eternal, blessed nation. Israel is one people and our unity must be as eternal. We must be as united the day before such tragedies as we are the day after.
And we will stand, as we have always stood – alone, but never alone. God will not allow; we will not allow the Iranians’ fate to be any different than that of Amalek, Haman, Hitler and the others.
When you have a list of what should be changed in Israel, and only when it is changed will you truly feel comfortable living here, Israel isn’t for you.
We’re here in our land. We too are watching. Ultimately, it is our skies, our land, and our job to defend. Thank you for coming and as is our tradition, we escort you above our home, through it, over it, and finally out of it.
The cat in the hat has left our fair shore, And here we are left, abandoned and poor.
Today in Europe, Jews were NOT invited to a commemoration of Kristallnacht in a small Swedish town
How dare those who live on distant shores offer to sacrifice Jerusalem for us. It is MY son on the front line defending this land, defending Jerusalem from the north, as my city defends it from the east. They have no right and more, they do much wrong.
The people of Israel don't "take a knee" -other than to God...not to our flag, our national anthem. Not to a king, a president, a concept. Take a knee? I'd rather America take heart. Have faith, America and be strong. You are a land of justice and freedom and you have so much to be proud of.
Our heroes will fight to stop the fires and they'll take the time to rescue the Torah scrolls that contain our faith, our dedication, the promise God made to us to give us this land.
The terrorist was not checked properly. Had he been checked and neutralized, his jacket would have been off - if not, at very least opened.
Congratulations Europe, you saved the masses from my toothpaste! But you missed the damn explosives
Why did I wear my "star"? Here once, Germany had labeled Jews, now I freely chose to label myself.
Is their hatred because of the occupation? NO! It's because we are Jews-NOT about the occupation.
Tzvika was known for greeting shoppers with kindness. He wasn't armed; he was attacked without mercy
Arabs work here, shop here, see doctors here and Friday morning, tried to murder a security guard
The "stuff" of our lives are different moments...different views. Remember to stop and see beauty
The wallet was found but was it ever really lost when it was always in hands of people who cared?
My Israel is the only place I have ever felt home; the only place I have never wanted to leave.
Mothers still take the first 6 weeks, but fathers can now take up to 8 paid days as paternity leave
A generation of Hadars, angels, watch over us and our land. May God watch over them and protect them
My Prayer: Israel-flood the tunnels; God-Let Hamas' missiles land and explode inside their borders
The trick with a soldier is to send him to base with a piece of home as a reminder of what's waiting
"Today, I am grateful for..." To say that EVERY day of one's life defeats one's enemies.
You want to remember the Holocaust, Europe? Great but please work harder at preventing the next one
As usual after tragedies and attacks, Israelis are united--if not in hope, than in pain and in anger
The C.O. ran into camp screaming "Who's guarding the base? Where are your guards?"
Dear Jews of France: You are "lobsters" waiting for better days while the water gets hotter & hotter
Israel's Left invited the Right to fight Administrative Detention...some have agreed. I don't.
Winter is the season I love most in Israel: sweaters, rain, the feeling that the land is being fed
Some say the current Intifada began as an act of revenge against Israel- honestly, that's nonsense.
I told my son the soldier the usual: I love you, stay warm, have a great week-take the brownies
Big difference between "fighters" & "jobniks" is the sense to wear a coat in a storm; Point Jobniks
Who goes to war? Torah says tzadikkim. If Haredim aspire to righteousness shouldn't they go to army?
The first break, the first announcement on Duma: Boy held 29 days in captivity... Released!
In war you don't know when you will next see your child...or, God forbid, IF you will see him or her
"So, I heard your recent statement about the..um...violence in Israel and I just had to write to tell you. Josh, you're an idiot."
Yemen declared all Jews there must convert to Islam, leave, or be killed. 180 Jews still live there.
The terrorist was killed by a bullet to the center of his forehead; not surprisingly it hit no brain
Ataollah Saleh, remember this lesson of history: Death comes to those who plot against the Jews
Eitam and Na’ama Henkin never lived to see their children grown, never see them marry...
Israel's soldiers have our faith, they have our prayer, and they have our love.
HaShem, watch over our sons and daughters, the soldiers of Israel; G'mar hatima tova to all
I'm more concerned by US policies which drive Israel closer to WW III than I'm concerned about Iran
Jerusalem, where one is blessed by beggars, large lions line streets, & umbrellas hang from heaven.
Though it missed, the rocket's story is simple: It had 1 target-our children-on school's opening day
Pols voting FOR Iran Deal, vote in favor of Israel's death & bear responsibility for ensuing deaths
If the world's winds of hatred bring Jews to Israel we are ready, joyfully offering them a home here
Spain's SeaWorld canceled Zionist-spy dolphin's performance unless it supports a Palestinian state
So long as Jews dance for the sheer pleasure of thanking God, Israel will never be defeated!
Dear CNN: When hypocrisy rules a media outlet, its mandate to call what they do "journalism" expires
Dear Muslims, Happy Ramadan. It's clear from the news that your people are having a "bang-up" month
If your nation does wrong, isn't it your responsibility to accept responsibility to counter evil?
The story likely to be reported will assign all the blame to Israel and none to the Palestinians.
Sadna's programs for young people with special needs helps them become more than believed possible
To friends in America: Wishing someone "Happy Memorial Day" means you don't understand the holiday.
For the record, the grand total of Jewish grandmothers in Israel that have blown up ANYTHING: ZERO!
A minute and a half? What if the kids are upstairs with earphones on and they don't hear the siren?
The book's 2 main points: Jewish self-hatred and anti-Semitism of the past are alive, even thriving
Israel is God's promise fulfilled; a tiny people wanting to live in peace, prepared to go to war.
We are told "From dust we were created and to dust we return" But not alone...a Jew, is never alone.
"Israel has nuclear weapons & it isn't afraid to use them if necessary-Does that frighten you? Good"
I heard men singing...I saw men dancing. Can you imagine? It's literally FREEZING out there! WOW!
It's time to let the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) protect our citizens.
I listened to what was supposed to symbolize a massive missile attack - sirens wailing all over Israel.
While there are many heartwarming tales told about Egged, sadly, the less than amazing is often more the norm.
The area around Rachel's Tomb has been fortified, cement barriers erected to protect those wishing to pray beside her grave.
A response to Ahmadinejad's vitriol from a Jew of Persian descent.
The upcoming President's Conference has a rich list of speakers and unlike some others, I personally don't think Stephen Hawking will be missed.
If anyone is restricted in Jerusalem today - it is we Jews, who are not allowed to move our lips in a whispered prayer, on the Temple Mount. But for today, I will think of the greater celebration.
