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A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: How Do You Eulogize a 13-and-a-half Year Old Girl?

By Paula Stern

You [God] gave me a present and now I am returning it to You. Take her. She is the flesh of our flesh. Hug her, because I will never again be able to touch her. Make room for her, so she can dance.

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: The 'Times of Israel'

By Paula Stern

There are days that the anger chokes you. Well, to the Times of Israel Staff, congratulations. I'm choking. I can only pray Hallel's parents are not reading your paper's reporting of the TERROR attack

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: What Religion Are We?

By Paula Stern

Our children grow in this land of Israel, strong and proud. We march through the streets of our land, unafraid and yet committed to helping others, seeking peace, treating others with respect.

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Facing the Enemy

By Paula Stern

Here in Israel, soldiers are an integral part of our society. The army not only knows this but encourages this. Yes, God protect them, they fight in wars but they protect us in our daily lives.

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: The Danger of a Politician with a Big Mouth

By Paula Stern

Though it is essential in a democracy to have an active opposition, Herzog has gone too far by attempting to subvert, undermine, weaken the government, and therefore the country itself.

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Random Acts of Being Israeli

By Paula Stern

A characteristic many don't see at first glance, or fail to recognize at all, is that Israelis are actually very kind people.

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Trying to Be Normal

By Paula Stern

The funerals continue here, and the stories of who they were and what they were able to accomplish before their lives were cut short will bring you to your knees.

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Her Future is My History

By Guest Author

I want to be Israeli because I want my children to be Israeli. I want them to be Israeli so that they don't feel like they have to hide, or live in a cloistered ghetto. I want them to be full and free

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Who Am I?

By Paula Stern

Who Am I? I am a Jew whose family was forever changed by the Holocaust; I am an Israeli, forever ready to welcome the world's Jews and more, ready to send our sons to protect our Nation

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: My Nakba

By Paula Stern

Israel is not perfect, but it is the one place Ive been that actually strives for perfection; Israel is a place where I don't feel out of place--even though I am not Jewish.

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Out Come the Flags...

By Paula Stern

All over Israel, Israeli flags are flying. The next 24 hours are among the hardest in Israel: Tomorrow night we will celebrate but before we do, we will mourn with all our hearts.

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: London is Doomed

By Paula Stern

Sadiq Khan, London's newly elected Mayor and lawyer to terrorists, might just inspire London's Jews to come home to Israel

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: From the River to the Sea; from the Ghetto to the Free

By Paula Stern

Tonight, as I sit here, a memorial candle burning nearby, I check the news. Five mortars were fired at Israel today

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Givati

By Paula Stern

My son Davidi has been drafted - into Givati...Givati is one of the units of ground forces. Givati can be in the most dangerous places.

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Six Million Tears

By Paula Stern

What I feel for the Nazis is timeless, endless and without bounds. It is a hatred so deep, it borders on poison

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: An Open Letter to King Adbullah II

By Paula Stern

Despite Israel's victory in the 6 Day War, in a move of monumental stupidity, Israel's Moshe Dayan handed over the keys to the Temple Mount to Jordan.

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: A Vacation Day in Israel

By Paula Stern

There is nothing like Chol Hamoed in Israel...

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: The Silence

By Paula Stern

The sound of the explosion is deafening...so too is the silence of the world.

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Today, In My Little Country

By Paula Stern

Today's bus bombing in Jerusalem was not about the occupation nor supposed economic hardships. It is...it was...it always will be about hatred.

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: An Open Letter to Bernie Sanders

By Paula Stern

Bernie, it sounds great when you tell the cameras you're "proud to be Jewish" but you need to be proud you are a Jew - a noun, Bernie, not an adjective. That's what it is to be a Jew - it is not a description, it is the essence..

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: In My Little Country

By Paula Stern

Manslaughter? For doing the right thing? When his own commanding officer admits the terrorist was NOT neutralized and that he feared the terrorist was armed with a bomb?

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Writing the Great Israeli Play

By Paula Stern

"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players;" and Israel, and ALL its inhabitants, are its greatest stage and players

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: But I Don't Want to Go to War

By Paula Stern

I don't want to think about going to war. In two out of three of the last wars, you've taken one of my sons and this time, you could take...all of them

A Soldier's Mother

The Greatest Threat to Israel Today... Comes from within

By Paula Stern

The Times of Israel, shared the video, its employee went on Facebook and accused, tried, and convicted the 19-year-old soldier...more, she sentenced him to "rot in jail."

A Soldier's Mother

S.O.S: Support Our Soldier

By Paula R. Stern

The terrorist was not checked properly. Had he been checked and neutralized, his jacket would have been off - if not, at very least opened.

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: To Rot in Jail or to Rot in the Ground

By Paula Stern

The soldier did not kill an "innocent" civilian. He killed a person with means and intent to murder soldiers or random innocent Israeli civilians.

A Soldier's Mother

Gadi Eizenkot Should Resign NOW

By Paula Stern

Eizenkot, resign! You can't send a 19-year-old boy into battle then hang him to dry for a mistake...IF he made a mistake

A Soldier's Mother

Pray for the World

By Paula R. Stern

Congratulations Europe, you saved the masses from my toothpaste! But you missed the damn explosives

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: What We Do to Ourselves

By Paula R. Stern

Why did I wear my "star"? Here once, Germany had labeled Jews, now I freely chose to label myself.

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Is it REALLY Because of the Occupation

By Paula R. Stern

Is their hatred because of the occupation? NO! It's because we are Jews-NOT about the occupation.

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: The Animal has been Caught!

By Paula R. Stern

Tzvika was known for greeting shoppers with kindness. He wasn't armed; he was attacked without mercy

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Praying for Tzvika

By Paula R. Stern

Arabs work here, shop here, see doctors here and Friday morning, tried to murder a security guard

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Stop and See the Beauty...

By Paula R. Stern

The "stuff" of our lives are different moments...different views. Remember to stop and see beauty

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: The Lost Wallet

By Paula R. Stern

The wallet was found but was it ever really lost when it was always in hands of people who cared?

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: My Israel

By Paula R. Stern

My Israel is the only place I have ever felt home; the only place I have never wanted to leave.

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Israel At the Forefront of Maternity / Paternity Rights

By Paula R. Stern

Mothers still take the first 6 weeks, but fathers can now take up to 8 paid days as paternity leave

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: What Next Summer Will Bring...

By Paula R. Stern

My Prayer: Israel-flood the tunnels; God-Let Hamas' missiles land and explode inside their borders

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: The Importance of Home

By Paula R. Stern

The trick with a soldier is to send him to base with a piece of home as a reminder of what's waiting

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: To be Grateful; To be Blessed

By Paula R. Stern

"Today, I am grateful for..." To say that EVERY day of one's life defeats one's enemies.

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: International Holocaust Remembrance Day

By Paula R. Stern

You want to remember the Holocaust, Europe? Great but please work harder at preventing the next one

A Soldier's Mother

The Perfect, Most Important Post You’ll Ever Read

By Paula R. Stern

As usual after tragedies and attacks, Israelis are united--if not in hope, than in pain and in anger

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Old Soldier...New Stories

By Paula R. Stern

The C.O. ran into camp screaming "Who's guarding the base? Where are your guards?"

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: The Saddest Thing I Read Today...

By Paula R. Stern

Israel's Left invited the Right to fight Administrative Detention...some have agreed. I don't.

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: The Gift of Housework

By Paula R. Stern

Winter is the season I love most in Israel: sweaters, rain, the feeling that the land is being fed

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Missing the Boy‏

By Paula R. Stern

I told my son the soldier the usual: I love you, stay warm, have a great week-take the brownies

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Dear Son, Wear the Damn Coat‏

By Paula R. Stern

Big difference between "fighters" & "jobniks" is the sense to wear a coat in a storm; Point Jobniks

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: A Daily War‏

By Paula R. Stern

Who goes to war? Torah says tzadikkim. If Haredim aspire to righteousness shouldn't they go to army?

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Remembering War‏

By Paula R. Stern

In war you don't know when you will next see your child...or, God forbid, IF you will see him or her

A Soldier's Mother

Yotam Shmuel...And the Missing Voice of Moderation

By Paula Stern

Yotam Shmuel is 18-months-old and will never walk on his own legs due to the Chords Bridge terrorist

A Soldier's Mother

I Hear the Sirens...

By Paula Stern

I hear the sirens and my heart cries. Jerusalem again...

A Soldier's Mother

Why CNN Failed AGAIN‏

By Paula Stern

It is no accident that CNN writes as it does - its anti-Israel agenda consistently shines through.

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: A Piece of Home in a Distant Land‏

By Paula Stern

For 5 whole minutes today in Europe I spoke Hebrew; light shone into my world-home in a distant land

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: A Quote that Touches the Heart‏

By Paula Stern

When ___(any Arab leader) leaves word to be awakened when his soldier is killed, there will be peace

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Alone...Even in a World of Supporters‏

By Paula Stern

Am Yisrael Chai-the nation of Israel lives. If that bothers our neighbors and others- so be it.

A Soldier's Mother

Yariv Oppenheimer, PLEASE Leave Israel

By Paula Stern

Leave Israel, Yariv. Find another place to live which you think shares the ideals you believe in.

A Soldier's Mother

The Krembo Response!‏

By Paula Stern

All over Israel today, people are laughing and smiling… It’s a bit ironic because honestly, we’re going through some rough times. A man who had moved here weeks ago was just stabbed. He’s 71 years old. And an 80 year old woman was stabbed too. Barbaric. Enough, after days and days of similar attacks, to […]

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: When the Arabs Make Our Point Better Than We Ever Can

By Paula Stern

The Left's shifting to the Right;the Right welcomes them because regardless of side we're one people

A Soldier's Mother

Walking in the Rain...‏

By Paula Stern

It's raining outside-what would you bring?

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Defiant...Determined...Dedicated...‏

By Paula Stern

The People of Israel Live: We are defiant; we are determined; and most of all, we are dedicated.

A Soldier's Mother

A Soldier's Mother: Beersheva Terror Attack Moments Ago‏

By Paula Stern

7 victims: 4 policemen, 1 soldier, 2 civilians. All to carry scars for life.

A Soldier's Mother

An Open Letter to the World

By Paula Stern

Dear World: This morning, a Palestinian woman blew herself up on the road that goes past my city.

A Soldier's Mother

One Attack at a Time

By Paula Stern

When you are a soldier's mother, you cope by learning the concept of "one day at a time."

A Soldier's Mother

Josh Earnest Wants Us All to Just Get Along‏

By Paula R. Stern

"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."

A Soldier's Mother

The End of Yemen's Jews

By Paula R. Stern

Yemen declared all Jews there must convert to Islam, leave, or be killed. 180 Jews still live there.

A Soldier's Mother

Keeping A Sense of Humor

By Paula R. Stern

The terrorist was killed by a bullet to the center of his forehead; not surprisingly it hit no brain

A Soldier's Mother

Levels of Tragedy

By Paula R. Stern

Eitam and Na’ama Henkin never lived to see their children grown, never see them marry...

A Soldier's Mother

In Eight Weeks, The Journey Begins Again‏

By Paula R. Stern

Israel's soldiers have our faith, they have our prayer, and they have our love.

A Soldier's Mother

Sealing Your Fate

By Paula R. Stern

HaShem, watch over our sons and daughters, the soldiers of Israel; G'mar hatima tova to all

A Soldier's Mother

Is Israel Afraid of Iran?

By Paula R. Stern

I'm more concerned by US policies which drive Israel closer to WW III than I'm concerned about Iran

A Soldier's Mother

A Whimsical City

By Paula R. Stern

Jerusalem, where one is blessed by beggars, large lions line streets, & umbrellas hang from heaven.

A Soldier's Mother

School Daze: The Story of a Rocket

By Paula R. Stern

Though it missed, the rocket's story is simple: It had 1 target-our children-on school's opening day

A Soldier's Mother

Summer's End

By Paula R. Stern

If the world's winds of hatred bring Jews to Israel we are ready, joyfully offering them a home here

A Soldier's Mother

When Is A Dolphin a...Zionist Spy?‏

By Paula R. Stern

Spain's SeaWorld canceled Zionist-spy dolphin's performance unless it supports a Palestinian state

A Soldier's Mother

Why Israel Will Never Be Defeated‏

By Paula R. Stern

So long as Jews dance for the sheer pleasure of thanking God, Israel will never be defeated!

A Soldier's Mother

Remembering Israel

By Paula Stern

What is left to say when a 16 year-old is dead? How will her mother and family endure without her?

A Soldier's Mother

Is Jonathan Pollard a Hero?‏

By Paula Stern

The US doesn’t want Pollard & he doesn’t want America- release him with 1 condition: No return to US

A Soldier's Mother

CNN and Terror - When Hypocrisy Rules

By Paula R. Stern

Dear CNN: When hypocrisy rules a media outlet, its mandate to call what they do "journalism" expires

A Soldier's Mother

Chamberlain Lives

By Paula Stern

Possible, but not easy to "out-bargain" an Iranian; you need guts and strength. Obama lacks the guts

A Soldier's Mother

When You Choose to Laugh

By Paula Stern

You should be "seated" when you hear this joke; it's got a "bang-up" punchline!

A Soldier's Mother

Outrageous, Offensive, Improper, Incorrect, Wrong, Just WRONG‏

By Paula Stern

I encourage the Times of Israel editors to re-balance their site before ToI loses all credibility

A Soldier's Mother

Jabotinsky and the Light Rail‏

By Paula Stern

Note the rocks' size in the hands of these Arabs as they prepare to attack the Light Rail

A Soldier's Mother

Stand With Israel Today at the UN (and Around the World)‏

By Paula Stern

It’s time to stand up against the bias & no longer accept the constant UN prejudice against Israel.

A Soldier's Mother

How Can You Murder an Angel?‏

By Paula Stern

Malachi Moshe Rosenfeld, injured in a terror attack in Samaria, has died (HYD)

A Soldier's Mother

In the Name of Allah and Ramadan

By Paula Stern

Allah is NOT merciful: Stabbing, beheading, shooting innocents is barbaric & cowardly acts of terror

A Soldier's Mother

Dear Palestinian Shooter - How the Heck Did You Do That?

By Paula R. Stern

Dear Muslims, Happy Ramadan. It's clear from the news that your people are having a "bang-up" month

A Soldier's Mother

Speechless at the Idiocy of the UN‏

By Paula Stern

UN says Hamas tried to warn us of rocket attacks? I was here. Not once did those...I want to scream

A Soldier's Mother

Minimizing Harm to Civilians - Israel vs. Hamas

By Paula Stern

The difference between the IDF and Hamas is the difference between Good and Evil

A Soldier's Mother

They Attacked My Son's School...

By Paula Stern

Arabs climbed onto the yeshiva fence and..God, they shot..firecrackers into the yard starting a fire

A Soldier's Mother

Ambulance Stories

By Paula Stern

Doctors treated the terrorist. I can't imagine how it feels to work to save the life of a terrorist.

A Soldier's Mother

France without Jews‏

By Paula Stern

France not wanting to be Judenrein is understandable; Isn't what's best for French Jews the issue?

A Soldier's Mother

It's Not My Responsibility

By Paula R. Stern

If your nation does wrong, isn't it your responsibility to accept responsibility to counter evil?

A Soldier's Mother

And My Nomination for this Year's Darwin Awards Is...

By Paula R. Stern

The story likely to be reported will assign all the blame to Israel and none to the Palestinians.

A Soldier's Mother

Swim 4 Sadna‏

By Paula R. Stern

Sadna's programs for young people with special needs helps them become more than believed possible

A Soldier's Mother

Yo, Frank...You Hear About the Rockets Fired at Israel?‏

By Paula Stern

If Gaza fires rockets at Israel and misses, Gaza is still guilty and should be punished. Hard.

A Soldier's Mother

Memorial Day...theirs and ours...‏

By Paula R. Stern

To friends in America: Wishing someone "Happy Memorial Day" means you don't understand the holiday.

A Soldier's Mother

What DOESN'T Make the News‏

By Paula Stern

100% of the 'First Responders' helping those Arab school girls were Jewish and they didn't hesitate!

A Soldier's Mother

The Shame of Virginia

By Paula R. Stern

For the record, the grand total of Jewish grandmothers in Israel that have blown up ANYTHING: ZERO!

A Soldier's Mother

A Sense of Humor Gone Wrong

By Paula Stern

Josh Earnest told journalists not to expect a meeting between Obama & Bibi soon; That's OK with us!

A Soldier's Mother

Bragging about Israel‏

By Paula Stern

If you leave it to the world news, you'd never know the numerous miracles Israel's doing in Nepal...

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