Comments on: Any Given Sunday…..in Sderot, Israel

By: Palestine? Tell the UN NO

Palestine? Tell the UN NO — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:29:54 +0000

Excellent piece on a terrible reality.

By: Palestine? Tell the UN NO

Palestine? Tell the UN NO — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:29:54 +0000

Excellent piece on a terrible reality.

By: Natan Epstein

Natan Epstein — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:57:48 +0000

Meredith Stoloff Gantshar We disagree on what is fit to use in a discussion … I personally do not see any line crossed when saying "excuse me lady" , Now i can see why you would join forces with him however as i stated above countless times he isn't who he says he is .. or at least what is portrait by his image isn't his true ideology , i am here to expose him and his ideology to all those who are thinking of supporting his cause , he is an opportunistic politician one can only ask why he got turned down by many party's he contacted , Now YES this is an attack on his political affiliation as he represents with his kippa a large group of religious Anglo's and i want to stop his cause (legally ) I am not on a personal vengeance as he never did anything to me personally , i just see him as a no go in politics since he is going to hurt our people (and by our i mean the jewish people ) Now you can go ahead and label me as an extremest or whatever you would like to call me but i am still with the opinion's i have discussed above , If you do not enjoy the way i write don't bother responding back to me or at least please don't lecture me how to speak to others .

By: Meredith Stoloff Gantshar

Meredith Stoloff Gantshar — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:47:33 +0000

First of all, "excuse me lady" is very offensive and you have crossed all lines. Second, I am not a Dov Lipman supporter in terms of politics, but I was with him on 3 different occasions when my inner activism was in line with his, including a shabbat in Itamar and the Sderot trip. I simply saw Dov as someone who truly cares
about all Jews even if I don't always agree with his politics. Third, Dov's entire column was about how people can help the residents of the South. Again, I have no connection to Dov politically, but intuitively I saw in him during each of these visits a pure spirit of Ahavat Yisrael. From your numerous posts, however, I have seen hatred and animosity, two traits not befitting a young Jewish man. Furthermore, you have proven yourself not to be a journalist, but a vey opinionated activist who can be very successful if you learn to respect those who disagree.

By: Natan Epstein

Natan Epstein — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:09:13 +0000

I'm done here.

By: Natan Epstein

Natan Epstein — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:08:57 +0000

Meredith Stoloff Gantshar He gains political "power" Amongst his supporters who use this to promote him … This is exactly what t is a political blog .

Judging by a first look of the bog it is indeed non political but when you look t his background and what he represents its way different then what is written here .

By: Meredith Stoloff Gantshar

Meredith Stoloff Gantshar — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:06:00 +0000

Is that better?

By: Meredith Stoloff Gantshar

Meredith Stoloff Gantshar — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:05:51 +0000

But Natan, I respectfully reiterate that Laura reposted a piece meant to raise awareness on the severity of the situation in the South. It focused on the individuals we spoke with. It not a political piece. Sometimes a meaningful event is just that. Let it go.

By: Natan Epstein

Natan Epstein — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:58:38 +0000

Meredith Stoloff Gantshar Excuse me lady if i have opinions that differ from yours and that do not sound as PC as you would like them to be , but i never tried to turn this into a personal thing , there is a difference on what your attacking me on and what i am actually saying , y are attacking me right now n a personal level when i am actually spending my time to show why on an ideological (not personal ) level Dov has no right to speak of Sderot and support them the way he does given the facts presented above countless times already , Now one more thing i am not a soldier no more , i am a journalist who has an opinion and has every right to express them in any way i feel is right i am giving facts you are giving me what ? and if i got you and some other dov lipman supporters angry i must be doing something right here .

sorry laura for making this thread violent , didnt mean to do so , what can i say ? i am an opinionated guy .

By: Meredith Stoloff Gantshar

Meredith Stoloff Gantshar — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:50:20 +0000

Natan, you have succeeded in entirely missing my point. I am talking about offering the residents of the South what THEY need versus doing what makes one look good. That may be hard for you as I see from your extensive reply that it is all about YOU. And I dont recall crticizing you or implying that you were hiding from rockets. Go back to playing with your guns and leave the empathy to the grown-ups. You poison every intelligent debate with your mean-spirited and disrespectful comments.

By: Natan Epstein

Natan Epstein — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:39:25 +0000

Meredith Stoloff Gantshar

By: Natan Epstein

Natan Epstein — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:36:56 +0000

Meredith Stoloff Gantshar I actually served in Gaza so spare me the criticism i know exactly how it is to hide from kassam rockets on a daily basis as i served in a base called tzeleem and had kassam rockets fall in my base right near me … secondly , i have every right to criticize him because his party he is running for have views that got us into this mess in the first place …. They might not know Dov Lipman as a politician however he is using their cause in order to gain votes within the Anglo community … Guess what ? i dont believe him for a second since yaiir lapid said today that he still thinks the disengagement was the best thing we have done , when dov goes out there and is running for the Knesset under that part's umbrella one can only do 1+1 and i am all for supporting them , using their situation to gain votes when your party differs from those views is hurtful and disrespectful .

By: Meredith Stoloff Gantshar

Meredith Stoloff Gantshar — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:30:41 +0000

You know what Natan?? This isnt the time or the place. I know you love to let off steam at Dov's posts and I don't mind saying that I can appreciate reading different perspectives, but you are out of your league on this one. Your comment about going to Sderot to pick up extra votes is beyond juvenile. I know what the visit to the South accomplished because I was there. The people who spoke with us requested one thing: public awareness. They WANT photos and media coverage of the daily barrage of rockets that they receive because they want it to STOP! And when the whistle of incoming rockets reached our ears, I assure you that noone was thinking about politics. We were too busy lying on the ground davening that noone would be taking shrapnel in their backs. Why dont you go down to Kfar Aza and speak with them yourself between tzeva adom warnings and maybe you'll find out what the people need. What they don't need is your political psychobabble. And BTW, the majority of the people we spoke with didnt know Dov as a politician. To them he was just one of a group of Jews who walked into a war zone to say "you arent alone, we are with you". Your criticism is the greatest insult after a day that left us all with an overwhelming feeling of simultaneous anger, devastation, and unprecedented inspiration.

By: Meredith Stoloff Gantshar

Meredith Stoloff Gantshar — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:30:41 +0000

By: Natan Epstein

Natan Epstein — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 12:08:11 +0000

Laura Ben-David i see the way you'r thinking i understand what you are taking from this blog , i do see dov lipman trying to gain extra votes by going out there then posting a blog about it even though it is inconsistent with his party's views ….