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From hindsight to foresight: TAC SIGHT

Zahava Englard — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:09:04 +0000

On Israel’s southern border sits the new community of Bnei Netzarim, one of three Halutziot communities on the sand dunes of Halutza, south of the Gaza Strip and to the east of Israel’s border with Egypt. B’nei Netzarim’s inhabitants are comprised primarily of families that were forced from their homes in Gaza (Gush Katif) by [...]

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The cesspool of hypocrisy

Zahava Englard — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:33:54 +0000

There are many who insist that Israel should consider world opinion. And why shouldn’t she? Glad you asked. I’ll tell you why. In a nutshell, world opinion of today is generated by morally corrupt governments and their NGO’s, their vile performance orchestrated with petrol dollars, disseminated by thugs in suits promenading proudly through the halls [...]

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With eyes wide opened, we’ll continue to sing

Zahava Englard — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:48:53 +0000

It never made sense to me, the designation of one day a year to remember the victims of the Holocaust. Wasn’t it something that we should always carry with us? Shouldn’t the flame of remembrance be a constant in our hearts and in our minds? What was this devotion of paying lip service for one [...]

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Breaking bread with Christians

Zahava Englard — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:47:42 +0000

The other night I broke bread with Christians. I had dinner at a friend’s house along with four other guests who were Evangelical Christian Zionists. It was Erev Shabbat and it was one of the most enjoyable evenings I’ve had in a long time. Two of them were Pastors in a Church in Michigan. Each [...]

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The hijacking of Judaism

Zahava Englard — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 14:35:14 +0000

One day, I would like to practice classical Judaism. You know, the true Judaism, the authentic Judaism, the one given to our ancestors while wandering the desert. The problem is I’m not sure what that is. Recently, Ophir Ben Shetreet, an orthodox Jewish girl competed on the Israeli show, The Voice, and thoroughly engaged the [...]

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Pride, Gratitude and Privilege

Zahava Englard — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 08:33:20 +0000

A few months after making aliyah six and a half years ago and establishing a home for my family in Gush Etzion, I wrote a letter to family and friends back in the States during the week that commemorated the Lamed-Heh platoon. I’d like to share it with you. Dear all, Today was a very [...]

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Somebody has to say it.

Zahava Englard — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:37:54 +0000

I have a few issues that I believe must be addressed by the new or not so new government coming into power at the end of the month. No, it’s not about security, Iran, annexation of Judea and Samaria or the Muslim Brotherhood. It’s about Tampons. Has anyone ever wondered why tampons are taxed to [...]

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The Death Camp Debate

Zahava Englard — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 12:37:32 +0000

Upon the culmination of the 11th grade, it is customary for students throughout Israel to visit the death camps in Poland on school-organized trips during the summer. Likewise, many yeshivot in Israel that welcome students from abroad plan yearly trips to Poland. Auschwitz of course is the main draw. The other night, at my daughter’s [...]

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Taking a break from Israel

Zahava Englard — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:17:34 +0000

I fantasize about escaping − disappearing, going underground beneath a veil of a Christian façade – concealing myself away in Small-town, USA, where everyone eats vanilla ice cream, dances to the same tune and steals kisses beneath the coveted mistletoe. The yoke of one’s Jewishness, Israeliness and the burden of every loathsome article and act [...]

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Treading In Liberal Waters

Zahava Englard — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:40:11 +0000

The other night, I was invited to go to a lecture by a friend of mine, B, who is very much the liberal thinker. Yes. I really do have one or two of those. It was a lecture series on Jewish philosophy and how Judaism looks at world religions. I know. The title didn’t do [...]

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World, we’re sorry that more of us didn’t die

Zahava Englard — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 11:56:15 +0000

Yes world, we’re sorry that more of us didn’t die, as that was the root cause in your drive to bring Israel to her knees and castrate her. As if Tinker Bell sprinkled magical pixie dust on the UN and the US, its leaders woke up from their slumber, suddenly cognizant of the thunderous noise [...]

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A letter to Hillary

Zahava Englard — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:19:28 +0000

Dear Hillary, You’ll have to pardon us, but, you see, we here in Israel are kind of busy fighting for our right to exist and we’re really not up to entertaining any annoying guests right now. You would just be in the way. It would have, however, been nice to see you BEFORE it came [...]

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Dealing with the real

Zahava Englard — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 07:37:03 +0000

Saturday night, November 9th, I drove my son, Rommi to the bus stop where he would catch the bus to join his unit and then embark on another 10-day training course in the shetach (training field). At the age of 21, he’s a vatik, an ol’ timer soldier, who has already been through two and a [...]

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Israel at the Defining Moment of the Inevitable

Zahava Englard — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:03:14 +0000

I don’t pretend to be a military strategist. I don’t pretend to know it all. Nevertheless, having spent my youth growing up in a rough area of New York City, you tend to pick up on things and become streetwise out of sheer necessity. You know when to walk, when to run and when to [...]

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Bibi, what are you waiting for?

Zahava Englard — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 19:53:33 +0000

Obama’s winning the presidential election…again, paved the way for the Arab flames of fury to blaze its way toward Israel in its never-ending, unquenchable lust for her absolute destruction. As if on cue, once the final tally was in for the coveted seat in the oval office, the barrage of missiles began raining down over [...]

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