Batya Medad

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May 7, 2012, 2:08 PM

Bibi’s Bad Timing

IMHO, Prime Minister Binyamin Bibi Netanyahu has shown great weakness by calling for early elections, especially as they will be so soon after the planned summer faux Social Justice festivities. The Leftist media here had been predicting the coalition's demise from...

Apr 10, 2012, 5:37 AM

American Slavery!

Most people refer to the theme of Passover in an abridged edition: "We were slaves in Egypt and now we are free." There's something very crucial missing here. The full statement is: "We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt and now we are...

Mar 31, 2012, 5:55 PM

Instead of Loving Syrians and Iranians…

Instead of Loving Syrians and Iranians... Let's See Israeli Leftists Love Jews Israeli Leftists are sending messages of love and support to Iranians and Syrians. This reminds me of the miss-placed sympathy for the pets Jews from Gush Katif were forced to...

Mar 18, 2012, 6:38 AM

Jordan is not Palestine!

I'm sick and tired of people who think they're saving Israel by telling the world (and themselves) that Jordan is Palestine. Mistake number one: Such a statement recognizes "Palestine" as a people deserving some land. Two: It recognizes that the land controlled by...

Mar 10, 2012, 7:56 PM

Bibi, Button Those Lips!

Maybe I'm senile, but as I remember, when then Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin sent the IAF to bomb the Iraqi nuclear reactor, he just did it and surprised everyone. That's the way to do it, Bibi. I also...

Mar 3, 2012, 7:36 PM

Making a Snowdrift out of a Snowflake

Years ago, snow surprised us, just like I didn't know the sex of my babies until they were born. Sometimes surprises are more fun. And we survived the snow way back when. Neighbors helped more. We heated with kerosene heaters,...

Feb 28, 2012, 11:18 AM

Don’t Fence Me In!

Well over thirty years ago, when my husband and I were looking for a yishuv, a Jewish community in either Judea or Samaria to be our new home, I started to feel claustrophobic. Every place we looked at was...

Feb 23, 2012, 6:08 PM

Shiloh, Why Not The Real Thing?

My Shiloh isn't the only Shiloh. There are all sorts of cities and towns around the world named Shiloh, and even Brad Pitt and his partner Angelina Jolie named their daughter Shiloh. After Brangelina's Shiloh was named, my blog...

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About Me

Batya was born in the USA and raised in NY in a rather assimilated Jewish home. In high school, she discovered Torah Judaism in NCSY, Jewish activism in SSSJ, and Zionism in Betar. Her and her husband made aliyah after their wedding. They first lived in Jerusalem, and moved to Shiloh in 1981. There, she began writing for various publications and blogs. Batya is the initiator of Women's Rosh Chodesh Prayers at Tel Shiloh.