Far from home

Far from home …

77th birthday for the Land we call Home

Celebrating the heroic gift of our Soldiers and our Iron Dome

Recognizing the struggles of turning darkness into Light

Becoming one in coexistence of our Right and our Fight

Shutting out the voices that lead us to fear

While holding on strongly to a path of Hope that is Clear

Living among yet so far from our Sisters and Brothers

Always searching for connections and so grateful to their Mothers

Sending them off to become something so Great

Only to sit up and lose sleep while they wait

But Today we raise glasses and fly our Flag high

So tomorrow we will make sure that our People will Rise

Above all the chaos sadness and heart break

Our journey in Truth we will never forsake

This is our Homeland and she is seventy seven

My tears are of Joy and are reaching the Heavens

Happy birthday My Love My Sister My Home

I will be with you Always you are Never Alone

Israel 77
Far from home

About the Author

Co-Founder and Executive Director of Liumi West Retreat. As a teacher, writer, and facilitator of Jewish educational seminars and curriculum, Shayndel Plotkin is passionate about working with women, children, and families to help them grow and develop – spiritually and personally. Her background in the Jewish community, Jewish education, and Israel advocacy began in the South Florida community more than twenty years ago as a writer for the Jewish press, and then as the Israel Experience Director for the Commission for Jewish Education. She has recently been certified as a female farmer in the state of Florida. Shayndel is a writer of novels, children's stories, a professional memoirist, and writer for several international magazines. She holds a Master of Arts in Jewish Education from the Pardes Institute and Hebrew College, and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Communications from Florida State University. Shayndel is a graduate of Midreshet Rachel Seminary in Jerusalem, where she studied Jewish texts and philosophy for three years. Shayndel is married to Rabbi Baruch Plotkin and together they have seven children.