israeli politics

Tel Aviv University mourns the loss of Tomer Morad, a fourth-year student in the School of Mechanical Engineering, and Eitam Megini, a third-year student of Psychology and Computer Science, who died in the terrorist attack in Tel Aviv last night.

The university extends its deepest condolences to the mourning families.

We send strength to Tomer and Eitam’s classmates and professors, who have lost two much-valued and beloved students and friends.

This is a moment of trial for all of us at Tel Aviv University and in Israel.

Together we will stand against the wave of terrorism; together we will safeguard our community’s resilience and unity.

 

Prof. Ariel Porat, President.

Prof. Mark Shtaif, Rector.

Mr. Gad Frank,Director General

Ms. Lior Hazan, Chairwoman of the Student Union

 

 

Tel Aviv University mourns Read Post »

israeli politics

The morning after.  The purpose of a terror attack like this is to disrupt the sense of security of the population, and it works.  The two Kfar Saba boys killed last night were not at all the only victims.  The places in Tel Aviv and Jaffa will never mean the same thing = the Jaffa theater where I appeared last month, will now be the place where the terrorist was killed.  Dizengoff will always carry a sense of suspicion and sadness as well as its center of joy.  My grndchildren will have nightmares for years.  But we have no choice – we will keep calm and carry on.  


april 8, 2022 – keep calm and carry on Read Post »

israeli politics

The search is on for a terrorist who has killed 2 and injured 18 others – In the west bank they’re already celebrating, but we’re locked in and checking on everyone we know in the neighborhood.  My grandchildren are all with different friends in the area, and their parents are stuck in a theater.  Poor dog has no one to take him out or feed him – and who knows when the killer will be caught.  Would love to share better news with you – but I’ve still got friends I haven’t been able to reach and I gotta go.

 

april 7, 2022 – looking for a killer Read Post »

israeli politics

So after great procrastination, Oren’s decision to have knee surgery was realized and he went in at 3 this afternoon.  By 8:30 he was up and smiling and tomorrow he goes home – walking, not hopping – with crutches.  I was pretty amazed – I’d seen him in surgery years ago and it wasn’t a pretty sight.  The Herzlia Medical Center is a little piece of heaven and has restored my faith in the wonder of modern medicine.

I’d also spent the morning failing – once again – to have the proper papers signed properly for the Israel Association of Writers in English, and I was wiped out.   I even wrote a blog about the good cop-bad cop in the bank,  the teller who okayed everything in the first half-hour and the supervisor who nixed it all in the second half-hour.  But I was too tired to save it properly, was in a hurry to pick up the patient and take him to the hospital, and lost it.   It was a good sketch I seem to remember.

april 5, 2022 – A little surgery Read Post »

israeli politics

pity is what you feel for the troubles of others.  I’m thinking of the 30,000 odd workers who come over the border every day to earn their daily bread, and the fact that we’re now preventing them to get through the cracks in the wall makes me pity them and their families for losing their income.  But when I see what happened in Bucha today – I don’t feel pity.  I feel horrified.  It is the kind of horror one should never overcome – but should do everything to prevent happening again.  I’m sure the Russian people don’t get to see the terrifying footage of a random slaughter of hundreds – because they would never be able to sit quietly after that.  And I’m sure we will do everything we can to make sure that they do see it.

april 4, 2022 -pity Read Post »

israeli politics

“Will your house be kosher for Passover??” a religious friend asked when I invited him to visit sometime soon.  “No,” I answered, remembering the big vats in our yard where we used to scald all our pots and dishes.  I didn’t continue to say we don’t buy bread for the holiday, because I knew that for him it wouldn’t matter.  Kosher for Passover demands the complete package.  Even the cat food is sold to the cat for the week.

But what happens in the hospital?  For years it was not possible to bring in food during the period of the holiday because of the danger of bringing in leavened food.   The large families of patients that come with their feasts to bring comfort to the recovering relative were not to be seen on the days of Passover. 

But this year it is being allowed – and the government may fall as a result.   As much as I love tradition, I really don’t like the idea of disturbing other traditions.  A Jewish State to me doesn’t mean the imposition of Jewish laws on non-Jews.  “But can we be responsible for an institution breaking the Jewish laws?” a different friend asked me.  “It’s not our business what they do,”  I replied.  


april 4, 2022 – Passover kosher Read Post »