Latest / Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis
"Kiryat Shemona was named for the eight defenders of Tel Hai, but will be known for the eight houses that remained standing"
We begin with this chalkboard image, the origins of which I don’t know, as someone sent it to me. It’s a pithy way of capturing what many Israelis feel about this still-shrinking country:
My great-grandfather told us that once, we could go traveling in Syria. My grandma told that once, we used to be able to travel in Lebanon. Mom tells me that once we could travel in the Galilee.
While it’s always true that it’s impossible to capture the mood of a country from only official news sites, that feels more true yesterday and today than in general. The issue: the burning northern border.
So today…
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