Posted in Holidays, Interfaith, Israel, Pursuit of Peace on 27 March 2008 | No Comments »
If you are silent at this time, help may come from another Place, but you and your father’s house will perish. (Esther 4:14)
On Wednesday March 19th I joined a small group of local members of Brit Tzedek v’Shalom (Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace) at a recent public rally in support of Israel organized by [...]
Posted in Community, Holidays, Interfaith, Judaica, Knitting & Needlework, Knittivism, Pursuit of Peace, Rodeph Shalom on 24 March 2008 | No Comments »
Friday, March 21st was Knit for Peace Day, a relatively new event for a number of socially-concerned knitters (knittivists) around the world. Initiated by Randy/KnitforPeace, an American knitter living in Sweden, Knit for Peace Day is an opportunity to commit both the work of spirit and hands to the pursuit of peace. She found time [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on 14 March 2008 | No Comments »
Among the benefits of my middle age is the confidence of experience knitting since early childhood. This enables me to knit as I walk about my business in town. Depending on the project in hand, I am also able to knit and read. Thus, I have plenty of opportunity for tikkunknitting as I [...]
Posted in Israel, Peacebuilders, Pursuit of Peace on 6 March 2008 | No Comments »
Regardless of one’s position on the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts, all American Jews who support Israel should understand the affects of Israel’s continued occupation and/or blocade of Palestinian territories (the West Bank and Gaza) on Israeli society.
It is astonishing how many Americans do not realize that Israel does not claim - and has never claimed - sovereignty [...]
