Tag Archives:Gilad Shalit
Amos Levitov on Faith, Love and Hope share
This evening I had the extreme pleasure of meeting Amos Levitov. He was speaking at a nearby college and it didn’t seem like an opportunity I could pass up. But who is this guy? In October 1967, Amos was drafted into the Israeli Air Force. He spent two years in flight school before becoming a […]
Miracles Happen share
Chanukah is a holiday of miracles. Miracles happen every day but now without action. The people around us, the people that “Do“, are the ones that make miracles happen. When the Maccabi’s returned to the temple and saw there was only enough oil to last one night, they still lit it. The oil lasted 8 […]
Terror Victim's Mom Supports Prisoner Swap share
I never met Marla Bennet but she has been a part of my life for the past 9 years. On July 31st, 2002, a cellphone detonated a bomb hidden inside a backpack that was left in the cafeteria at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The blast wounded 80 and killed 5 Americans, including Marla Bennet, […]
Gilad Shalit is home at last! share
Yesterday, the entire country spent the day glued to the television screen. At my office in Tel Aviv, a big screen TV was installed in the lobby so that we could follow the news coverage of the release of Gilad Shalit, imprisoned by Hamas for the past 5 years and 4 months. It was Ben Gurion […]