I believe Israelis and Palestinians both deserve to live in Peace and have their kids play safely in their backyards. However, working on Peace for over a decade, I’ve noted, what many call Peace does not match the word’s salient definition. What follows the declaration of being a Peace activist too often recounts a one-sided… Continue reading Khaled Abu Toameh Shouts a Clarion Call—Will the World Listen?
Times of Israel Blogs/Articles
Finding Peace for Foster Children—and for Myself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb8BGKqVVZM I usually write about or interview Peace organizations made up of Israelis and Palestinians for the last four years on my vodcast PEACE with Penny and/or antisemitism for the last 1 ½ in my Times of Israel Blog. It seems we are going through increasingly dark times. Unfortunately, there is too much tzuris (Yiddish for troubles) to… Continue reading Finding Peace for Foster Children—and for Myself
Killing Jews Was Good Sport During the Holocaust—2025, Burn Them Alive?
I wish I could say it’s unbelievable. True, the horror is, but at this rate of antisemitic attacks against Jews, can anyone be surprised? Barbara Bandler Steinmetz was born in Hungary in 1936, but her family later moved to Italy, where they owned the Hotel Alhambra on the island of Lussinpiccolo. In 1939, her family fled… Continue reading Killing Jews Was Good Sport During the Holocaust—2025, Burn Them Alive?
I’m Not Surprised, Just Disgusted—How About You?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ICrdi6CtVgYaron Lischinsky, right, and his partner Sarah Milgrim, both employees of the Israeli Embassy in the US who were killed in a shooting in Washington, DC, on May 21, 2025, in an undated photo. (Israeli Embassy in Washington) Yaron Lischinsky, right, and his partner Sarah Milgrim, both employees of the Israeli Embassy in the US… Continue reading I’m Not Surprised, Just Disgusted—How About You?
PEACE with Penny:Penny S.Tee w Itamar Harari Such a Deal! $5B Allocated by the WZO with Your Vote!
PEACE with Penny, SEASON 6, Calling all Jews, PLEASE VOTE ONLINE by May 4, 2025, to select World Zionist Congress Delegates Allocating $5 Billion Dollars in the Next 5 Years! We get to self-identify as Jews, and vote for delegates who will then allocate $5 Billion dollars supporting Israelis and Jews in the next five… Continue reading PEACE with Penny:Penny S.Tee w Itamar Harari Such a Deal! $5B Allocated by the WZO with Your Vote!
But for the Grace of…Would I Even Be Here?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bkXASbTG8M&t=3s Fill in the blank of what you are comfortable with. For you is it Allah? Hashem? God? Jesus? The Universe? Or maybe you even prefer to leave it blank. The fact that my family and I have experienced Grace is enough. As we commemorate Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, I am truly grateful to exist.… Continue reading But for the Grace of…Would I Even Be Here?
Passover, the Holiday of Freedom—In What Part of Your Life Are You Still Bound?
Passover is the holiday celebrating freedom. Amen. In what part of your life are you still bound? We all have areas in our lives that could use thorough cleaning. Perhaps we didn’t have the best of childhoods. You may have worked hard to heal those wounds, yet occasionally they still raise their ugly heads. Are… Continue reading Passover, the Holiday of Freedom—In What Part of Your Life Are You Still Bound?
Celebrating Purim I Am Woman Hear Me Roar!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9yzuvgbT88https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rptW7zOPX2E Helen Ready’s 1971 women’s liberation anthem, “I Am Woman Hear Me Roar,” comes to mind when I think of Purim. Remember Esther? The Purim story honors Esther, the heroine of the story. Ultra-Orthodox Jewish kids dressed up in costumes in the neighborhood of Mea Shearim in Jerusalem, a few days before the Jewish holiday… Continue reading Celebrating Purim I Am Woman Hear Me Roar!
When Children Pay the Price, The Cost is Too High!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEDD5YDDV8k Note: The topic and some pictures are upsetting. Have tissues handy. May Their Memories Be a Blessing. The short video above includes a new song written by Melissa Ritter (cover editing by Penny S. Tee) to honor the Bibas family and all of the hostages. The Bibas childrenSweet Shayna Punims (In Yiddish: pretty faces)A 9-month-old,… Continue reading When Children Pay the Price, The Cost is Too High!
What Are You Refusing to See in Front of Your Face?
October 7th JEWS MURDERED, GANG RAPED, &BEHEADED. The canary in the coal mine screams:It can happen to you too! ALL people have sufferedWhether they realize it,Or not. Guilty as charged if you thinkIt happened to them,It has nothing to do with me. Warnings leading up to October 7thWas the worst example ofGender dismissal, mansplaining, andGaslighting… Continue reading What Are You Refusing to See in Front of Your Face?
Gaza, Who Doesn’t Love a Beachfront Resort?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVMGN7_lhbI ~Shabbat Shalom~Inconvenient TruthsWe needed a planTo resolve this messThat was “Out of the Box”Who doesn’t love aBeachfront Resort? JEWISH LAW & EXPERIENCE Our ethics require Us to takeA closer look…We didn’t like it whenActions were taken without OurConsent through the centuries! Photographer clandestinely photographing the deportation of Jews from the Łódź ghetto. by Aryeh… Continue reading Gaza, Who Doesn’t Love a Beachfront Resort?
Such a Deal? FREE HOSTAGES! REBUILD HAMAS—WHAT?
~Shabbat Shalom~Nearly 16 months19 Hostages Released Welcome home! Amen. Negotiations with TERRORISTSAre uncertain & torturous—surprised?As HAMAS and Palestinian Islamic JihadGet their final PHASE I sadistic pleasures…Inside Depraved Memento Gift Bags:Hostage pictures in captivity,Hostage Release Certificates & GAZA Map,Hostages on stage, Hostages on Parade… FEAR FACING weaponized HAMAS, PIJ &CROWDS OF 1000s IMPEDING THEIR RELEASE… Continue reading Such a Deal? FREE HOSTAGES! REBUILD HAMAS—WHAT?
No Matter How Loud Hostage Parents Scream, BRING THEM HOME! The World is Deaf
By many accounts, 2024 was a rough year; good riddance! As Jews, it was a bad year and one we don’t want to repeat. My mother Z”L would have said in Yiddish, Gey kakn oyfn yam which excuse me, literally means go take a crap on the sea, but for us non-Yiddish speakers, let’s just say WE DON’T… Continue reading No Matter How Loud Hostage Parents Scream, BRING THEM HOME! The World is Deaf
Penny S. Tee interviews Rabbi Daniel Levine
Penny S. Tee interviews Rabbi Daniel Levine Penny S. Tee interviews Rabbi Daniel Levine December 20, 2024 Usually At PEACE with Penny, we enjoy discussing the uplifting topics of Peace between Israelis and Palestinians that exist, even today during war, since most of media ignores their brave, and creative efforts. However, we can’t… Continue reading Penny S. Tee interviews Rabbi Daniel Levine
A Tearful Shabbat Shalom
Shabbat ShalomThe putrid taste ofKristallnacht 2024The shards of glassRip through my heartBefore dawn in AustraliaAt Adass Israel synagogueTwo malicious miscreantsRapaciously poured gasolineInto the womb of the synagogueAnd lit the match. Gutted, seared roomsRevealed wretched prayer booksClinging within bookcasesScreaming NEVER AGAIN!But the world is deaf.Two scorched Jewish men prayingConfronted the arsonistsAnd the cowards scampered awayLeaving their feckless,… Continue reading A Tearful Shabbat Shalom