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?
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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?
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
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
Times of Israel Blog, Penny S. Tee Anti-Israel, Anti-Semitic—The Gift That Keeps on Giving—NOT!
It’s Fall of 2024; the college students are back from summer break and now it’s time to continue studying. Oh wait, we thought that was the purpose of higher education. Harvard needs to reread Emily Post’s Book of Etiquette. They were not welcoming to their Jewish students as anti-Israel protesters on the third day after… Continue reading Times of Israel Blog, Penny S. Tee Anti-Israel, Anti-Semitic—The Gift That Keeps on Giving—NOT!
Anti-Israel, antisemitic — the gift that keeps on giving — NOT!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8dWv2dZbQY I wish I could say that it’s surprising in 2024 that Jews are still the targets of so much hate, but it’s not. It’s shocking because of the deep hatred, but not surprising. We don’t have any abhorrent beliefs in human sacrifice or anything like that, so why is it that we’ve been hated… Continue reading Anti-Israel, antisemitic — the gift that keeps on giving — NOT!
Remembering the Lives Lost October 7, 2023—May Their Memories Be a Blessing
Did you pause at any time during the last few days and remember the victims of October 7, 2023? I don’t ask to peddle Jewish guilt, but because I feel it’s so important. Not only if you are Jewish, but human. What happened is incomprehensible, and the fact that a year later, hostages remain in… Continue reading Remembering the Lives Lost October 7, 2023—May Their Memories Be a Blessing
Birthing a Peace Haggadah and Peace Seder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Id7PUx3bUg Passover is the holiday of freedom Yet, when will the hostages be free? When will the world be free of hate and war? As the pages turn to a new chapter, There must be a mistake… Haven’t we read this chapter before? Killing, rape, shock, and horror? When will humans learn that war solves… Continue reading Birthing a Peace Haggadah and Peace Seder
Times of Israel Blog PEACE with Penny SEASON 5 Will The Hostages Be Free Before Passover?
Times of Israel Blog PEACE with Penny SEASON 5 Will The Hostages Be Free Before Passover? Times of Israel Blog PEACE with Penny SEASON 5 Will The Hostages Be Free Before Passover? March 21, 2024 On CNN they reported that Israel believes there are 99 hostages alive, and six are American. Hamas is holding the… Continue reading Times of Israel Blog PEACE with Penny SEASON 5 Will The Hostages Be Free Before Passover?