Rays of Hope by Jerry Waxman Did you know that there really is a place where people are happy? The holiday of Succoth ended last weekend. Saturday was Simchat Torah.  I did not stay in Sderot last weekend. It wasn’t the town that I wanted to get away from, but the little things surrounding my [...]

When Anger Doesn’t Work: Part 2 by Jerry Waxman To recap: There was a day like any other day that was meant to go well. 1)I was to go to a school and get a job. 2)I was to settle things with the rav who owns the kollel where I have been working – and [...]

Thank You Mr. Kennedy by Jerry Waxman There are some in Israel who take issue with Ted Kennedy because he was “a liberal.” They’re completely missing the plot, the same as those who assume that Barack Obama is antagonistic toward Israel because of his Islamic heritage and/or leftist leanings. Such labels – conservative, liberal, rightist, [...]

The Cockroach Wars Part 4 [This is an update report. From part 3, "Then I understood why these filthy creatures were so arrogant. They hadn't been beaten yet."] As issues foment about us; draughts and the threat of Swine Flu, and arguments over where people may and may not live, and peace talks silenced by [...]

even here in Sderot, we’ve heard about the “Beer Summit” while the visit of President Arroyo got no press at all. Your “beer summit” came about after a misunderstanding. As you said, your words about the incident were not calibrated well,

It’s a quiet night in Sderot. It’s been quiet for some time now. It’s easy to forget that there have been times intermittently that kassams came raining down on this city every day.  But for several weeks, it’s been quiet.  And I, for one do not miss the rockets. Here it is 2 AM, and [...]

Open Letter To President Barack Obama During His Visit To Germanyby Jerry Waxman To the Honorable Barack ObamaPresident of the United States of America Dear Mr. President: Yesterday you visited a concentration camp alongside Elie Wiesel, who had lived in that camp in his youth.  I’m sure you didn’t need to visit a concentration camp [...]

Open Letter To President Barack Obama in the Wake of His Address in Cairo on 4 June 2009 by Jerry Waxman To the Honorable Barack Obama President of the United States of America Dear Mr. President: I'm writing to you from Sderot, where I live. You visited this town last year. In your speech in [...]

BS”D    michtavei jerry #2Sderot Israel.    May, 2009 Attention: The Honorable Binyamin NetanyahuPrime Minister of the State of Israel Open Letter to Binyamin Netanyahufrom Sderot Israel by Jerry Waxman Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu; The first time I traveled to Israel was July 6, 1976, two days after celebrating America’s Bicentennial.  The plane my brother and I [...]

michtavei jerry #1 Sderot Israel.    May, 2009Attention: World Open Letter To The Worldfrom Sderot Israelby Jerry Waxman Dear World; If you look at a globe of the earth, at the area of the Mediterranean Sea, you can find a mass of land that doesn’t rightly belong to any continent.  It is a crossroads between Africa [...]