http://www.sderotisrael.com A Quiet Voice in the Negev Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:33:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Need a Good English Haggadah for your Passover Seder? How about a great one!? - that you can download right now! The Andaman Haggadah Made in Sderot Israel Download once. Print as many as you need. Education in Sderot The Train is Flying Off the Cliff by Jerry Waxman After nearly two years of [...]]]> http://www.sderotisrael.com/201/education-in-sderot/ Looking for a job has never been my favorite pasttime. Besides the endless tasks of writing and meticulously rewriting cover letters and resumes, and filling forms and obtaining copies of documents, there are also the people you have to deal with.]]> http://www.sderotisrael.com/199/pigeon-holed-by-the-pigeon-minded/ The Most Exciting English Haggadah Ever by Jerry Waxman "Download The Most Exciting English Haggadah Ever!" Your Passover Seder Comes Alive With The Andaman Haggadah Not long until Passover, and you need a Haggadah that everyone understands. Download your English Haggadah today! Buy it Once - Download it Now! Print as many [...]]]> http://www.sderotisrael.com/170/most-exciting-english-haggadah-ever/ Dance With the Moon by Jerry Waxman What makes you dance? Does music make you dance? When you hear your favorite song on the radio, do you automatically stand up and dance? Sometimes – many times in his life – a man just feels like dancing. And he uses the music in the supermarket or the [...]]]> http://www.sderotisrael.com/149/dance-with-the-moon/ The Truth in Rainbows and Funerals by Jerry Waxman It’s easy to not like Sderot. Wow, what a thing to say about this town that I chose to live in. The sad truth is I haven’t met anyone who is in love with the town. People here have shown me reasons to believe that there are [...]]]> http://www.sderotisrael.com/145/truth-i-rainbows-and-funerals/ Leaves of Hope by Jerry Waxman Sometimes it seems Sderot has no life. I was walking around the other day, just observing things. I saw three dogs playing on a lawn and went closer to watch. Why? Seeing dogs play is a rare thing, believe it or not. Most dogs in Sderot wander around kind of [...]]]> http://www.sderotisrael.com/143/leaves-of-hope/ 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 life here. Sometimes, [...]]]> http://www.sderotisrael.com/135/rays-of-hope/ Obama and Netanyahu at the U.N. posted by Jerry Waxman [U.S. President Barack Obama spoke eloquently at the United Nations today. Several hours after Obama's speech, Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu also spoke eloquently and passionately at the United Nations. Below is the part of the text of Obama's speech that is relevant to Israel. [...]]]> http://www.sderotisrael.com/125/obama-and-netanyahu-at-the-un/ 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 that [...]]]> http://www.sderotisrael.com/122/when-anger-doesnt-work-part-2/ Obama, Rosh Hashana, and Peace by Jerry Waxman Thank you for your wishes, Mr. President. I think there is an error in your thinking, though. While we have always prayed for peace, we have never seen peace as something that depends on others accepting us. While it would be nice for people to accept [...]]]> http://www.sderotisrael.com/117/obama-rosh-hashana-and-peace/