Last night I went to the movies. Here, in the center of Israel we go to work and school as usual. The theatre was packed. I assume that everyone there, just like me, could not watch the news any more. I saw a great film called, Australia. I thought it was going to be a mushy film about love. It was and it wasn’t. It was the story of two nations, or three actually, and how fear of the other can turn into hatred. It was about how love conquers all. I thought I was getting away from it all. I have spent the past few days contacting the projects in the South that NCJW has provided funds for over the past few years. Most of what I hear in their voices is defeat. “Again?” they seem to be asking. Israel is 60 years old and we have gone through 10 wars — some big, some small. Again? Two years ago it was up North, now it is down South.

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