Sunday Jan 04, 2009
Posted by Seth Mandell
A few nights ago as the Israel air force was raining bombs on Hamas in Gaza and Hamas rockets were destroying buildings and lives in Ashkelon and Ashdod ... I went out to dinner in Jerusalem.
An hour's drive south west of where I sat, tens of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of people could not stray, under consequence of death or dismemberment, more than 40 seconds from a fortified room ... and I was considering how much to tip my waitress because my food came late and cold.
I had a similar experience during the so-called Second War in Lebanon. As a citizen of the center of the country, I spent tense moments in front of my computer horrified at the rockets falling on Haifa, and then went out shopping for toothpaste in Jerusalem or drove to Tel Aviv for a day at the beach.
Monday Apr 28, 2008
Posted by Sherri Mandell
The Koby Mandell Foundation recently ran a day of healing in Jerusalem for 18 Sderot women referred to us by the Department of Social Services. The day consisted of art therapy, hydrotherapy, massage, dance, meals, and manicures as well as gifts for the women - shawls and skin cream. Most of the women had never before had a massage. And boy did they need one.
We brought the women to Jerusalem because we wanted to give them a respite from the daily anxiety and worry. Imagine that any hour a bomb could fall on your house. How relaxed would your life be?
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