Intermission

Augustus

Hope you have a happy and prosperous Jewish New Year.

mairT

Shana tova

PB

Shana YOTER tova!
Keep on the good work Melanie.

Nathan

Actually kind of disappointed to hear you're Jewish. Was hoping there was a non-Jew who so vocally and rationally presented the pro-Israeli (or at least not anti-Israeli) narrative. Wouldn't that be something? Shana Tova!

Mr. Mabutoh Afunfa

Melanie! Happy New Year.

Andre

Nathan I am an English catholic who years ago spent an idyllic 12 months living and working in Israel. It is a wonderful country and its struggle should be our struggle. I fully endorse pretty much every thing Melanie says. Shan tova - ani ohev Israel...

Liz

Shana Tova.

Philip

I hope you have a happy new year.

And so it seems does she.

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=427601298434

Simone

I don't know what Shana Tova means, but anyway, have a nice time Melanie!

phil

Shana Tova to Mel and all the good souls who wish well to one another -shalom .

Ruth

Melanie, I just want to wish you a Happy New Year (Shana Tova) and to express my thanks for your wise and wonderful Blogs. Shalom from Israel.

mairT

Nathan, I admit I am no Melanie but am Scots, not jewish and have been to Israel, staying with Jewish friends. I have witnessed Israel as did Andre.....Wonderful country and people. I am not blinded by my friendship but I refuse to accept that Israel et al is the cause of the problems in the ME. Frankly, Israel may just be our Saviour. Shana Tova to all

Imshin

Shana Tova to you and your family, Melanie. Thank you for your important work.

Gerry C

Leshana tova tikosevu, Melanie, to you and all those you love. Like Andre, I'm a Catholic who spent (a too short) time in Israel and value it as a life changing experience. May there be peace in Jerusalem and on the Land.

Original Tony

Sit back and relax and like James Bond, have a few 'shaken but not stirred'....

Look forward to your return Mel

Nathan

mairT and Andre, as an Israeli now living in the US, it does my heart good to know that the leanings of the British press and the more vocal British activists do not represent as unchallenged a viewpoint as I'd feared. While I'm sure you're in the minority, I appreciate your sentiments. Whenever your new year begins, may it be a good one.

Annabel

Happy New Year, Melanie, and all your Jewish readers. I am not Jewish either, but admire and respect the Jewish people and Israel.

If I may be personal, I came from a pretty loveless home, but had a Jewish friend whose lovely family embraced me and included me in the warmth and affection (and wonderful arguments!) of their family life. Through this personal connection, I learned more of Jews and Judaism, and from that knowledge grew to admire the richness of the contribution that Jewish people have made to human advancement in every area of our lives.

phil

Annabel
September 10th, 2010 2:16pm -Those were lovely sentiments to all of us thank you .

george

I love that story about how the Israle hospital took special care of that nearly terminal Arab's injuries...such charity should be repeated in the foriegn news

Miranda Rose Smith

L'Shanah Tova V'matuka. If you fasted yesterday (Tzon Gedaliya,) I hope you had an easy one.

Miranda Rose Smith

Dear Simone: It means "Good Year."
Simone
September 8th, 2010 9:31pm
I don't know what Shana Tova means, but anyway, have a nice time Melanie!

Miranda Rose Smith

Andre
September 8th, 2010 8:04pm
Nathan I am an English catholic who years ago spent an idyllic 12 months living and working in Israel. It is a wonderful country and its struggle should be our struggle. I fully endorse pretty much every thing Melanie says. Shan tova - ani ohev Israel...
Dear Andre: Bless you.

Miranda Rose Smith

mairT
September 9th, 2010 12:04am
Nathan, I admit I am no Melanie but am Scots, not jewish and have been to Israel, staying with Jewish friends. I have witnessed Israel as did Andre.....Wonderful country and people. I am not blinded by my friendship but I refuse to accept that Israel et al is the cause of the problems in the ME. Frankly, Israel may just be our Saviour. Shana Tova to all

Dear Ms. T.: Israel is the DEFENDER of Western civilization. If Israel is ever, G-d forbid, destroyed, Europe, and that includes Scotland, is next on the Islamofascist hit list. Bless you for your support.

Miranda Rose Smith

Original Tony
September 9th, 2010 9:31pm
Sit back and relax and like James Bond, have a few 'shaken but not stirred'....

Look forward to your return Mel

I prefer a Bloody Mary with a celery-stick stirrer and a little lemon juice.

phil

As it is the 10 days of penitence and we are all so serious I ill slip in A LITTLE JOKE TO LIGHTEN THE MOOD ,IT MADE ME LAUGH ANYHOW -It IS WITH THE PERMISSION OF THE MODERATOR
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tell me who was the most famous man who ever lived."

A little Irish boy put his hand up and said, "It was St. Patrick."

The teacher said, "I'm sorry Sean, that's not correct."

Then a little Scottish boy put his hand up and said, "It was St. Andrew."

The teacher replied, >"I'm sorry, Hamish, that's not right either.."

Finally a little Jewish boy raised his hand and said, "It was Jesus Christ."

The teacher said, >"That's absolutely right, Marvin. Come up here and I'll give you the $10."

As the teacher was giving Marvin his money, she said, "You know, Marvin,

since you're Jewish, I was very surprised you said 'Jesus Christ.'"

Marvin replied, "Yeah. In my heart, I knew it was Moses -- but

business is business."
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We can laugh at ourselves can`t we ?

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Gerry C

Following phil's old favourite, I can't resis quoting this from the pages of Leon Rosten's The Joys of Yiddish:
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Belinsky could scarcely believe his eyes: there, on the Day of Atonement, at a table right in the window of the Sea King Restaurant, sat his old friend Herman Hochschuler - eating oysters!
Into the Sea King dashed Belinsky. "Herman! Gottenyu! Eating?! Today?! And OYSTERS?!!"
"So?" shrugged blase Hochschuler. "Isn't there an 'r' in Yom Kippur?"