Planning the Unpredictable

What I like best about my job is the fact that I don’t have to spend too much time on precise planning, sophisticated predictions, and scientific expectations.

The pioneering spirit in our MetroWest community led us to set the stage of partnerships and connections, lay the foundations for…

The Jewish Spark in the Aftermath of the Fire, Part III: The Torah Arrives

Imi’s husband, Ran Ronan, is the kibbutz manager at Beit Oren, a professional originally hired to run the operation as it teetered on the edge of bankruptcy. We’d call him a “turnaround specialist.” The management structure and format pioneered by Ran has been universally controversi…

The Jewish Spark in the Aftermath of the Fire Part II: The Airport

Flight 84 from Newark to Tel Aviv is a full flight. “How many bags are you checking?” asks the Continental counter agent at Newark Airport. “One,” I say. She shoots me a dirty look while eyeballing the oversized duffel on wheels. “What about that one?” she snorts with a stern fin…

The Jewish Spark in the Aftermath of the Fire, Part I

Jerry Krivitzky is a friend and a social action activist from Montclair. We have cooperated on various occasions through the “Jewish Helping Hands” foundation and the MetroWest partnership cities of Rishon Letzion and Ofakim. As we approach the High Holiday season and are looking inside…

Counterterrorism

The recent round of terror from Gaza hit the MetroWest Negev family right in the stomach. A Kassam rocket in Kibbutz Erez, a Grad missile in Ofakim, three wounded residents, including a four-month-old baby, and a casualty: Yossi Ben Shoshan (z’l), a municipal worker from Ofakim who left be…