Europe Refused

 Here is a Dry Bones cartoon on the Islamist threat to Europe. It is from 2004. As bad as things are in Europe, now Spain has opened it's border with North Africa and thousands of men have poured through in the last 2 days. If it were not so sad and dangerous, I would think that it is comical. Sometimes when I read the news, I feel like I am reading a joke book.

from Sali with love,

Wishing you a peaceful and joyful Shabbat Shalom to you and your loved ones.

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Good News - Bad News

 The good news is that we love and trust our Christian believer friends instead of fear them. Look, for example, at Mike Huckabee, the American Ambassador to Israel.  Yaakov knew that they were our allies. 

But the bad news is that the situation on our university campuses has gotten even much, much worse. 

Here is a fun and ironic Dry Bones cartoon from 2005 😄

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Memory in our New World... the Lighter Side

Here is a lighter Dry Bones cartoon from 2004. We don't remember phone numbers anymore. I still have a landline for emergency purposes, but if asked the number, I have to look it up. I don't remember the number of anyone of my close friends. It is all just stored on the phone. I am sure that the same is true for all of us. It is not dementia, it is hi tech.

I also want to say, a big "Thank You" to everyone who are supporting this blog, both with contributions and with words of encouragement.

I am truly blessed. Love, Sali

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Again and Again

 Again and again, over and over. Here is a Dry Bones cartoon from 1999. Unfortunately even more true than it was then.  

Posted by Sali with love and hope for a better world.

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Peace? or War?

 Peace? or War?... in the middle east, we move very slowly and also, sometimes, very fast. Things are complicated and confusing these days. Here is a Dry Bones Cartoon from 1994 with a bit of humor, with love from Sali

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Shabbat Shalom! It's Friday again.

 Shabbat Shalom! 

We don't know what the next week will hold for us. Things seem to be escalating with Iran, maybe. And there are whispers of Saudi joining the Abraham accords, maybe. And Israel is in the beginnings of what will probably be a very nasty political campaign with elections slated for October 27th. And America and Europe are seeing increasing anti semitism, with hatred of Israel and Jews. But in the meantime, it is good to be thankful for everyday of life and peace and health.

Here is a Dry Bones cartoon from 1982, with love, and wishes for a great shabbat from Sali

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Unity on Tisha B'Av 2026

 Tomorrow, Wednesday at sunset,  Tisha B'Av begins. It is the saddest day on the Jewish calendar and is a fast day for observant Jews. All food and entertainment places in Israel will close before sunset.

Here is a Dry Bones cartoon from 2014 that celebrates our unity instead of our divisiveness on this day. I am reprinting it and the commentary here. 

Now though, we Jews are tearing each other apart, and it is so very dangerous. I am hoping that this more optimistic cartoon will be an inspiration. Love, Sali

Tomorrow, July 22 is the start of the holy day of Tisha Be'Av ("the ninth day of the Hebrew month of Av"). Tisha Be'Av commemorates the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem and the subsequent exile of the Jews from the Land of Israel. The day also commemorates other tragedies which occurred on the same day, including the Roman massacre of over 100,000 Jews at Betar in 132 CE. Instituted by the rabbis of 2nd-century Palestine, Tisha B'Av is regarded as the saddest day in the Jewish calendar and a day which is destined for tragedy. -more

Our sages tell us that the reason for the destruction of the Temple was "Sinat Chinam" (Hebrew for the baseless hatred and divisiveness that often divides us.)

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