Oct 7

 Today is Oct 7 

It is very much still real and current in our minds and our lives.

October 7, 2023

Here in Israel we are having memorials for the terrible day of October 7, 2023. Our world and our reality as Jews changed that day. We are still fighting that war and that reality. 

Here is a cartoon that Yaakov did about the terrible situation in 2023. Also, these are his words:

 The Oct 7 Hamas pogrom has changed us.

And it smashed our youngsters with an explosive and frightening reality.

How will they deal with their Post Traumatic Stress?

What will they be like as adults?

What will their Israel be like?

"Never Again" is a great slogan. But "In every generation they rise up to destroy us" was, and is, a warning to be taken seriously.

Thank you so much all who have donated!

Please donate to the Dry Bones effort, 

if you are able!

Thanks to everyone of you. I am so blessed to have you in my life. In case you want to help me out with funds, no matter how small, it is all gratefully appreciated. here are the links.

Link for donating in IL shekels here:

https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=2BEWEZ3DGEJJ8

And link for donating in US Dollars below

You can donate with this link. It works with your credit card or with PayPal.

  Donate to Dry Bones denominated in US dollars here  

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Thanks, and love, Sali 

ALSO PLEASE NOTE:

TO DONATE $50 or MORE BY CHECK (and is U.S. Tax DEDUCTIBLE)

1. Write a check to “REPORT, Inc.”

2. Write a cover note stating that these funds are to be directed to Dry Bones Project. Mail the Check and the accompanying cover letter to:

REPORT, Inc.

PO Box 1670

Southampton, PA 18966, U.S.A. 

Happy Holiday of Simhat Torah

 Happy Simhat Torah! The holiday starts this evening, Friday, Oct. 2nd. It is the last day of Sukkot and celebrates the receiving of the Torah from God. In synagogues, it is traditional for people take out the Torah scrolls from behind the curtains and dance with them.

Happy Holiday! and also Shabbat Shalom.

In Israel, we are also celebrating the miracle of the safe return of the almost 180 people from the Flydubai plane and the heroism of the passengers. Also, here is a small correction to my post from yesterday.  It was a Flydubai plane that returned all the passengers to Israel, not El Al. Saudi Arabia, although they treated the passengers very well, did not want an El Al plane to land since we do not have diplomatic relations with them. 

Thank you so much all who have donated!

Please donate to the Dry Bones effort, 

if you are able!

Thanks to everyone of you. I am so blessed to have you in my life. In case you want to help me out with funds, no matter how small, it is all gratefully appreciated. here are the links.

Link for donating in IL shekels here:

https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=2BEWEZ3DGEJJ8

And link for donating in US Dollars below

You can donate with this link. It works with your credit card or with PayPal.

  Donate to Dry Bones denominated in US dollars here  

 https://tinyurl.com/3xmbc4mp 

Thanks, and love, Sali 

ALSO PLEASE NOTE:

TO DONATE $50 or MORE BY CHECK (and is U.S. Tax DEDUCTIBLE)

1. Write a check to “REPORT, Inc.”

2. Write a cover note stating that these funds are to be directed to Dry Bones Project. Mail the Check and the accompanying cover letter to:

REPORT, Inc.

PO Box 1670

Southampton, PA 18966, U.S.A. 

A Sukkot Miracle

 Fitting for this holiday, yesterday we witnessed a miracle tale of airline pilots, heroes, and bravery.

Here is the amazing story:

Captain Smit Machchhar an Indian pilot for Flydubai, after being repeatedly stabbed by his Omani co-pilot, managed to send an international distress signal and to unlock the cockpit door so that help could get inside.Two Israelis seated near the front fought and subdued the stabber, and one grabbed the controls and managed to bring the plane out of a steep dive, and then roused two Flyemerati pilots who were sitting further back, to come and fly the plane for a safe emergency landing in Saudi. The badly wounded pilot was saved by emergency treatment from an Israeli dentist who was on the plane. And the plane then landed safely in Saudi Arabia where passengers were given medical treatment, and returned to Israel on an El Al plane.

We don't know the reason for the attack, whether it was terrorism, or a suicide attempt, or something else.

Here is a Sukkot Dry Bones Cartoon from 2009 as we dream of Peace.

Thank you so much all who have donated!

Please donate to the Dry Bones effort, 

if you are able!

Thanks to everyone of you. I am so blessed to have you in my life. In case you want to help me out with funds, no matter how small, it is all gratefully appreciated. here are the links.

Link for donating in IL shekels here:

https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=2BEWEZ3DGEJJ8

And link for donating in US Dollars below

You can donate with this link. It works with your credit card or with PayPal.

  Donate to Dry Bones denominated in US dollars here  

 https://tinyurl.com/3xmbc4mp 

Thanks, and love, Sali 

ALSO PLEASE NOTE:

TO DONATE $50 or MORE BY CHECK (and is U.S. Tax DEDUCTIBLE)

1. Write a check to “REPORT, Inc.”

2. Write a cover note stating that these funds are to be directed to Dry Bones Project. Mail the Check and the accompanying cover letter to:

REPORT, Inc.

PO Box 1670

Southampton, PA 18966, U.S.A. 

Wishing you Happy Holiday!

 Happy Sukkot Holiday! Hag Sameach!

Here is some classic Dry Bones Humor from 1999.

Please donate to the Dry Bones effort

Thanks to everyone of you. I am so blessed to have you in my life. In case you want to help me out with funds, no matter how small, it is all gratefully appreciated. here are the links.

Link for donating in IL shekels here:

https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=2BEWEZ3DGEJJ8

And link for donating in US Dollars below

You can donate with this link. It works with your credit card or with PayPal.

  Donate to Dry Bones denominated in US dollars here  

 https://tinyurl.com/3xmbc4mp 

Thanks, love, Sali 

ALSO PLEASE NOTE:

TO DONATE $50 or MORE BY CHECK (and is U.S. Tax DEDUCTIBLE)

1. Write a check to “REPORT, Inc.”

2. Write a cover note stating that these funds are to be directed to Dry Bones Project. Mail the Check and the accompanying cover letter to:

REPORT, Inc.

PO Box 1670

Southampton, PA 18966, U.S.A. 

Happy Sukkot Holiday! Chag Succot Sameah!

 Happy Sukkot Holiday! Chag Succot Sameah! 

Enjoy this Dry Bones Cartoon from 2006!

As we settle in to the week long holiday, we see and feel the winter that is approaching. At least, here in Israel, the holidays are very tied to the seasons and it is strange how sharply the holidays delineate the seasonal changes of nature. 

We gather in the warmth of our culture, and and unfortunately, the storm clouds seem to be always brewing.

Thank you so much all who have donated!

Thanks to everyone of you. I am so blessed to have you in my life. 

In case you want to help me out with funds, no matter how small, it is all gratefully appreciated. here are the links.

Link for donating in IL shekels here:

https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=2BEWEZ3DGEJJ8

And link for donating in US Dollars below

You can donate with this link. It works with your credit card or with PayPal.

  Donate to Dry Bones denominated in US dollars here  

 https://tinyurl.com/3xmbc4mp 

Thanks, love, Sali 

ALSO PLEASE NOTE:

TO DONATE $50 or MORE BY CHECK (and is U.S. Tax DEDUCTIBLE)

1. Write a check to “REPORT, Inc.”

2. Write a cover note stating that these funds are to be directed to Dry Bones Project. Mail the Check and the accompanying cover letter to:

REPORT, Inc.

PO Box 1670

Southampton, PA 18966, U.S.A. 

Shabbat Shalom and Happy Chag Succot!

 Shabbat Shalom and Happy Succot. The holiday of Succot (or Sukkot), (or Tabernacles) starts tonight, Friday, and lasts for one week. This is a joyful holiday where we eat and sit and often sleep in flimsy temporary huts with leaf or thatch or bamboo mats for roofs, so that we can still see the sky and stars above and we are part with nature and reminded of our fragile existence. It commemorates the trek through the desert from ancient Egypt under divine protection. In Israel, it is also the Autumn harvest festival.

The whole month is filled with holidays, and almost no real work gets done. And then we finally go back to work until Hannukah in the winter.

Enjoy! Chag Sameach! from Dry Bones and Sali

and one more cartoon just for fun

Thank you so much all who have donated!

Please donate to the Dry Bones effort, 

if you are able!

Thanks to everyone of you. I am so blessed to have you in my life. In case you want to help me out with funds, no matter how small, it is all gratefully appreciated. here are the links.

Link for donating in IL shekels here:

https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=2BEWEZ3DGEJJ8

And link for donating in US Dollars below

You can donate with this link. It works with your credit card or with PayPal.

  Donate to Dry Bones denominated in US dollars here  

 https://tinyurl.com/3xmbc4mp 

Thanks, love, Sali 

ALSO PLEASE NOTE:

TO DONATE $50 or MORE BY CHECK (and is U.S. Tax DEDUCTIBLE)

1. Write a check to “REPORT, Inc.”

2. Write a cover note stating that these funds are to be directed to Dry Bones Project. Mail the Check and the accompanying cover letter to:

REPORT, Inc.

PO Box 1670

Southampton, PA 18966, U.S.A.