
As far as I know, there are only two countries in the world that were founded on the idea of hope.
America and Israel.
And what was the nature of this hope?
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Robert J. Avrech: Emmy Award winning screenwriter. Movie fanatic. Helplessly and hopelessly in love with my wife since age nine.
As far as I know, there are only two countries in the world that were founded on the idea of hope.
America and Israel.
And what was the nature of this hope?
[Read more…] about Thanksgiving 2020: The Children of the Children of Israel
As far as I know, there are only two countries in the world that were founded on the idea of hope.
America and Israel.
And what was the hope?
[Read more…] about Thanksgiving 2018: The Children of the Children of Israel
As far as I know, there are only two countries in the world that were founded on the idea of hope.
America and Israel.
And what was the hope?
[Read more…] about Thanksgiving 2017: The Children of the Children of Israel
As far as I know, there are only two countries in the world that were founded on the idea of hope.
America and Israel.
And what was the hope?
[Read more…] about Thanksgiving 2016: The Children of the Children of Israel
The problem with liberty is, once achieved it becomes like oxygen — something taken for granted.
Said John Adams, “There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.”
For the first time, and never again, the first day of Chanukah will be celebrated on Thanksgiving. This is a moment in time we should all treasure.
Thanksgiving and Chanukah both celebrate religious freedom. The Pilgrims fled religious oppression to make a new life on foreign shores. The Jewish revolt against the Assyrian empire was a battle for religious freedom against a tyrannical government.
The early Pilgrims so closely identified with the Jewish people that they considered making Hebrew the language of this new land.