To Israel, with love.

It would be beyond awkward not to acknowledge the extreme and very real situation currently taking place in the Middle East. Not a politician or a student of international affairs, I do not claim to have any strategic insights.

Those individuals who you have read about on this blog: Perla, Ruth, Erich, and Werner Meissner. Judith Meissner de Assif, Ronit Meissner de Naor, Noemi Guttfreund de Segev, Eric Bymel, Inge and Carlitos Bernhard.....all are in Israel. They send us emails, sometimes layered with a humor that is characteristically Israeli--dry, real, survivor-like. Their children, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, cousins....many are in the army. Young people are fighting these battles--very young people. It is my hope that all can be resolved efficiently, quickly, and without great casualties.

In the meantime, we are thinking of you all. and we admire your spirit.....