Courage & Hope
2: Inspirational Writings by Youth in Gush Etzion in the Aftermath of
the Expulsion from Gaza
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A wise scholar once said that our Rabbis
teach us that human action determines the nature of time, and that when God
is brought into that time, by us through our mitzvoth, then our time is
whole and complete.
Even though our experiences are often
fraught with disappointments and frustration, it is because, as a people, we
have certain expectations that there ought to be justice in the world. When
our experience falls short of those expectations we can sometimes lose
faith.
Our tradition teaches us that God has a
plan. He is here with us, albeit sometimes hidden, but we must continue to
have faith and to bring Him into our time, our lives, and especially to be
focused on acts of loving kindness towards one another.
Our second edition of COURAGE and HOPE,
Inspirational Writings by Youth in Gush Etzion, comes out on the heels of
one of the most difficult and painful chapters in Jewish History, the
expulsion of Jews by Jews from our own land. Whether one was for or against
this act, all would agree that it was a heart-rending experience for our
whole Nation. The residents of Gush Katif and our religious Zionist youth,
raised on a love for the land of Israel, were hit the hardest by this
tragedy. As this goes to print we still have former residents of Gush Katif
living in temporary housing, with no jobs, and broken lives.
In these pages, as in our first edition, you
will find in the words of our young writers, the courage and faith which
help them to cope with the pain of these events, and the hope and love which
help them to overcome yet another challenge and test for the Jewish people
in our own land. We encourage you to share in the miracle of Jewish youth
in Israel, forging ahead to create the next chapter in our people’s history.
We hope and pray that we will have the courage to aid them to meet the
difficult challenges ahead of us, to maintain the Jewish identity of our
country and to bridge the gaps between Jew and Jew and Jew and Arab.
With God’s help we will continue to make our
time here meaningful and complete.
Karen Guth
Editor
Endorsement by MK Yuli
Edelshtein
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