I came across the following video through the Israel Video Network. I looked up her website http://www.94maidens.com/ and was left smiling by a line at the end of the excerpt from Rhonda Fink-Whitman's book.
"Honey, could you bring me a box?" It's a war thing. Read on.
I was intrigued by the video,
interested by the website and left smiling at the line I quoted
above.
I am a former teacher of Religious
Education in the UK. I didn't know whether to be appalled at US education and
isolationism or terrified at the institutionalised anti-Semitism of a world
super-power.
As to her mother's remark, it's a
war thing. Obviously, it was far more intense for Jews in Europe, but rationing
produced similar behaviour in the UK. My mother-in-law always seemed to be
stocking up for another war even into the 21st. Century.
As a child, canned fruit salad (a
Sunday treat in post-war UK) was accompanied by a slice of bread "in order to
fill you up". It was not until my early twenties when I finally
understood what this was about that I was able to dissuade my father from asking
for a slice of bread with the (fresh!) fruit salad by the reminder, "Dad, the
war is over". Surprisingly, to me, it worked.
I don't buy many books these days, I
have too many, so I will make no promises, but I will give this one serious
consideration
I am proud to call myself a Christian
Zionist,
Every blessing in the
Messiah.
