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From the CEO

Thank you!

By any measure, phonathons are part of “old-school” fundraising. First of all, speaking on the telephone is old school. With caller ID, we have the luxury of answering only the calls that we want to answer, and with the volume of spam calls that we all receive, we want to answer very few…

Glimmer of optimism

About 15 years ago, the Israeli government approached the Eshkol Regional Council with an offer to build a new reinforced school for the region, with the understanding that the kibbutz kids and the moshav kids would unite in the one building.

A few pieces of background information:

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Betrayal and Despair

We heard from a speaker a few years back who completely oversimplified Israeli politics by saying that an Israeli liberal believes that peace can be achieved with the Palestinians and a conservative knows that it cannot. By this standard, and most others, our friends in Eshkol have been hist…

Kibbutz Nir Oz

I’ve been to Kibbutz Nir Oz a few times over the years. It was a lovely kibbutz on the Gaza border described by residents as 95% Heaven and 5% Hell. Most of the time, residents lived happy lives working in agriculture and other industry, surrounded by family and close friends. Periodically…

Feelings

I’m not one to talk about feelings. In fact, when asked to share my feelings, I’ll usually deflect with a comment about my degree in accounting. It’s not that I lack emotion, it’s just that I prefer analyzing things logically rather than emotionally.

And herein lies my challenge wit…