Welcome to Craft Schooling Sunday, thanks so much for joining me here! In these very challenging and scary times for the country of Israel and for the Jewish people worldwide, I encourage you to pursue the truth and help those in your community, neighborhood and home understand that there are no black and white statements that can be made about the situation as it is so very very complicated. One thing about which there is no debate is that evil is now parading around, with no disguise, so don't be fooled, please! How it is that a war going on in our tiny little country (surrounded by enemies) can have a global impact? This fact in itself is surely something to think about!
If you are wondering how my life is affected by the war? We do live in the North of the country, but fortunately far enough from the border that we have not been evacuated like so many whose homes are just 30 to 40 minutes from ours. Hotels everywhere are filled with evacuees, (the government subsidizes this) and life for them is not normal whatsoever. We do hear booms when rockets are intercepted, but generally we have not had many sirens telling us to run to our safe rooms within 30 seconds. In a town whose income is very tourist based certainly many families are suffering from the lack of income, and while businesses are open, those catering to tourists are mostly closed. Life is not by any means "normal" as we are a people fighting for our existence literally, and while we are generally watching from the sidelines our hearts and souls are bound with all the Jews who have suffered, are suffering, as we are literally one big family.
Okay, since the answer to evil is good, and in this case the joy of creativity, lets take a look at the features from last week's party:
