This happens in the best of families
Anat Gopstein’s latest column in the Shabbat weekly Gilui Da’at: This happens in the best of families “Anat, I’m shocked! My student, involved with an Arab!” This is what an old friend, who works as a teacher in the ulpana, said to me. She couldn’t believe how it could happen that a good girl from […]
All of Israel are guarantors for each other
All of Israel are guarantors for each other Years ago she left the village with her children. She came to our emergency apartment. I remember her sweet kids. They didn’t even speak Hebrew at that time. Slowly but surely, they started learning the language and integrating into society. Slowly but surely, she got rehabilitated, […]
The Story of a “Captive Baby” (Tinok sh’nishba)
Benzi’s latest “Behind the Flames” column in the Shabbat publication Matzav HaRuach: The Story of a “Captive Baby” (Tinok sh’nishba) Most of the words of this week’s column, I would like to dedicate to an especially moving note that I received this week from David (assumed name) – formerly, Achmed (assumed name). Here it is […]
We Are All One Big Family
Anat Gopstein’s latest column in the Shabbat weekly Gilui Da’at: We Are All One Big Family “You’re my family”, she told me.This was painful. I had tears in my eyes. Her family has been disconnected from her for 15 years, and there is no tie between them. There is a total cutoff. Since she went […]
The Wild South – a Red South//Anat Gopstein
Anat Gopstein’s latest column in Gilui Da’at: The Wild South – a Red South For years we’ve been getting harsh stories about exploitation of girls by Arabs and the failures of the law enforcement authorities and welfare services. I thought nothing could surprise me, but it seems that reality conquers any imagination and that there’s […]
“I am with him in distress” (Psalm 91:15)// Anat Gopstein
Anat Gopstein’s latest column in the Shabbat weekly Gilui Da’at: “I am with him in distress” (Psalm 91:15) They sat across from me, crying and hurting. They didn’t know how to cope with the hard blow that landed on them. Their daughter, a teenage girl, a good, beloved girl, a girl who’s their whole world. […]
Just Love Them//Anat Gopstein
Anat Gopstein’s new column for this week’s Shabbat publication Gilui Da’at: Just Love Them “I don’t want to be religious, but I also don’t want to fall into crime, like my friends did.” He sat across from me and told me about his relationship with his family and his society, about the expectations he had, […]
The Splitting of the Red Sea
A story from “M’Afar Kumi” that Anat Gopstein chose to post: The Splitting of the Red Sea “It’s hard for me. I can’t be alone. I want a partner”, she said. She waits and prays, and it doesn’t come. Years ago she had a non-Jewish partner. She understood that it didn’t suit her, but it […]
After 13 years in the village, she wanted to leave//Anat Gopstein
Anat Gopstein’s latest article in the women’s online publication Eshet: Shabbat Shalom “I want to leave the village, she said. After 13 years in the village, she wanted to leave it already, as quickly as possible. “On Friday it’s important for me to arrive before Shabbat to light the Shabbat candles. I remember Shabbat by […]
Missionaries – OUT!
Benzi’s latest “Behind the Flames” column in Matzav HaRuach: Missionaries – OUT! More than once in this column, I have emphasized the dangers of missionaries, and the spread of missionary activity all over the country. The truth is that the scourge of missionaries is not something new, and it has existed for dozens of years: […]
