When viewed individually, the stories in this section may seem to have a repetitive quality.
However, taken together, you'll note the development of an important picture that gives a message about Life. This series of articles will make the same point by using different instances.
Yes, Israel's tragedies and crises do give a somewhat different and somber outlook on Life. Nobody knows when their last day or that of their loved ones will arrive.
The messages are portrayed from two points of view:
Those circumstances have led to many needless and infuriating Shiva calls and funerals. The horrifying events resulted in too many broken homes.
Westerners rarely understand the situation. They see these tragedies as interesting reading or viewing of what happens to "them," tsk, tsk.
Nonetheless, it is wrong to give up or to depict events as bad
After all, these bad events don't happen to everybody.
Some people lose the lottery.
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Read about Israeli forums
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