The Holocaust – PaulaSays

Only One Remains – Holocaust Remembrance Day 2016

May 4, 2016 paulas 0

In my youth, the subject of the Holocaust would come up on a regular basis and when asked, I would respond politely that no, we […]

They Put Her In a Gas Chamber

May 16, 2014 paulas 0

Like many Israelis, I work in the hi-tech world. More and more, there are less and less cyber-borders. In minutes we bridge the gap of […]

David and Poland

March 12, 2014 paulas 0

Sometimes a topic becomes so big, I find it hard to write about it. That’s how it has been with David and Poland. He came […]

Frank McDonald On Women and Ariel Sharon

March 3, 2014 paulas 1

This article first appeared on Times of Israel in January, 2014. More than a month later, Frank McDonald responded with a diatribe against me (who […]

The Story of a Shoe in Maidanek

February 18, 2014 paulas 0

What can you learn from a shoe? As I stood in the Maidanek death camp recently, I tried to understand, tried to envision, tried to […]

A Question and A Request

April 20, 2009 paulas 0

Tomorrow night begins Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel. I have a request. Wherever you are in the world – tomorrow night as darkness sets in, […]

It Will Never Go Away? Never?

April 27, 2006 paulas 0

As a Jew, it is hard to reconcile and come to terms, even more than 60 years later, with what was done to the Jews […]

Auschwitz – A Breaking Point

January 27, 2004 paulas 0

Everyone has a breaking point. It is the point at which you simply feel you cannot take anymore. You cannot cry more, you cannot feel […]

The Story of a Shoe

August 1, 2003 paulas 0

What can you learn from a shoe? As I stood in the Maidanek death camp recently, I tried to understand, tried to envision, tried to […]

We are a democratic country; so much so, we allow our enemies into our government and from the podium of our parliament, they have the freedom to call for policies that would destroy us. Our current enemies, those who pose the most immediate threat lie to our north. This is Hizbollah land, where according to their leader Hassan Nasrallah, “We have discovered how to hit the Jews where they are the most vulnerable. The Jews love life, so that is what we shall take away from them. We are going to win, because they love life and we love death.” Our enemies lie to the northeast. This is Syria. My sons have spent many months on the Golan Heights, including some tense days waiting to see how the Syrians would react after Israel sent planes to destroy a building widely believed to be the beginnings of a nuclear reactor. My oldest son fought near Gaza to help stop the rockets from being fired against Israel. Our enemies lie further to the east. This is Iran, led by fanatics who promise that they will do all they can to accomplish in a few minutes more than what Adolf Hitler accomplished in six years of war. The Iranian leadership has made it clear in words and actions that they are after a nuclear bomb and that their goal is to wipe Israel off the face of the earth. Believe them.