I was disturbed today as I read about a young, eight year-old girl being bullied on her way to school each morning.  She was being spit upon, yelled at, and shoved around by others in her neighborhood. What really got my attention was that these weren’t other kids taunting her because she was different in some fashion. These are adults treating her and others like this!  
 
This is happening in Israel.  This particular event is occurring in the city of Beit Shemesh, population of about 100,000.  The young girl is walking to a Jewish religious girls’ school in her neighborhood.  The adults are ultra-Orthodox Jews who call her “a whore” for dressing “immodestly.” By American standard, she is dressing very conservatively.
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A World of Hurt 06/10/2011
 
Senseless. Brutal.  Heartbreaking.  Distressing. Stupid. Scandalous.  Does your heart ache when you read or listen to the news?  It is emotionally challenging at times to go to the web and read the news or even scan the headlines in the local paper.  A five year old drowns an infant…
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Shifting Power 02/10/2011
 
The news this morning is that Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak is stepping down tonight as protests against him continue.  He is scheduled to make a television broadcast to make the announcement.  News sources believe that the newly appointed vice president, Omar Suleiman, would take over.

Although there has been loss of life and violence during the last two weeks of protest; it has been minimal compared to what might have occurred if the military had been used to crack down on the protesters.  My concern has been that President Mubarak would use any and every means to hold onto the power that he has wielded for the last 30 years.    
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