Chapter 51 The day before the British Mandate expired it was announced that the State of Israel had been formed by David Ben-Gurion, it was May 14th. America and the USSR were the first countries to recognise it. That same day a message from Proff arrived, the Egyptians were preparing to move out. The three who had been at the Egyptian base had joined...
Not only had I never worked this hard, I hadn't even imagined working this hard. The amusing thing was I wasn't working for grades. I didn't want to embarrass myself, but, given that, they were of little concern. My primary motivation was I wanted to learn and I felt way behind because I hadn't put much effort into the learning part of my education. To my c...
The hero of our story is one Daniel, who grew up in the town of Galilee during the reign of the Emperor Nero. Daniel was a good Jewish boy and loved nothing better than to sit in the synagogue and listen to the rabbi read stories from the holy book. His favourite was the story of his namesake in the lion's den. He wondered if he would be able to be so brave...
Whenever I read, I keep a pencil handy and I underline words that I don't know and dog ear the page so that I can go back and look them up in the dictionary. I have always been interested in etymology and even took Latin for three years. I hope that these words can help all of us in our writings. Be sure to check out your dictionary for additional usages of...
Chapter 4 Walk Like a Man "Hey, Shane, come on in and sit down," Carol Beringer said, looking up from a thick file on her desk. She moved the half-lens reading glasses that had been perched low on her nose to the top of her gray head. "Guess what's come back?" "My test scores," Shane said, closing the door and moving to slouch in the chair in front of...
Third and last part. If it seems a little hokey, I ask you to remember that I wrote this 20 years ago -- before there was a BE community, before we even knew there was an Internet! Also -- THANK YOU to the people who commented! YOU made the rest of the story happen. * By now, my wife Cara's milk-making breasts were pretty well taking over her days. When I...
"Pastor all the furniture in the house is now the property of the church. If I'm not mistaken, you were asking for donations for the woman's shelter. I don't think you'll want any of mattresses from the house but the rest is yours." My daughter stood there looking at her mom. If looks could kill, Janice would die a slow painful death. "Hi Sweetums!" "Hi D...
XVII Faith and Charity Tamara 2093 Tamara studied the framed picture on the wall. It showed the image of a slightly tubby middle-aged woman which had been made to resemble a mediaeval Christian saint. She even had a halo around her forehead. "Who's this?" Tamara asked. "It's Saint Diane," said Dahab. "She was the founder of the Reigate centre." "Is...
Enjoy. Chapter 2: Getting hired. Three days later, Sean Ryan heard why he'd been called to snow-bound New York in the midst of January away from his home in 86-degree sunny Southern California. When he had first arrived, the Creative Convention people had merely commandeered a classroom for the meeting, but the President of Rockycreek wandered in before th...
Lainie was a child bride when she married Bill. It was an arranged affair. He had somehow fooled her father that he was Jewish, and she went through hell because of her father's foolish decision. Through the next twelve years, Lainie suffered through the most frightening years a woman could go through with a man who didn't love her. Lainie is a strikingly b...