tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679781135128711342.post4560025693589576227..comments2023-11-03T05:56:49.732-07:00Comments on The Bagelnosher Blog: bagelnosherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02693678110909662794noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679781135128711342.post-79570350247749388222009-06-27T20:26:55.037-07:002009-06-27T20:26:55.037-07:00What a beautiful story! This is Pantea.. and I am ...What a beautiful story! This is Pantea.. and I am touched by the memory of JJ and I as kids! I was so delighted to reconnect with your daughter as she is such an amazing person (as well you know). Thank you for all the wonderful well wishes on me as well as my mom. She is doing well over there even with all the turmoil. I think its hard being over here in the states where we are at the mercy of our media to depict what is going on over there.. although they are not too off.. its not quite as bad as they make it seem. She is living in the outskirts of Tehran which puts her out of harms way I believe (at least thats what she tells me :).<br /><br />In any case thank you for thinking of us and putting us in your blog. I look forward to JJ and I continuing our friendship that we started at such an early age. Heres' to getting to see you again real soon~ <br />Take care and be safe!<br />Love<br />PanteaPanteahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18177852881694771829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679781135128711342.post-56550744135142508792009-06-26T05:57:03.518-07:002009-06-26T05:57:03.518-07:00Thanks Mom! I hope she is well too!
Love you!Thanks Mom! I hope she is well too! <br /><br />Love you!Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16368306375435438065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679781135128711342.post-30582824616764978872009-06-24T21:23:54.619-07:002009-06-24T21:23:54.619-07:00Whoa, B.D.! What a story!
I can just picture it. ...Whoa, B.D.! What a story!<br /><br />I can just picture it. And very well told, too. <br /><br />This is the kind of human interest tale that used to make the Reader's Digest such an intriguing little book. Your story says more about you and the other guy, about Iraq and Israel, about the reality of living in troubled times -- not to mention troubled countries -- than anything I've read.<br /><br />Kol hakavod, B.D. Thank you so much for posting it.bagelnosherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02693678110909662794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679781135128711342.post-29635580278013434072009-06-24T05:48:55.666-07:002009-06-24T05:48:55.666-07:00A touching story, which reminded me of something f...A touching story, which reminded me of something from my own past.<br />In 1991, during the first Gulf War, I was living in Toronto. Previously, after high school I had made Aliyah to Israel and had spent eight years, including full army service. I was now in North America, knowing that I'd someday return to Israel. The scud missiles shot from Iraq began raining down on Israel. For me life in Toronto couldn't go on as usual, with concern about friends and relatives I had left behind.<br />Working at the security desk at the condo building I was living in was an young man from Iraq. His parents were still in Iraq, and he was no less concerned than I was. Every evening after his shift ended we would take a short-wave radio up to the roof of the building and spend the nights searching the airwaves for any authentic information we could find on what was going on in Israel and Iraq. The bond shared between us during those difficult days was among the strongest I have ever experienced.B.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14261062938023539456noreply@blogger.com