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Subject: Somos Primos July 2013 154th Online Issue
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Dear Primos and Friends:
Wishing you a Happy 4th of July. Hope you all relaxed and refreshed, basking in the freedom which we Americans enjoy.
Twenty five years ago, my husband and I traveled on our own to the Middle East, visiting Israel and Egypt. Staying for a few nights in Cairo, we were able to observe the people. In Egypt, men in military uniform with rifles on their backs are plentiful the streets, watching.
One uniformed man, wore a gun holster on his belt, and carried a short whip. As we were about to cross the street, I noticed before us, a father and son. As they were about to pass the uniformed man, he with a grin struck the father once with the whip, as they passed,. The father just winced. I remember the look of the child's face, as he looked up to his father, wondering, confused, helpless, why?
In Tel-Aviv we slept in a hotel facing the American Consulate. From our window.. we could see the bullet holes in their walls. In the south, in Elat, (also known as Bay of Aqaba) we slept in a small hotel with a wire fence separating us from Jordan. From my bed, I could see the machine gun directed towards the hotel. Terrorist attacks and suicide bombers were increasing in number while we were there. Several times, a location where we had been the day before was bombed, or attacked. Even an ice cream poisoning took place. We traveled to the Golan Heights and soon realized how really small Israel is. You can comfortably travel from one end of Israel to the other in one day. The walls surrounding the old city of Jerusalem, enclose an area about the size of one of our larger malls. Israel's existence is a miracle.
I have several life images that I would like to share:
The most telling vision of the living conditions is the following: In Israel, agriculture, dairy, and other farms are conducted in kibbutz .
These are isolated cooperatives run by the people that live there, who are on alert 24 hours a day. In order to protect themselves from the marauding Arabs, the kibbutz are protected in various ways. In one section the farms were protected by rows of rolled barbwire fences. At one site, I think I counted at least 6 rows of rolled barbwire fencing.
In Israel most young people serve in the military, girls and boys. They wear their rifles on their backs. Several times, standing in line to get a falafal, I backed into a hard rifle carried by a young soldier.
Israel are surviving by accepting that living in Israel requires constant diligence.
The most uplifting image that I recall is of a young girl in uniform, rifle on her back, sitting cross legged on the top of some stairs, on duty before a government building, happily knitting.
God Bless America and God Bless Israel . . . . Mimi
UNITED STATES
LULAC Las Vegas Family Expo, June 19-21
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Documentary: E Haku Inoa: To Weave A Name Hispanics Breaking Barriers, Second Volume, 19th Issue by Mercy Bautista-Olvera Ana Reyes, A Wise Latina by Mercy Bautista-Olvera Dr. Q's Journey to Neurosurgery NCLR 2013 National Conference
WITNESS TO HERITAGE: Mimi Lozano
Defender of the Latino presence and contributions to the history of the United States!
Translation and interpretation by Tomas Saenz
ERASING HISTORIC REALITY
Myths and Tropes in the Survival of the Black Legend By Felipe de Ortego y Gasca Spurs crowd roars for 11-year-old mariachi Sebastien De La Cruz Tejano History Barely Dodged the SB 1128 Bullet by Jose Antonio Lopez 19th Century Mind-set for 21st Century Challenges By Felipe de Ortego y Gasca
NATIONAL ISSUES
How the Government is Spending Tax Payers' Money Texas Passes Bill to Train Teachers as Armed Marshals City of Nucla becomes Colorado's first and only town mandating gun ownership Authorities seize ton of marijuana off Balboa Island, California Of 2,200 terror attacks in 2012, over 2000 undertaken by Muslims or in name of Islam Audit ordered of California agency after child taken from parents Mexican Consul in Santa Ana & Anaheim Interim Chief of Police sign
"Memorandum of Understanding"
Army Punishes Soldier who Served Chick-fil-A food
ACTION ITEM
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EDUCATION
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CULTURE
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Hispanics Against Ltino Term
Lucero Tena, Flamenco Dancer
Lydia Mendoza, Singer
Ramon Sanchez, singer, songwriter, music educator Make the Dream Come True, Put Our Show on the Road by Gregorio Luke Family Carries Charreria Tradition through Generations The Inception and Development of Chicano Art by Jimmy Franco Sr.
