My wife has covered their activities for several years and now I have my own direct contact. Rachel Glaser:-
(Rachel's on the right side of the photo)
Rachel Glaser, a 25-year-old from West Virginia, left her family in order to make aliyah after completing her B.A. in International Relations and Economics. "I learned a lot about Israel and I've been there many times," she says. "I come from a Zionist home so I decided to make aliyah.
"There are many ways to contribute to Israel but aliyah is the biggest step that you can possibly take." Glazer has a deep understanding of Israeli politics, and has strong opinions about the State officials, she even understands the esoteric workings of the Winograd Commission. She claims that disengagament was a mistake, proclaims her love for Boogi Ya'alon, the former IDF chief of staff, and summarizes with a sentence that demonstrates that she's on her way to becoming one of us, "What is the real difference between Likud, Kadima and Labor?"
How direct?
Well, Rachel was an intern here at the Begin Center when we were still over at our Binyanei HaOomah offices and came back almost every summer, or inbetween, when I would lecture to her ZOA groups.
Welcome, Rachel!
Posts
