Today’s Israel: Giving Thanks Amid the Darkness

More than 160 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation that all Americans should “observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.” Thus began the cherished American holiday, Thanksgiving. It has always been one of my favorite holidays, and I have many fond memories of our Thanksgiving table growing up in the U.S. While we don’t observe Thanksgiving in Israel, the theme of giving thanks is i