Sixty Years....

....Since the birth of the beautiful and troubled State of Israel. I offer here what I hope is the appropriate blessing -- Shehecheyanu.

בָּרוּךְ אַתָה יהוה
אֶלוֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הַעוֹלָם
שֵהֵחְיָנוּ וְקִיְימָנוּ
וְהִגִעָנוּ לַזְמַן הַזֶה

Blessed are You
Lord our God, King of the universe
Who has kept us in life, sustained us,
and brought us to this moment.

And with hopes for peace in the region, a quote from the Iron Lady of Israeli politics:

The Arabs will stop fighting us when they love their children more than they hate Jews - Golda Meir