From Israel: “Badly Needed Inspiration at a Critical Juncture!!”ArleneMay 26, 2022May 26, 2022by ArleneMay 26, 2022May 26, 202207As I sat down to write this posting, I felt overwhelmed by an awareness of how many significant problems we...Read more
From Israel: “Stupid Is, As Stupid Does!!”adminMay 23, 2022May 23, 2022by adminMay 23, 2022May 23, 2022016Next Sunday, May 29, is Yom Yerushalayim – a day that marks Israel’s liberation of eastern Jerusalem in 1967 and...Read more
From Israel: “And This Is the Way WE Do It!!adminMay 18, 2022May 18, 2022by adminMay 18, 2022May 18, 2022026May 18, 2022 “And This Is the Way WE Do It!! “A hero of Israel lived among us,” said Binyamin...Read more
From Israel: “One of Life’s Great Mysteries”ArleneMay 16, 2022May 16, 2022by ArleneMay 16, 2022May 16, 2022030I have found myself pondering this mystery a good deal lately: We Israelis are a good people. I cited Alan...Read more
From Israel: “Because We Absolutely Must!!ArleneMay 13, 2022May 16, 2022by ArleneMay 13, 2022May 16, 2022022Must? We must hold our heads up, mindful of who we are and standing forever strong. Before I consider some...Read more
From Israel: “And So I Wept!!”ArleneMay 8, 2022May 9, 2022by ArleneMay 8, 2022May 9, 2022026Many of us here in Israel had not yet moved past the deep sadness we were carrying with regard to...Read more
From Israel: Ay! That Was Fast!!ArleneMay 6, 2022May 7, 2022by ArleneMay 6, 2022May 7, 2022023Yom Ha’atzmaut, with its euphoria, was just coming to an end. (Please see my posting reflecting that euphoria if you...Read more
From Israel: “Embracing the Blessing and Bearing Its Burden!!”adminMay 4, 2022May 16, 2022by adminMay 4, 2022May 16, 2022041May 4, 2022 “Embracing the Blessing and Bearing Its Burden!!” The Land of Israel is the sacred inheritance of the...Read more
From Israel: “Hatred: Manifest and Implicit”ArleneMay 1, 2022May 1, 2022by ArleneMay 1, 2022May 1, 2022032It is my practice, always, to begin a posting with news of a terror attack – when one occurs –...Read more
From Israel: “Tolerating What Is Intolerable!!”ArleneApril 25, 2022May 16, 2022by ArleneApril 25, 2022May 16, 2022069The final day of Pesach is over, as is Shabbat, and – grateful for a brief hiatus that brought me...Read more
From Israel: “Forcefully Countering the Outrage!!ArleneApril 19, 2022April 20, 2022by ArleneApril 19, 2022April 20, 2022075The outrage is very real, and very serious. Its focus is Har Habayit (the Temple Mount). Palestinian Arabs today...Read more
From Israel: “Miracles and Standing Strong!!”ArleneApril 13, 2022April 18, 2022by ArleneApril 13, 2022April 18, 2022040This Friday night, Jews across the world will be participating in the Pesach Seder. And so I begin by extending...Read more