Separating the Joy from the Bad Stuff!!
I was going to entitle this posting “You Know What They Say About Smoke…” But because I want to celebrate Edan Alexander first, we will...
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We Could Have Seen It Coming!!
Before Donald Trump was inaugurated on January 20, Steve Witkoff, whom Trump had designated as his Middle East Envoy, came to visit Prime Minister Netanyahu....
Hold Tight!! Very Tight!!
When things get tough (which is most of the time these days), we Israelis know what to do: We keep going, firm in the belief...
Look! How Marvelous Our People Are!!
Marvelous because we are never defeated and emerge from attack even stronger. The arson set in multiple localities yesterday was an attack; three people have...
Thus Have We Been Brought This Far!!
Last night (Tuesday), with the sounding of a siren we began the observance of Yom Hazikaron – Memorial Day. Always a most somber day for...
Look Back, Turn Forward!!
Tonight, the 27th of Nissan, begins Yom Hashoah in Israel – officially Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day. (When the Knesset set this date in...
Bravo Bibi!!
The existential struggle Israel is engaged in is multi-faceted. While my faith remains strong that in the end we will get where we need to...
The World Turns, and Our Heads Spin!!
As I write, it is chol hamoed, the intermediate days of Pesach – in the nature of a half-holiday. School is off, some people take...
That All-Important Perspective
This Saturday night we begin Pesach. It has been my custom to provide a link to a video of the singing of V’he She’amda at...
Caution, Read the News Slowly!!
Otherwise, you will find your head swimming. I commented to a friend yesterday that I think the news shifts every three-and-a-half hours; he told me...