Author : Arlene

Tonight begins Simchat Torah here in Israel — outside of Israel, it is Shemini Atzeret with Simchat Torah on Friday.   Simchat Torah — as its...

No emotional dissonance for me on the situation with the PA/PLO.  The emotions I feel are anything but positive, but I am unconflicted. Deputy Minister of...

“Moadim L’Simcha” (times of joy) is the traditional greeting for the intermediate days of Sukkot.  And, yes, I’ve heard it many time these past few...

There is much to follow through on, but first the joy: Wednesday night begins the week-long holiday of Sukkot, the season of our joy.  It’s...

I knew before going into Yom Kippur that a US-Russian deal for disarming Syria would be reached in Geneva while I and fellow Jews were...

Tomorrow eve ushers in the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.  It is a day of personal soul searching and repentance, which we are told...

Before I look at that farce, I remember.  Today is 9/11.  Not only should it not be forgotten, it should serve as a warning, a...

You don’t often find a person in a high government position — who has aspirations to be even higher, and is serving at the pleasure...

How sweet it was: Two days of Rosh Hashana and then Shabbat.  Prayers, singing, time with family and friends, eating… No computer, no TV, no...

  Credit: mymorningmeditations Tomorrow night begins the two-day holiday of Rosh Hashana, a time of repentance and renewal.  I do not expect to post again...