Author : Arlene

Today is the 65th anniversary of the UN General Assembly vote on the recommendation that Palestine be partitioned into a Jewish and an Arab state. ...

There is a question mark after “Normalcy” because it’s more than a bit difficult to ascertain precisely what “normal” is.  But I’m aiming for it,...

Before I go to the heart of the matter, which is the ability of Hamas to re-establish its supply of Fajr and other long-range missiles…let...

Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) My attempts to get a handle on the Gaza situation are serious and earnest.  But, as one close associate said to...

I know that many who will be receiving this are celebrating Thanksgiving today and I do not wish to impose unduly on that celebration.  And...

I refrained from posting yesterday because matters were so much in flux. It felt — with good reason — as if the situation would have...

Well, we are in the Middle East, at a particularly volatile time in history.  Nothing is going to be simple.  Last night I went to...

I’ve alluded to some of this already, but want to return to look in some more detail at the various “fronts” we are dealing with...

Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) It appears that our leadership is serious this time around, and that at this point we’re doing OK.  This is a major...

It is noon on Friday and I have scant time to post, and yet I must — because I am enraged.  Enraged because the world...