Author : Arlene

Yesterday, the NYTimes ran an op-ed by columnist Ross Douthat — “The Mystery of Benghazi” — in  which he describes the Obama administration’s “very strange”...

Every so often I make a goof and need to correct it for my readers.  Most of the time the goof is quite minor (like...

Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) Many of you likely saw the vice presidential debate last Thursday night.  It was not the run-away Republican win that the...

In Israel.  We saw it coming and now it’s official: Prime Minister Netanyahu has made the announcement that elections will be held in January.  His...

Well, this may be a slight exaggeration, as I’m not really sure what “normal” is here in Israel.  What I mean, of course, is that...

When Prime Minister Netanyahu returned home from New York on Saturday night, in order to arrive here for Sukkot, he pronounced himself satisfied with his...

Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) That gladness does not, in any way, refer to the current political situation (it should only be).  It is, rather, a...

It’s the season of speeches at the UN.  As some of what has been going on coincided with my preparations for and observance of Yom...

Erev Yom Kippur We now approach the holiest day in the Jewish year.  I wish one and all G’mar Hatima Tova — May you be...

As I count down the time until Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement, which begins tomorrow at sundown), I find myself grieving over the state...