Author : Arlene

Well, the grandchildren have gone home and Kaitana Savta (“Camp Grandma”) is over for this summer.  It afforded me a great deal of (exhausting) joy,...

Whatever else is going on in this unsettled and fairly insane world of ours, it’s important for us to not lose sight of the need...

I am alluding to the efforts of the US government to pretend that responding to Iran’s nuclear development NOW has not become an imperative.  Officials...

Brief, because preparations for Shabbat call… I’ll start with the good news that is so appropriate before Shabbat: An update on Noam Jay ben Inbar,...

On Sunday evening, 35 members of a Bedouin terrorist cell broke into an Egyptian army base in the Sinai, killing some 15 Egyptian soldiers and...

I offer no analysis on this issue today, only reportage: Yesterday, Prime Minister Netanyahu, in a Jerusalem meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr, outlined...

We start with an article by Shoshana Bryen of the Jewish Policy Center, written on July 29 (emphasis added): “The Palestinians,” she wrote, “face an...

Additional comments to provide clarification regarding an attack on Iran are in order.  By way of background: [] My information — I received this from...

Didn’t expect to be able to write tonight, but (since my grandkids are sleeping,) I have decided to do at least an abbreviated post. The...

Mitt Romney held a fundraiser in Israel while he was here — the first time ever for a presidential candidate.  And he raised over a...