From Israel: “Embrace the Miracle!!”ArleneApril 26, 2023April 26, 2023 by ArleneApril 26, 2023April 26, 20230225 Today was Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel Independence Day. And the miracle is Israel. With all the angst and tension we’ve been feeling these days, it is...
From Israel: “Solemnity and National Mourning”ArleneApril 25, 2023April 26, 2023 by ArleneApril 25, 2023April 26, 20230222 April 25. 2023 “Solemnity and National Mourning” Today is Yom Hazikaron – Memorial Day: A day on which we mourn all those who have died...
From Israel: “Outrage: Lessons Not Learned!!”ArleneApril 20, 2023April 26, 2023 by ArleneApril 20, 2023April 26, 20230212 On Monday night and Tuesday, we observed Yom HaShoah – officially known as Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day – here in Israel. We honor...
From Israel: “Glimmers of Hope in Tough, Tough Times!!”ArleneApril 14, 2023April 14, 2023 by ArleneApril 14, 2023April 14, 20230272 Well, the Pesach holiday has now come to an end, and we are back to “normal,” whatever that is. The weather certainly has not been...
From Israel: The Joy, the Anguish and the Outrage!!ArleneApril 9, 2023April 14, 2023 by ArleneApril 9, 2023April 14, 20230244 April 9, 2023 The Joy, the Anguish and the Outrage!! The joy, my friends, is the holiday of Pesach: a highlight of our year, with...
From Israel: “Prayer for the State of Israel”ArleneApril 3, 2023April 6, 2023 by ArleneApril 3, 2023April 6, 20230270 Israel needs your prayers. See to the end. It is no surprise, that I am posting again before Pesach. First, because I must report...
From Israel: VERY URGENT: See It as It Is!!ArleneMarch 30, 2023April 6, 2023 by ArleneMarch 30, 2023April 6, 20230240 This may be my last posting before seder next week. And so here I wish everyone who is observing a Pesach kasher v’sameach! Again, I assure...
From Israel: “With a Heavy, Heavy Heart!!”ArleneMarch 28, 2023March 31, 2023 by ArleneMarch 28, 2023March 31, 20230243 Israel truly is an anomaly in today’s world: A nation with a duly elected right-wing government in a sea of Western democracies that have all...
From Israel: “The Good News and the Appalling Lies!!”ArleneMarch 24, 2023March 24, 2023 by ArleneMarch 24, 2023March 24, 20230241 This week one of my grandsons entered the army. He was brought by his parents to a gathering point for new IDF recruits, and there,...
From Israel: “Over the Top and Intolerable!!”ArleneMarch 20, 2023March 20, 2023 by ArleneMarch 20, 2023March 20, 20230294 As always, when there is a terror attack, I begin with that. And how deplorable it is, that I must do so again: And that...