Author : Arlene

Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) We need a whole lot more, but I’m grateful for what I’m seeing:It begins with our new Jerusalem mayor, Nir Barkat,...

I’ve seen it in a variety of different places with changeable climate (Calgary comes to mind as one): natives of the area say, “You don’t...

Sometimes the issues seem so diverse and overwhelming that it truly is difficult to know what merits first attention. Nothing, but nothing, that comes to...

Well, last night Shin Bet head Yuval Diskin and Ofer Dekel, chief negotiator on the Shalit issue, returned from Cairo amidst rumors that there would...

Worry? With regard to some of my concerns right now, this word is an understatement. Deep apprehension might better describe my state of mind. Near...

Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat)The traditional greeting at the end of Shabbat is “Shavua tov” — have a good week. And dearly do I wish for...

Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat)The traditional greeting at the end of Shabbat is “Shavua tov” — have a good week. And dearly do I wish for...

I cannot let the Freeman incident pass without an additional comment: I have picked up some observations that Jews should perhaps have stayed out of...

Well, the celebration of Purim — with both its frivolity and its message of import — has ended, and we are back to the every-day...

Not a full or regular posting. Simply a desire to share the mood of Purim as I experience it here in Jerusalem. Today is costume...