From Israel: “Yom HaZikaron Perspective”ArleneMay 8, 2019May 22, 2019 by ArleneMay 8, 2019May 22, 20190511 This evening at 8:00, a siren will sound across the land, ushering in Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day). And once again the nation will stand in...
From Israel: “I Could Spit!!”ArleneMay 6, 2019May 22, 2019 by ArleneMay 6, 2019May 22, 20190520 Not the most dignified of titles, but one that best captures my mood – and the mood, I will note, of a whole lot of...
From Israel: “Those Accursed Rockets!!”ArleneMay 5, 2019May 22, 2019 by ArleneMay 5, 2019May 22, 20190469 Israelis have had a belly full of attacks from Gaza and yet here we go again. But this time it is going to be...
From Israel: “Our Sadness, Our Strength”ArleneMay 2, 2019May 22, 2019 by ArleneMay 2, 2019May 22, 20190487 Today – Thursday – is Yom Hashoah, or as it is referred to, Holocaust Remembrance Day for the Martyrs and the Heroes. The heroes should...
From Israel: “Bull’s-eye!”ArleneApril 30, 2019May 22, 2019 by ArleneApril 30, 2019May 22, 20190513 Today I begin with a piece – “No, it’s not about ‘race’” – by Vic Rosenthal, writing as Abu Yehuda, because I think this marvelously...
From Israel: “Realities, Painful and Otherwise”ArleneApril 29, 2019May 22, 2019 by ArleneApril 29, 2019May 22, 20191521 For many – myself included – the now-concluded week of Pesach provided a healing interlude: A time of coming together of family and friends. As...
From Israel: “And Off We Go!”ArleneApril 17, 2019May 22, 2019 by ArleneApril 17, 2019May 22, 20190512 This will be my last posting before Pesach begins on Friday night. This year, the Pesach themes of redemption and evil resonate for me with...
From Israel: “A Revolting Thought”ArleneApril 14, 2019May 22, 2019 by ArleneApril 14, 2019May 22, 20190573 It’s only a thought, or a rumor, at this point. Before I get to it I want to thank all of my readers who have...
From Israel: “Triumph!”ArleneApril 12, 2019May 22, 2019 by ArleneApril 12, 2019May 22, 20190479 When the Israeli polls closed at 10 PM on Tuesday, the air was fraught with tensions. Various exit polls, notoriously unreliable in any event, were...
From Israel: “We Brought Him Home!”ArleneApril 7, 2019May 22, 2019 by ArleneApril 7, 2019May 22, 20190478 Thirty-seven years ago, during the First Lebanon war, Israeli troops engaged in a fierce and bloody battle with Syrian and affiliated PLO units at Sultan...