Author : Arlene

As a rule, it is not realistic to think we can achieve full clarity with regard to political acts or decisions. There is always so...

I don’t celebrate the secular new year, but I imagine that many, if not most, of my readers do.  And so, I am delighted to...

I do not want to give the impression that everything is going smoothly and that there are no problems here.  It’s unlikely that anyone would...

One tends to get the impression—on reading the news about the General Assembly vote last Thursday regarding President Trump’s new policy of recognizing Jerusalem as...

As 2017 draws to a close, I want to take this opportunity to ask my readers to consider a donation to the Legal Grounds Campaign,...

Here we are, in the midst of Chanukah celebrations, which mark miracles for the Jewish people, most significantly regarding the miracle of Jewish survival at...

Tonight we light the first candle of Chanukah, a holiday that in its essence is about the survival of Judaism at a time when Hellenization...

Most of us have known this for some time, but the hysteria about the declaration by President Trump that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel...

This will not be news to my readers! President Donald Trump, in a speech delivered from the White House, has announced that the United States,...

Beginning with a housekeeping message: Unfortunately, the email address associated with my postings, arlene@arlenefromisrael.info went down last week because of a glitch. While the email is...