Author : Arlene

There is much to report at this time of political and diplomatic turmoil, but I will follow what has become my custom and start with...

“Sof Sof!” means Finally! When last I wrote two days ago, I expected Lieberman to close on a coalition agreement with Likud within hours.  Instead it...

Israel’s political scene is in the process of significant transition.  I’ve been waiting a bit for the dust to settle, as there has been so...

I begin today with a moving “only in Israel” story.  I had written in my last posting about the way in which comrades of a...

In a thousand ways, Israel is different from all other nations in the world – and the observance of Yom HaZikaron followed immediately by Yom...

   Credit: headingupwards  Tonight at sundown Holocaust Remembrance Day begins.  In Israel, it’s Yom Hashoah V’Gevurah – a day for remembering the Holocaust and the...

Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev is working on a proposal that would require all institutions that receive state funds, or whose facilities were built...

I am writing during Hol Hamoed – the semi-holiday, five days in duration, that falls between the two full holidays at either end of the...

That, in the end, is what Pesach – which begins Friday night – is about for the Jewish people.  We talk about Pesach as Chag...

Even as I prepare for Pesach, I want to continue reporting on some of the major issues that are confronting us.  “Some,” as the list...