Author : Arlene

It’s a huge question with no easy answers. But this posting is going to start with the good stuff, which we find in some considerable...

When I placed the Legal Grounds cartoon in my last posting, I said I would be sharing more about the EU.  The cartoon was aimed...

    The cartoon you see above is from the Legal Grounds Campaign, which I co-chair with Jeff Daube.  I ask please that you put...

The good news, my friends, is that in the midst of neighboring mayhem and chaos, Israel managed to celebrate Purim late last week without mishap....

This past Shabbat, the Shabbat before Purim, was Shabbat Zahor, which means “remember.” Everyone is obligated to come to synagogue to hear the Torah reading, which...

 It is with sadness that I note the passing on Tuesday of Salomon Benzimra of Toronto.   Originally from Morocco – what was then the International...

I frequently feel overwhelmed by the number of critical issues I would like to share with my readers: I must chose among events competing for...

A couple of “only in Israel” stories about ordinary, yet special, people: Yishay Montgomery has been hailed as Israel’s “guitar hero.”    Credit: Ben Hartman Last Tuesday evening,...

We here in Israel don’t really ever expect things to go smoothly, but there are situations that are simply not smooth and others that are...

Eric Mandel, director of MEPIN, wrote an op-ed in the JPost on February 28, entitled, “The real strength of Israel” (emphasis added): He begins by saying...