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July 11, 2014: Slowly, Thoughtfully, Agonizingly
By now I had thought our ground forces would have entered Gaza, but the operation remains on the edge of happening. As I approach Shabbat...
July 10, 2014: Those Human Shields
Yet another factor in the current conflict is the willingness – indeed the eagerness – of Hamas to promote a PR advantage by putting its...
July 9, 2014: Proportionality and Other Matters
There is a widespread – but very erroneous – impression that if an enemy attacks, a proportional response means a nation can only return what...
July 8, 2014: WAR
It took a long time in coming, but it’s very serious now. The military action, called Operation Protective Edge, was announced in the wee hours...
July 7, 2014: Very, Very Difficult
I recognize that I must write, but it’s difficult to know what to say. For what I – and to a person those I deal...
July 5, 2014: Answering to Ourselves
Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) Shabbat has now ended, but I carry with me the messages of an incredible Shabbat afternoon, during which Rabbi Seth and...
July 3, 2014: Obscene Rush to Judgment
On Tuesday night, according to eye witnesses, a black car stopped near Mohammad Abu Khdeir, 16, from the upscale Beit Hanina neighborhood of Jerusalem and...
July 2, 2014: The Tears of a Nation
Prime Minister Netanyahu called it “A Day of National Mourning,” and that is precisely what it was, as Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaar, and Eyal Yifrach...
July 1, 2014: BARUCH DAYAN HAEMET
Blessed is the righteous judge. This is the first order of business. We accept the horror of the Hamas murder of three innocent Israeli students:...
June 20, 2014: Prayer and Positive Energy
That is what that amazing woman Rachel Frankel, mother of Naftali, is asking of all of us. http://www.timesofisrael.com/a-mothers-plea-for-prayer-positive-energy-whatever-it-takes-to-find-kidnapped-teens/ Credit: Channel 2 news Not coincidentally, this...