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Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) That gladness does not, in any way, refer to the current political situation (it should only be).  It is, rather, a...

It’s the season of speeches at the UN.  As some of what has been going on coincided with my preparations for and observance of Yom...

Erev Yom Kippur We now approach the holiest day in the Jewish year.  I wish one and all G’mar Hatima Tova — May you be...

As I count down the time until Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement, which begins tomorrow at sundown), I find myself grieving over the state...

The day ends earlier now, and Shabbat comes in sooner.  By next week it will be considerably sooner yet, as we turn back our clocks...

Is the Obama administration starting to represent the attack in Libya in different terms?  For the first time, yesterday, a member of that administration —...

What I am referring to is the barrage of material coming into my in-box from readers, much of it connected to the issues of the...

Motzei Rosh Hashanah (night — after end of the holiday) I’ve just returned to my computer after a beautiful Rosh Hashanah.  My time was devoted in...

There comes a time for putting aside worldly matters, as vastly significant as they seem these days.  A time for looking inward and for acknowledging...

This warning if intended for American readers.  I see a pattern emerging.  Not really unexpected, but deeply, deeply worrisome none the less. I had intended...