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  There are two parts to the Chanukah story, and two occurrences that are celebrated: There is our history.  In the second century BCE, under the...

A few days ago, a father brought his daughter up on Har HaBayit (The Temple Mount). She is due to be married soon, and he...

The EU Council met in Brussels today, and when they were done they had passed a resolution on “The Middle East Process” that encourages the...

Or, perhaps better, redefining my focus in these postings.  I will continue to take a look at important news events.  But I have decided that...

I’m sorry, I’m referring to words of the prime minister, but have no other way to describe them. At the Cabinet meeting this morning, Netanyahu...

The feeling one gets, on reading the reports of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s meeting today with angry leaders of Judea and Samaria communities, is that he...

Just a glimmer. But I’m grateful for every good thing. Yesterday, there was a program held in the Knesset under the auspices of NGO-monitor (www.ngo-monitor.org) to...

Last week I attended the kick-off event of a new Anglo civic group in Israel called Hadar.  Several persons of prominence were invited to address...

Sometimes I have a choice: either I laugh, or I weep.  And, as my friends know, while it’s not always possible (I cannot laugh about...

I begin today with an article I co-authored with David Bedein, which appears in today’s Jerusalem Post:  “Questions people are afraid to ask Salam Fayyad.”...