Category : Uncategorized
December 9, 2008: Likud Primaries
Because of a power failure that complicated the use of electronic voting machines, the Likud primary got off to a slow start yesterday, with hours...
December 8, 2008: That Was Fast
During the campaign, Barack Obama made statements — criticized in several quarters — regarding his willingness to talk directly with Iran. Now that he is...
December 7, 2008: Despicable
There are a few items that might qualify for this modifier, but what I have in mind is this: At the Cabinet meeting today, Olmert...
December 6, 2008: A Necessary Response
Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) It has been a difficult Shabbat because my mind has been so much on the happenings in Hevron. The bias of...
December 4, 2008: Shameful
How else does one describe the actions of the government — and most specifically of Defense Minister Barak –last night and today? A review of...
December 3, 2008: The View from Beit HaShalom
I’ve written about this a couple of times in recent days, and find it important to return to the subject now. Beit HaShalom (House of...
December 2, 2008: A Painful World
Today Moshe’s parents were buried here in Israel, along with the other four Jews killed in the Mumbai Chabad House. Thousands attended the funeral held...
December 1, 2008: Wake Up World!
I lead off today with a section of “A War Against Civilization,” a piece by British commentator Melanie Phillips, who gets it so absolutely right:...
November 30, 2008: Terror Here, Terror There
On Friday night, terrorists in Gaza fired mortar shells at an IDF base near Nachal Oz, wounding eight soldiers — two seriously. One soldier —...
November 29, 2008: When Words Fail
Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) I was prepared on Thursday night to do a posting, but the news from Mumbai stopped me cold. There seemed so...