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From Israel: “Here at Home: It’s UGH!”
Even with the UGH! there are always good things to report. And so, today I had hoped to begin with a deeply moving story, to...
From Israel: “Inconceivable!”
Or so I would have thought. Yet, in America today, this is what we see: Florida Young Democrats (FYD) has a new Central Florida Regional...
From Israel: “Yikes! They Are Still There”
But of course they are! The myriad of problems Israel faces, that is. How delightful Yom Ha’atzmaut was, with its respite – its sense of...
From Israel: “Stand Ever Tall and Proud, Israel!!”
I celebrate Israel on Yom Ha’atzmaut – Israel Independence Day. And I invite each of you, my friends, to join with me. ~~~~~~~~~~ Israel is...
From Israel: “Yom HaZikaron Perspective”
This evening at 8:00, a siren will sound across the land, ushering in Yom Hazikaron (Memorial Day). And once again the nation will stand in...
From Israel: “I Could Spit!!”
Not the most dignified of titles, but one that best captures my mood – and the mood, I will note, of a whole lot of...
From Israel: “Those Accursed Rockets!!”
Israelis have had a belly full of attacks from Gaza and yet here we go again. But this time it is going to be...
From Israel: “Our Sadness, Our Strength”
Today – Thursday – is Yom Hashoah, or as it is referred to, Holocaust Remembrance Day for the Martyrs and the Heroes. The heroes should...
From Israel: “Bull’s-eye!”
Today I begin with a piece – “No, it’s not about ‘race’” – by Vic Rosenthal, writing as Abu Yehuda, because I think this marvelously...
From Israel: “Realities, Painful and Otherwise”
For many – myself included – the now-concluded week of Pesach provided a healing interlude: A time of coming together of family and friends. As...