Category : Uncategorized
From Israel: Shining the Light
Tonight we light the first candle of Chanukah, a holiday that in its essence is about the survival of Judaism at a time when Hellenization...
From Israel: So, the World is Crazy
Most of us have known this for some time, but the hysteria about the declaration by President Trump that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel...
From Israel: Mazel Tov!
This will not be news to my readers! President Donald Trump, in a speech delivered from the White House, has announced that the United States,...
From Israel: Wait a Minute
Beginning with a housekeeping message: Unfortunately, the email address associated with my postings, arlene@arlenefromisrael.info went down last week because of a glitch. While the email is...
From Israel: Slip-Sliding Away
It has been two weeks since I’ve posted – an inordinate amount of time for me. But I have been hard at work on my...
From Israel: For Real?
On November 11, the New York Times put out a report saying that the Trump team was now starting to put together a Middle East...
From Israel: Maybe Yes, Maybe No
The political/diplomatic situation is so fluid, so unstable, that sometimes I prepare to report on one state of affairs, only to discover that a day...
From Israel: Shifting Sands
We begin with more information regarding the lead story in my last posting, about Deputy Minister Tzipi Hotovely, who was uninvited at Hillel House in...
From Israel: Same Story: Stand Strong!
My first item today is with regard to something that happened yesterday, something shameful. I also wanted to say “shocking,” but I’m not sure any...
From Israel: How Crazy Is It?
November 2, 2017 “How Crazy Is It?” In brief, this crazy: On Monday, the IDF identified a tunnel from Gaza that had entered Israel. It...