July 9, 2014: Proportionality and Other Matters
There is a widespread – but very erroneous – impression that if an enemy attacks, a proportional response means a nation can only return what...
July 8, 2014: WAR
It took a long time in coming, but it’s very serious now. The military action, called Operation Protective Edge, was announced in the wee hours...
July 7, 2014: Very, Very Difficult
I recognize that I must write, but it’s difficult to know what to say. For what I – and to a person those I deal...
July 5, 2014: Answering to Ourselves
Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) Shabbat has now ended, but I carry with me the messages of an incredible Shabbat afternoon, during which Rabbi Seth and...
July 3, 2014: Obscene Rush to Judgment
On Tuesday night, according to eye witnesses, a black car stopped near Mohammad Abu Khdeir, 16, from the upscale Beit Hanina neighborhood of Jerusalem and...
July 2, 2014: The Tears of a Nation
Prime Minister Netanyahu called it “A Day of National Mourning,” and that is precisely what it was, as Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaar, and Eyal Yifrach...
July 1, 2014: BARUCH DAYAN HAEMET
Blessed is the righteous judge. This is the first order of business. We accept the horror of the Hamas murder of three innocent Israeli students:...
June 20, 2014: Prayer and Positive Energy
That is what that amazing woman Rachel Frankel, mother of Naftali, is asking of all of us. http://www.timesofisrael.com/a-mothers-plea-for-prayer-positive-energy-whatever-it-takes-to-find-kidnapped-teens/ Credit: Channel 2 news Not coincidentally, this...
June 27, 2014: Information Revealed
Late yesterday, Israeli security released the names of the two men who are believed to be the abductors of the three kidnapped boys. Amer Abu Aysha...
June 26, 2014: Agonizingly Slow
The days move on, and still no word on recovery of the kidnapped students, Eyal Yifrah, Gilad Shayer and Naftali Frenkel. The IDF continues to...