There is much to follow through on, but first the joy: Wednesday night begins the week-long holiday of Sukkot, the season of our joy.  It’s

I knew before going into Yom Kippur that a US-Russian deal for disarming Syria would be reached in Geneva while I and fellow Jews were

Tomorrow eve ushers in the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.  It is a day of personal soul searching and repentance, which we are told

Before I look at that farce, I remember.  Today is 9/11.  Not only should it not be forgotten, it should serve as a warning, a

You don’t often find a person in a high government position — who has aspirations to be even higher, and is serving at the pleasure

How sweet it was: Two days of Rosh Hashana and then Shabbat.  Prayers, singing, time with family and friends, eating… No computer, no TV, no

  Credit: mymorningmeditations Tomorrow night begins the two-day holiday of Rosh Hashana, a time of repentance and renewal.  I do not expect to post again

The “just” is being employed advisedly, of course.  But the fact of the matter is that there is more than one horrendous way for Assad

I thought perhaps I would not post again about Syria until something actually happened, or until the whole shebang was called off. But I’ve thrown

Dear friends, I can do no more than write in response to the moment. The situation with regard to Syria is so fluid, that by