Regrettable. Pathetic. Many adjectives apply to what took place here in Israel last night at the political level: A party, the very first to do

Briefly I want to return to the issue of what will happen vis-a-vis Iran when Obama is here — this time sharing Barry Rubin’s sardonic

In the midst of so much that is ugly, it is a great pleasure to report this: Little Zakkai will be going home today.  On

Update on my update: Little Zakkai has had a tough time since last I wrote — as, unquestionably, have his parents.  On Monday he successfully

I begin with a report on little Zakkai, who indeed was operated on yesterday.  It’s been an incredibly tough haul for his parents, first because

I had recently shared my assessment that Iran and Syria and not “peace talks” with the PLO would be the main items on the agenda

Returning to little Zakkai for a moment.  The family has asked me to express gratitude to all those who wrote to me to say they

Several times now I’ve run information on Zakkai, a two-year old boy in the States who had to undergo three surgeries for a fast-growing (albeit

Many things I write about are worrisome, some more so than others.  What I am about to share here certainly belongs on the list of

Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) I believe I’ve explained this term before: Oom refers to the UN, in Hebrew.  “Oom Shmoom” was the contemptuous way that