In Israel.  We saw it coming and now it’s official: Prime Minister Netanyahu has made the announcement that elections will be held in January.  His

Well, this may be a slight exaggeration, as I’m not really sure what “normal” is here in Israel.  What I mean, of course, is that

When Prime Minister Netanyahu returned home from New York on Saturday night, in order to arrive here for Sukkot, he pronounced himself satisfied with his

Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) That gladness does not, in any way, refer to the current political situation (it should only be).  It is, rather, a

It’s the season of speeches at the UN.  As some of what has been going on coincided with my preparations for and observance of Yom

Erev Yom Kippur We now approach the holiest day in the Jewish year.  I wish one and all G’mar Hatima Tova — May you be

As I count down the time until Yom Kippur (the Day of Atonement, which begins tomorrow at sundown), I find myself grieving over the state

The day ends earlier now, and Shabbat comes in sooner.  By next week it will be considerably sooner yet, as we turn back our clocks

Is the Obama administration starting to represent the attack in Libya in different terms?  For the first time, yesterday, a member of that administration —

What I am referring to is the barrage of material coming into my in-box from readers, much of it connected to the issues of the