October 14, 2012: Setting Matters Straight
Every so often I make a goof and need to correct it for my readers. Most of the time the goof is quite minor (like...
October 13, 2012: Politics
Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) Many of you likely saw the vice presidential debate last Thursday night. It was not the run-away Republican win that the...
October 10, 2012: So…It’s Election Time
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...
October 9, 2012: Back to Normal
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...
October 3, 2012: Catch Up
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...
September 29, 2012: The Season of Our Gladness
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...
September 27, 2012: The Speeches
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...
September 25, 2012: Looking Inward and Out
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...
September 24, 2012: State of the World
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...
September 21, 2012: Before Shabbat
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...