UncategorizedApril 20, 2010: Going Strong at 62ArleneAugust 13, 2010 by ArleneAugust 13, 20100259 Last night it was fireworks, as well as various ceremonies and celebrations. Today there were impressive jet formations overhead. Oh, and we cannot
UncategorizedApril 19, 2010: Celebrating the Jewish StateArleneAugust 13, 2010 by ArleneAugust 13, 20100280 This is being written hours before Yom Ha’Atzmaut — Israeli Independence Day– will begin. Regularly I mention this: There is a siren sounded as
UncategorizedApril 18, 2010: The Siren Has SoundedArleneAugust 3, 2010 by ArleneAugust 3, 20100258 With nightfall comes the wail, and Israelis stand at attention for a minute: Yom HaZikaron, the Day of Remembrance of those who have fallen in
UncategorizedApril 17, 2010: The Not So Good StuffArleneAugust 3, 2010 by ArleneAugust 3, 20100269 Motzei Shabbat (after Shabbat) There’s a painful amount of news that is most decidedly not good, and, now that Shabbat has ended, as I had
UncategorizedApril 16, 2010: Holding OnArleneAugust 3, 2010 by ArleneAugust 3, 20100273 Good when there is the possibility of sharing some potentially positive information. And it is this that I will focus on today. Ron Lauder, president of
UncategorizedApril 13, 2010: Figuring Out What’s WhatArleneAugust 1, 2010 by ArleneAugust 1, 20100264 This issue is so important, and so complex, that I just re-thought my decision to skip a day in posting, in order to address this. Truth
UncategorizedApril 12, 2010: Never AgainArleneAugust 1, 2010 by ArleneAugust 1, 20100255 On Yom Hashoah day, continuing the themes of last night. Mark Prowiser, on the “Yesha Views” blog, addresses the issue of “never again,” which, as he
UncategorizedApril 11, 2010: Have the Lessons Been Learned?ArleneAugust 1, 2010 by ArleneAugust 1, 20100291 A rhetorical title for today’s post. For the answer, quite obviously and tragically, is that they have not. ~~~~~~~~~~ Tonight begins Yom Hashoah,
UncategorizedApril 9, 2010: From Bad to WorseArleneAugust 1, 2010 by ArleneAugust 1, 20100269 Fervently do I wish I had only good news to carry into Shabbat. But this is not the case. Thank G-d for Shabbat, which gives
UncategorizedApril 7, 2010: Naming the EnemyArleneAugust 1, 2010 by ArleneAugust 1, 20100265 I think it was anti-terrorist Steve Emerson who said this (and possibly Daniel Pipes as well): You cannot defeat the enemy if you cannot even