Confirmation that peace is not around the corner here.  And confirmation of the error in thinking — as Obama insists — that failure to achieve

Or, possibly, less than half-way.  Not a total cave from our prime minister.  He’s taken one good stand, on one very important issue.  But for

Last night it was fireworks, as well as various ceremonies and celebrations.   Today there were impressive jet formations overhead.   Oh, and we cannot

   This is being written hours before Yom Ha’Atzmaut — Israeli Independence Day– will begin.  Regularly I mention this:  There is a siren sounded as

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

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

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

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

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

    A rhetorical title for today’s post. For the answer, quite obviously and tragically, is that they have not. ~~~~~~~~~~ Tonight begins Yom Hashoah,