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,

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

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

Pesach ended here in Israel with dark last night, and will end tonight everywhere else. Before I slip back into the political morass known as