May 3, 2009: Prospects Dim
None of the reports are encouraging -- nor did I expect they would be. That is, with regard to the meeting between PM Netanyahu and...
April 30, 2009: Unease
With the state of world affairs, it would be difficult indeed to feel a sense of ease. In an "exclusive" today the Jerusalem Post reported...
April 28, 2009: Celebrate Israel!
We are a miracle. From the ashes of the Holocaust, in a mere 61 years, we have established a vibrant and very special state. A...
April 27, 2009: We Remember
When the siren sounds tonight at 8:00 across the nation, we will begin Yom HaZikaron -- the Day of Remembrance -- and we will pay...
April 26, 2009: Reflections
I would like to go back to the positions espoused by PM Netanyahu and FM Lieberman -- which I referred to Friday with relief and...
April 24, 2009: Reasons for Gratitude
Before Shabbat I would like to focus on sources of hope. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has given an interview to The Jerusalem Post -- his...
April 23, 2009: Is America Disappearing?
As someone who was born in the US and spent most of my life there, I have still a great attachment to the nation. Let...
April 22, 2009: Mazel Tov!
Congratulations, that is. The National Council of Young Israel (NCYI) -- the umbrella organization of the Young Israel movement Orthodox synagogues in N. America --...
April 21, 2009: Where to Begin?
On Sunday, a group of former Partisans (essentially, guerilla fighters against the Nazis) visited an Israeli Air Force Base, where they met with pilots and...
April 20, 2009: Obscene
Today a racist conference began in Geneva. Tonight began Yom HaShoah -- Holocaust Memorial Day. Not only has the juxtaposition of these two events not...