March 29, 2009: For Those Who Will Not See
For the second time now, the EU has delivered a message that its relationship with Israel will suffer if we do not maintain a “two...
March 27, 2009: It Stinks
IDF forces, under orders from Defense Minister Ehud Barak, together with police, went into the community of Kochav HaShachar yesterday and destroyed four buildings in...
March 26, 2009: The Mess Persists
The political mess I wrote about yesterday is not resolving itself. When Netanyahu presents his government to the Knesset next week, it is possible that...
March 25, 2009: A Huge Mess
That’s the state of the world, actually. And I’ll get to that. But what I have in mind right now is the political situation here....
March 24, 2009: Labor is In
This is certainly not what those of us who voted right expected, when we saw that the right wing/nationalist parties had garnered 65 mandates. We...
March 23, 2009: Blood Libel
I raise this issue because you might hear about it elsewhere; I want not only to present the facts for you, I would like to...
March 22, 2009: Close the Barn Door
In this case it’s not escaping horses we’re concerned about, but positions of the US government that have to be discouraged before the damage is...
March 21, 2009: Small Signs of Strength
Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) We need a whole lot more, but I’m grateful for what I’m seeing:It begins with our new Jerusalem mayor, Nir Barkat,...
March 19, 2009: Wait a Minute
I’ve seen it in a variety of different places with changeable climate (Calgary comes to mind as one): natives of the area say, “You don’t...
March 18, 2009: Where to Begin?
Sometimes the issues seem so diverse and overwhelming that it truly is difficult to know what merits first attention. Nothing, but nothing, that comes to...