Difficult to know what’s what.  Or what will be.  But at every step there are decisions to be made. ~~~~~~~~~~ Trump is saying he thinks

We Israelis are dealing with an exceedingly difficult and complex time.  We speak of the matzav, “the situation”, as we struggle to understand how we

As I write, the news is replete with information about a possible ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.  This ceasefire was one proposed by US Envoy

The need for this balancing act is a simple fact of life. But our current situation has thrown this reality into sharp relief. On June

I  will do my best here, my friends, to summarize the key events of the last 24 – 48 hours.  But I caution that there

Israel is celebrating the attack President Trump ordered on three key Iranian nuclear facilities in the early hours this morning (Sunday). We say, first, Thank

Dear Friends, I thank all who have written to me with words of support, prayer and good wishes. If you find what I am writing

  We are now in day five: we began this essential war in the early hours of last Friday morning  — with a massive attack

It’s never over.  Lurking behind each crisis is yet another awaiting its opportunity to take center stage.  This is inevitable, but especially so in a

All of the news is not bad (although, unfortunately, a good deal is).  What it is perhaps paramount to note is that our situation here