December 3, 2008: The View from Beit HaShalom
I’ve written about this a couple of times in recent days, and find it important to return to the subject now. Beit HaShalom (House of...
December 2, 2008: A Painful World
Today Moshe’s parents were buried here in Israel, along with the other four Jews killed in the Mumbai Chabad House. Thousands attended the funeral held...
December 1, 2008: Wake Up World!
I lead off today with a section of “A War Against Civilization,” a piece by British commentator Melanie Phillips, who gets it so absolutely right:...
November 30, 2008: Terror Here, Terror There
On Friday night, terrorists in Gaza fired mortar shells at an IDF base near Nachal Oz, wounding eight soldiers — two seriously. One soldier —...
November 29, 2008: When Words Fail
Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) I was prepared on Thursday night to do a posting, but the news from Mumbai stopped me cold. There seemed so...
November 26, 2008: So, nu?
Last night at an Anglo Likud Forum at which some of the candidates for the Likud list spoke, I heard constitutional lawyer Yosi Fuchs —...
November 25, 2008: Lunacy Continued
The craziness — some laughable, much deeply malevolent — simply continues. Yesterday was “Solidarity with the Palestinian People” day at the UN. Understand, the Palestinian...
November 24, 2008: First Things First
I’m tabling other issues today to discuss what I see as priorities: First, a return to the issue of Beit HaShalom in Hevron: important because...
November 23, 2008: How About This!
Ze’ev Jabotinsky — 1880-1940 — was a giant in Zionist history, standing for the sort of proud Jewish integrity that kept us strong. He came...
November 21, 2008: Touching Various Bases
Before Shabbat I would like to touch upon a number of subjects, some of which may be re-visited next week. The International Atomic Energy Agency...