October 3, 2008: Sharing My Article
I devote this entire posting to an article of mine that just went up on YNet. This was a cry of the heart. At bottom...
October 1, 2008: Idiocy
Motzei Hag (After Rosh Hashana) After two days of Rosh Hashana, with heart-felt prayer and deep contemplation, I have returned to my computer to find...
September 28, 2008: Rosh Hashana
Tomorrow night begins the Jewish New Year: Rosh Hashana. It is time of serious contemplation, acknowledgement of our failings, and efforts for improvement — coupled...
September 27, 2008: Iran, the UN, and More
Motzei Shabbat (After Shabbat) According to a story in The Guardian (UK) late this past week, European sources who claimed to have been in touch...
September 26, 2008: Not a Done Deal
At least not yet: The coalition agreement between Kadima and Labor. According to my information, this is the scenario as it’s playing out so far:...
September 24, 2008: Pathetic
It feels as if the world is going to hell in a handbasket. Barak seems to have forgotten that he once said he wouldn’t want...
September 23, 2008: Yet Again
There was a terrorist attack about 11 PM last night. An Arab, Kasem Mugrabi, 19, from the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Jebl Mukaber ran his...
September 21, 2008: Narrative
In the Torah reading for this past Shabbat — Ki Tavo — Moses speaks to the children of Israel shortly before they cross the Jordan...
September 18, 2008: No Bargain
So, Tzipi Livni has won the Kadima primary, making her the new head of the party, beating runner-up Shaul Mofaz not by the landslide polls...
September 16, 2008: Inexcusable
In a word, Ehud Olmert is not even a poor excuse for a prime minister. For he has abandoned the Israeli narrative and lost the...