UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Badly Needed Inspiration at a Critical Juncture!!”ArleneMay 26, 2022June 8, 2022 by ArleneMay 26, 2022June 8, 20220677 As I sat down to write this posting, I felt overwhelmed by an awareness of how many significant problems we are facing at one time.
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Stupid Is, As Stupid Does!!”ArleneMay 23, 2022June 9, 2022 by ArleneMay 23, 2022June 9, 20220582 Next Sunday, May 29, is Yom Yerushalayim – a day that marks Israel’s liberation of eastern Jerusalem in 1967 and its subsequent formal reunification with
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “And This Is the Way WE Do It!!ArleneMay 18, 2022June 9, 2022 by ArleneMay 18, 2022June 9, 20220686 May 18, 2022 “And This Is the Way WE Do It!! “A hero of Israel lived among us,” said Binyamin Regional Council head Yisrael Gantz,
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “One of Life’s Great Mysteries”ArleneMay 16, 2022May 16, 2022 by ArleneMay 16, 2022May 16, 20220458 I have found myself pondering this mystery a good deal lately: We Israelis are a good people. I cited Alan Dershowitz in this regard recently:
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Because We Absolutely Must!!ArleneMay 13, 2022May 16, 2022 by ArleneMay 13, 2022May 16, 20220456 Must? We must hold our heads up, mindful of who we are and standing forever strong. Before I consider some of the vile situations that
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “And So I Wept!!”ArleneMay 8, 2022May 9, 2022 by ArleneMay 8, 2022May 9, 20220666 Many of us here in Israel had not yet moved past the deep sadness we were carrying with regard to the terror attack in Ariel,
UncategorizedFrom Israel: Ay! That Was Fast!!ArleneMay 6, 2022May 7, 2022 by ArleneMay 6, 2022May 7, 20220486 Yom Ha’atzmaut, with its euphoria, was just coming to an end. (Please see my posting reflecting that euphoria if you have not done so yet!)
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Embracing the Blessing and Bearing Its Burden!!”adminMay 4, 2022May 16, 2022 by adminMay 4, 2022May 16, 20220694 May 4, 2022 “Embracing the Blessing and Bearing Its Burden!!” The Land of Israel is the sacred inheritance of the Jewish People. That we
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Hatred: Manifest and Implicit”ArleneMay 1, 2022May 1, 2022 by ArleneMay 1, 2022May 1, 20220573 It is my practice, always, to begin a posting with news of a terror attack – when one occurs – before dealing with other matters.
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Tolerating What Is Intolerable!!”ArleneApril 25, 2022May 16, 2022 by ArleneApril 25, 2022May 16, 20220769 The final day of Pesach is over, as is Shabbat, and – grateful for a brief hiatus that brought me a modicum of temporary peace