UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Stupid Is, As Stupid Does!!”ArleneMay 23, 2022June 9, 2022 by ArleneMay 23, 2022June 9, 20220669 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, 20220750 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, 20220517 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, 20220512 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, 20220752 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, 20220541 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, 20220781 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, 20220627 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, 20220905 The final day of Pesach is over, as is Shabbat, and – grateful for a brief hiatus that brought me a modicum of temporary peace
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Forcefully Countering the Outrage!!ArleneApril 19, 2022April 20, 2022 by ArleneApril 19, 2022April 20, 20220601 The outrage is very real, and very serious. Its focus is Har Habayit (the Temple Mount). Palestinian Arabs today claim that Har Habayit is