From Israel: “Badly Needed Inspiration at a Critical Juncture!!”
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....
From Israel: “Stupid Is, As Stupid Does!!”
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...
From Israel: “And This Is the Way WE Do It!!
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,...
From Israel: “One of Life’s Great Mysteries”
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:...
From Israel: “Because We Absolutely Must!!
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...
From Israel: “And So I Wept!!”
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,...
From Israel: Ay! That Was Fast!!
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!)...
From Israel: “Embracing the Blessing and Bearing Its Burden!!”
May 4, 2022 “Embracing the Blessing and Bearing Its Burden!!” The Land of Israel is the sacred inheritance of the Jewish People. That we...
From Israel: “Hatred: Manifest and Implicit”
It is my practice, always, to begin a posting with news of a terror attack – when one occurs – before dealing with other matters....
From Israel: “Tolerating What Is Intolerable!!”
The final day of Pesach is over, as is Shabbat, and – grateful for a brief hiatus that brought me a modicum of temporary peace...