UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Bull’s-eye!”ArleneApril 30, 2019May 22, 2019 by ArleneApril 30, 2019May 22, 20190598 Today I begin with a piece – “No, it’s not about ‘race’” – by Vic Rosenthal, writing as Abu Yehuda, because I think this marvelously
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Realities, Painful and Otherwise”ArleneApril 29, 2019May 22, 2019 by ArleneApril 29, 2019May 22, 20191596 For many – myself included – the now-concluded week of Pesach provided a healing interlude: A time of coming together of family and friends. As
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “And Off We Go!”ArleneApril 17, 2019May 22, 2019 by ArleneApril 17, 2019May 22, 20190603 This will be my last posting before Pesach begins on Friday night. This year, the Pesach themes of redemption and evil resonate for me with
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “A Revolting Thought”ArleneApril 14, 2019May 22, 2019 by ArleneApril 14, 2019May 22, 20190653 It’s only a thought, or a rumor, at this point. Before I get to it I want to thank all of my readers who have
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Triumph!”ArleneApril 12, 2019May 22, 2019 by ArleneApril 12, 2019May 22, 20190563 When the Israeli polls closed at 10 PM on Tuesday, the air was fraught with tensions. Various exit polls, notoriously unreliable in any event, were
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “We Brought Him Home!”ArleneApril 7, 2019May 22, 2019 by ArleneApril 7, 2019May 22, 20190553 Thirty-seven years ago, during the First Lebanon war, Israeli troops engaged in a fierce and bloody battle with Syrian and affiliated PLO units at Sultan
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “No Choice, Finally”ArleneApril 2, 2019April 2, 2019 by ArleneApril 2, 2019April 2, 20190621 I did my good news posting and was very glad for it. But, if we care about what’s going on around us, in the
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “For the Sake of Sanity”ArleneApril 2, 2019April 2, 2019 by ArleneApril 2, 2019April 2, 20190597 My sanity, certainly, and perhaps yours too. Today is April Fool’s Day. I don’t do April Fools shtick, but I found someone who does: US
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Do Not Be Lulled!”ArleneMarch 29, 2019March 29, 2019 by ArleneMarch 29, 2019March 29, 20190632 I begin this posting with a caution about how “current” it will be when you read it. This may seem to be a strange statement.
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Redeeming the Intolerable?”ArleneMarch 26, 2019March 26, 2019 by ArleneMarch 26, 2019March 26, 20190557 In my last posting I discussed Israel’s failure to be tough enough – to create an environment of deterrence – with regard to terrorists residing