UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Those Accursed Rockets!!”ArleneMay 5, 2019May 22, 2019 by ArleneMay 5, 2019May 22, 20190563 Israelis have had a belly full of attacks from Gaza and yet here we go again. But this time it is going to be
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Our Sadness, Our Strength”ArleneMay 2, 2019May 22, 2019 by ArleneMay 2, 2019May 22, 20190620 Today – Thursday – is Yom Hashoah, or as it is referred to, Holocaust Remembrance Day for the Martyrs and the Heroes. The heroes should
UncategorizedFrom Israel: “Bull’s-eye!”ArleneApril 30, 2019May 22, 2019 by ArleneApril 30, 2019May 22, 20190636 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, 20191628 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, 20190643 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, 20190677 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, 20190599 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, 20190577 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, 20190663 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, 20190644 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