Wednesday night and Thursday we celebrate Purim (with the celebration a day later in Jerusalem, a walled city).  As we read the Megillat Esther, we

It’s a fascinating phenomenon, a paradox: Muslim Arab (and thus Palestinian Arab) culture is an honor-shame culture.  Honor is the ultimate value.  But in this

It feels as if there is flux everywhere: whether with regard to politics, diplomacy or security issues.  And so, let us turn away from the

Today I begin by following through on the events of this past Saturday, with regard to our contending with Iran and Syria. There is so

In the early hours of Saturday morning, for the very first time the Iranian military launched a direct military operation against Israel, when a drone

Rabbi Itamar Ben-Gal, who was knifed to death by a terrorist on Monday, was buried in his home community of Har Bracha on Tuesday. He

Sometimes all subtleties fly away, and I have to tell it as it is: Damn!! Another terror attack.  Another innocent victim, a young husband and

Radical evil, we all know about.  We see it everywhere: In the horrifying repression in N. Korea, and the radicalism of Iran.  In acts of

The darkness, we all know about:  We certainly have not yet learned how to escape it, as humankind persists in embracing acts that are, at

Trying to keep up with the pace of events, never mind reporting on them, makes the head spin. ~~~~~~~~~~ We got them, we always do: