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: 

On Saturday night, the IDF destroyed yet another tunnel running from Gaza into Israel. This one originated at Rafah, at Gaza’s border with Egypt, and

I’ve written about this before and feel called to write about it again in this brief posting:  I cannot begin to explain it, but I

The father of six, the youngest only eight months old, the eldest aged 10.  A rabbi, a mohel (ritual circumciser) and a volunteer paramedic first

As a rule, it is not realistic to think we can achieve full clarity with regard to political acts or decisions. There is always so

I don’t celebrate the secular new year, but I imagine that many, if not most, of my readers do.  And so, I am delighted to