From Israel: “The Days of Awe”
On Monday and Tuesday of this week, we ushered in the Jewish New Year, 5779, with prayer, meditation and the sounding of the shofar. It...
From Israel: Spinning Wheels
Those of you who read my material regularly have an inkling of how much time, effort, and devotion go into my postings. There are, additionally,...
From Israel: Don’t Blink
Yes, my friends, I am here. Working hard on another writing project, and laboring mightily to make sense of the news. Did you ever stand...
From Israel: Way Beyond Stupid!
There is no “ceasefire” agreement as I write. And I pray it does not come to be. Consider: At the end of prayers today for...
From Israel: Have we Have Lost Our Collective Mind?
The situation is so surreal it is difficult to know where to begin. I am not only confused and frustrated, I am livid. Once again,...
From Israel: Throwing Up My Hands!
I would like to provide my readers with clear information on what’s happening in this part of the world. I would like a bit of...
From Israel: An Unholy and Ugly Mess
The status quo with Hamas is intolerable and dangerous. That is the given. But we continue to operate on the cusp of war without reaching...
From Israel: Deplorable!!
We should ask ourselves, again, and again, how we got into the situation in which we have found ourselves. The question is of key importance,...
From Israel: Fizzle
After all of the hullabaloo, all of the analyses about deals that might take place between Hamas and Israel, and between Hamas and Fatah, it...
From Israel: Distressed and Furious
My friends, I had held off posting right before and again right after Shabbat because the situation here has been enormously lacking in clarity, and...