September 25, 2017 “Auspicious” On the second day of Rosh Hashana, the Haftora (prophetic reading following the Torah reading) is from Jeremiah 31. So said

September 18, 2017 “Horizon Shrouded” The Hebrew year 5778 is almost upon us now. It’s natural, I think, to want to know what lies ahead.

September 14, 2017 “Holy Days” It is not a certainty that I will post again before Rosh Hashana, which begins on the eve of next

September 11, 2017 “Reluctantly” There are certain heated and convoluted subjects I prefer to stay away from in my postings because writing about them seems

September 5, 2017 “If We Will It” Theodor Herzl is well known for his observation that, “If you will it, it is no dream…” (im

August 30, 2017 “On Several Fronts” These are hardly quiet times, and there is much to attend to.  The trick is to focus on those

August 25, 2017 “Getting to Better” Recent events, both here in Israel and in the larger world, have generated in many of us feelings of

August 20, 2017 “Hysteria and Skewed Thinking” My friends, it’s mid-August and I would dearly love to take a very peaceful vacation, and just spend

August 13, 2017 Dear friends, It has been, incredibly, some nine days since I’ve last posted.  But now I can share with all of you

August 4, 2017 “Hope Is with the People” It’s the people of Israel, more than many of our erstwhile leaders, who seem to be getting