May 23, 2017 “Celebrate Yerushalayim!” Yerushalayim (Jerusalem) comes first! If you can tolerate a painful pun: it trumps news about Trump (who is here in

May 18, 2017 “Balagan of the First Order” The Hebrew word “balagan” means confusion or muddle. “Ezeh balagan”: what a mess. It is a most

May 15, 2017 “Say It Proud!” It’s about time!  Actually, past time. MK Avi Dichter (Likud), chair of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee,

May 12, 2017 “Up, Down, All Around” Sometimes even if we track the news carefully (or maybe especially if we track the news carefully) we

May 9, 2017 “Mercurial” It’s a given that the political scene is rarely static.  But the present – both here and in the US –

May 2, 2017 “Amazing Israel” Every year I write about this, and every year it astounds me yet again: The transition within a moment in

April 30, 2017 “Strength of a Nation” Tonight we began Yom Hazikaron, Memorial Day, here in Israel: a day of national mourning. At 8 PM,

April 27, 2017 “Riding the Waves” When I was a kid (a million years ago), I loved to ride the waves.  I would move out

April 24, 2017 “Awe” I know of no more appropriate word to describe the strength, resilience and courage of survivors of the Holocaust – the

April 19, 2017 “What Is Normal?” We are back to routine after the Pesach week – and a splendid week it was in many ways.