Lots of “downs,” for sure, but we have to also seek out the “ups” wherever we can find them. ~~~~~~~~~~ American-born Michael Oren – historian, immediate past

It’s obvious that many of the happenings I write about, rather than being discrete events, are snapshots of a continuing situation.  And so, I must

Promoting lies about Israel’s “villainy” has become almost routine in many agencies and many parts of the world. Sometimes it reaches proportions that are so

In my book, no issue in the news takes precedence over the negotiations with Iran. I feel as if I keep repeating myself, and yet

We mourn his passing of David (Dudu) Rotem, who suffered a fatal heart attack on Monday. Rotem – a lawyer – had served as a

“Imagine if there was a country you had no personal connection to, that people accused of being an apartheid state. This state was constantly condemned

Because first things must come first, I begin by marking National Unity Day. As Michelle Napell of One Family Fund wrote in a message: “We prayed for

And that hardly begins to say it all. But then, I’m speaking about Obama, so what else would we expect?  I’m sorry I cannot start

Once again, I choose to begin my posting with good news.    Here you have a very short video from Jeremy Gimpel of Voice of Israel,

First a correction.  The information I had cited from Israel National News, regarding President Rivlin receiving an award from NIF turned out to be inaccurate.