From Israel: A Reluctant Exit
It was difficult this year to leave the rarefied atmosphere of the Sukkah. But, of course, I did leave, and, as is my practice at...
Tag : Gaza
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...
From Israel: Give Me a Break!
On July 19, the Knesset passed Basic Law: Israel as the Nation State of the Jewish People. The furor that has ensued since then has...
From Israel: Malice and Madness
And sometimes pure evil. Today is Tisha B’Av, the saddest day of the Jewish year. A day on which we mourn for the destruction of...