From Israel: It Must Be Better Than This!
Better on two counts. Please, read to the end. I keep coming back to the terror attack in Squirrel Hill, and to related issues of...
Tag : Hamas
From Israel: Making Sense in a Frenetic World
These days, when we have barely processed information, new events demand our attention. I have been focused on the tragedy in Pittsburgh, and so turn...
From Israel: Struggle with Every Step
This past Shabbat, we read the Torah portion Lech Lecha in synagogue. In Chapter 17:7-8, the Almighty tells Avraham (emphasis added): “I will ratify My covenant...
From Israel: And Now??
This will be a “catch-up” posting to keep my readers in the loop during a process with regard to Hamas that is still unfolding. During...
From Israel: Sigh…
War? Not war? It rather depends on who we listen to, and the time of the day. On Sunday, the Security Cabinet met; the word...
From Israel: A Glimmer of Light
It is been a while since I have begun a posting with even a bit of optimism. But that, my friends, is what I want...
From Israel: Really Angry
As in “really, really…” A report, drawing on Egyptian sources, appeared very recently in Al Araby, an Arabic newspaper in London, with regard to continuing...
From Israel: Endless and Endlessly Ugly
Whenever there is a terror attack, and lives are lost, I post, because getting the information out is important. These attacks seem endless! Heaven forbid...
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...
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...