From Israel: “Ouch!!”ArleneOctober 11, 2019November 27, 2019 by ArleneOctober 11, 2019November 27, 20190420 The situation I address here is awash in complexities and troubling aspects. This past Sunday, October 6, President Trump, after a phone conversation with...
From Israel: “On the Cusp of War”ArleneSeptember 3, 2019September 10, 2019 by ArleneSeptember 3, 2019September 10, 20190493 For some time now, Israel has been at the edge of war. Or, to put it another way, Israel has been and continues to be...
From Israel: “Respite from the Lunacy!”ArleneJune 7, 2019August 2, 2019 by ArleneJune 7, 2019August 2, 20190517 I wrote in my last posting about the passing of First Lady Nechama Rivlin, z”l. But I return to this subject briefly now because the...
From Israel: “The Electoral Soap Opera!”ArleneJanuary 3, 2019January 3, 2019 by ArleneJanuary 3, 2019January 3, 20190451 My friends, I think it would be lovely if we could segue directly to early April and time for the Israeli elections. But, unfortunately, that...
From Israel: “Yikes!”ArleneDecember 28, 2018December 28, 2018 by ArleneDecember 28, 2018December 28, 20180478 There is a profusion of events to report on, none of which is likely to be greeted as good news. So we’ll take it as...
From Israel: The Fix Will Not Be QuickArleneNovember 21, 2018November 26, 2018 by ArleneNovember 21, 2018November 26, 20180490 In my last posting, I wrote about hope – and I still have hope. We should all have hope. However, while we are in a...
From Israel: Wake Up, Wake Up!ArleneSeptember 21, 2018September 28, 2018 by ArleneSeptember 21, 2018September 28, 20181484 Yom Kippur, in all its weight and power, has passed. We have heard the last blasts of the shofar for this year. Hopefully it has...
From Israel: Modeling InsanityArleneAugust 2, 2018August 2, 2018 by ArleneAugust 2, 2018August 2, 20180471 Most of you are familiar with the saying, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” This...
From Israel: Menace in the NorthArleneJuly 30, 2018July 30, 2018 by ArleneJuly 30, 2018July 30, 20180412 Today we consider the enormous unrest in the north. What I present here is an overview of a vastly complex scenario – encompassing several players...
From Israel: Malice and MadnessArleneJuly 22, 2018July 22, 2018 by ArleneJuly 22, 2018July 22, 20180421 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...