From Israel: “Ouch!!”
The situation I address here is awash in complexities and troubling aspects. This past Sunday, October 6, President Trump, after a phone conversation with...
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From Israel: “On the Cusp of War”
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!”
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!”
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!”
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 Quick
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!
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 Insanity
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 North
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 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...