Do you know why I always write or speak in support of Israel and Jews? It’s not simply because Israel is a perfect country – it isn’t. It’s not because I agree with every decision they make – I don’t. It’s not because every Jew is wonderful – we’re not. …
Following is an interview I held yesterday with Rav Zev Shandalov of Maale Adumim. I decided to interview him due to the fact that he has some things he wished to share with his “audience” and asked me, Zev Shandalov, to interview him. (We have known each other all of …
It’s been so long since I’ve been to the States – over 20 years. I was never one of those fly-there-every-summer types – even before my mother and father (z”l) moved here almost 18 years ago. It’s been so long, I can’t tell you if the feeling Jews have in …
On Yom Yerushalayim, the city fills with people wearing blue and white; flags are fluttering in the soft breeze. We celebrate many things – but most of all, we celebrate a wrong made right.
I have a lot of patience in life and am very tolerant of others, but not of hatred. While I may completely disagree with someone, he or she has the right, in my opinion, to say what they want. However, there are obvious exceptions to that idea, including hate speech …
It was Shabbat and I’d expected to relax. I had just moved to a different address that week and I didn’t want to meet my new-to-me local neighbors until I’d rested a bit. Then I made havdala and headed to bed. BOOM!!!!!!!!! Sirens wailed their rising and falling RED ALERT …
First written after a terror attack in Israel in December, 2002, this article was reprinted in 2012 and is posted again now after the Sri Lanka attacks on Easter day. It is an article about the human need to find normal. And it’s about how no matter how bad the …
This Guest Post was written by Dr. Afshine Emrani on his Facebook feed about a Haggadah that has been a part of his life for the last half a century. In his own words, Dr. Emrani, shared the essence of Passover. Fifty-five years ago, my father worked with Russian engineers to perfect …
Pesach. Passover. The Holiday of the Spring. What is this thing all about? We were slaves in ancient Egypt. God took us out. He split the sea. We were born as a nation. So many monumental events surrounding this holiday, and what do we remember? What do we call it? …
Israel laughed and celebrated tonight, minutes after Beresheet crash landed on the moon. Take a minute to read some of the jokes that flooded in the Israel cyber world. We’ll go to sleep celebrating the victory rather than mourning the loss. And that is so typical of Israelis.
Moments after the polls closed: the pollsters did it yet again. They made their calculations and then made the results known. To be honest, all the votes have still not come in but a general direction is there. And…well, the pollsters only made a tiny error. Most said that Kachol …
For those who are disappointed by the results, they will go to work and wonder when the next election will be. And, for those who are happy with the results, they too will go to work and wonder when the next election will be.
