I remember as a young child, when the Six Day War occurred, we heard Arab reports on the television and radio that were diametrically opposed to the reports coming out of Israel. The Arabs boasted ongoing victory while the Jews reported ongoing defeat of their Arab enemy. At the end of the war it became … Read more
I was in the US a few weeks ago, arriving in Boston just a few days after the terrorist attack on the Boston Marathon and just hours after one of the terrorists had been captured. Following the chain of events on television before leaving Israel, I was reminded of the many similar terrorist attacks that … Read more
Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel. It is a difficult day for all of us, as we remember the horrors that took place in Europe just 70 years ago. Every Jew in Israel, and indeed all over the world, is connected to the Holocaust. Every Ashkenazic (European origin Jewish) family lost relatives or themselves … Read more
A few days ago, the morning news began with two key items. The first item was that progress had been made in negotiations to form a government and it looked as if both Yesh Atid headed by Yair Lapid and Bayit Yehudi lead by Naftali Bennett would be main coalition partners. The second item was … Read more
It is just mind-boggling. There is no other way to describe the horrific massacre of 6 year old children and their teachers that took place in the United States this past Friday. I can only imagine how this has ripped apart Americans and especially the residents of that quiet Connecticut town. Here in Israel, we … Read more
Today is a very exciting day for many people in both Israel and the US. In the US, Americans are going to the polls to elect the next president of their country and at the time of this writing the race is too close to call. Israelis are following that race as the President of … Read more
Elections are the main topic of conversation on the news these past few days – elections in Israel and elections in the US. Just a few hours ago, Prime Minister Netanyahu announced that he was calling for early elections, to take place just after the first of the year. Talk of elections in Israel had … Read more
The news is filled with one major issue these days — Iran! The centrifuges continue to spin as Iran gets closer to full nuclear capability. The US and Europe have tried sanctions with only limited success as China and Russia continue to refuse to join in the sanctions. Ahmedinejad continues to make bold and … Read more
In the early hours of Monday morning, Jihadist terrorists attacked an Egyptian army base in the Sinai Desert, killed some of the soldiers and made off with two armored vehicles. They then made their way to the Israeli border. As they attempted to cross and carry out a major terrorist attack, the IDF responded … Read more
Yesterday was a fast day, the 17th of the Hebrew month of Tammuz, which ushers in a 3-week mourning period for the first and second temples, thousands of years ago. Our sages have long laid the blame for the destruction of the Second Temple and the subsequent exile from the land, in the first and … Read more