The War Continues
Monday did not bring any relief from the stress my wife and I have been having ever since Hamas attacked Israel. The number of dead keeps climbing. According to at least one estimate there were over...
View ArticleThe Real Heroes and Their Families.
The following comment by a reader struck a chord.If I may just add a different perspective to the description...We were also at one of our kids' homes for Chag, and in their community of approximately...
View ArticleThe President’s Speech
This is one of the many reasons I am proud to be an American. Last night I was privileged to watch a video recording of the President’s address to the nation about the Hamas attack against Israel last...
View ArticleThe Situation
It was not totally unexpected. But still disappointing. All of our flights back to Chicago have been canceled. I suspect that will continue to be the pattern in the short term as the war goes forward....
View ArticleUpdate and a Difficult Comment
Once again, a reader has put me to shame. Perhaps deservedly so. Manya Shochet, a frequent commentator here, sent the following comment to Friday’s post:Good luck in arranging your trip back home....
View ArticleGoing Home
Unfortunately I missed my flight yesterday. Fortunately I got rebooked to the same flight leaving today. Hopefully there won’t be any glitches this time.I just wanted to share that despite the...
View ArticleNo New Post Today
We just got back from an exhausting flight from Israel through Etihad Airlines.( I know. I never heard of it either until after Shabbos, was suggested as an alternative flight replacing my United...
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Eyes on the Prize
I am once again grateful for the President’s enthusiastic support. Especially when there has been so much pressure on him to pull back on that support because of a horrendous attack against a hospital...
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Of Useful Idiots and Antisemitic Congressmen
‘Not in My Name’ protester, Jake Ehrlich (Detroit Free Press)Let me be clear. The deliberate murder of innocents is morally repugnant. No matter who or what they hate.There have been massive protests...
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The Situation
Netanyahu rallying the troops (Yahoo Finance)For many years, my hope and dream was that there would be peace in Israel. That we could somehow make a deal with the Palestinians so that eventually we...
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Middle East Misery - Whose Fault Is It, Anyway?
The scars of carnage in Sederot (Le Monde)As noted in previous posts, I am extremely gratified by the President’s full throated support of Israel’s goal of eradicating Hamas. That support has been...
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Unprecedented Unity - How Long Will it Last?
Charedim in the IDF (TOI)Yes. It’s unprecedented. As Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein suggests from his vantage point in Israel, the unity that now exists in Israel is unprecedented. Which is ironic...
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A Just War and a Former President's Hubris
Screenshot of PBS reporter Leila Molana-AllenIf it bleeds, it leads. As predicted early on here, the news media is focusing on the horror that Palestinians in Gaza are going through. Night after night...
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Did the UN Secretary General Justify Hamas?
UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres (BBC)I used to have respect for UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. When he was chosen for that position, I recall his rebuke to Holocaust deniers. Especially...
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The Good News and the Bad
The settler pogrom in Huwara earlier this year (The Guardian)First the bad news. VIN reports the following: President Joe Biden on Wednesday spoke out against retaliatory attacks by Israeli settlers...
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Israel’s Moral Obligation to Its People
Israel bombing Gaza (The Guardian)How many people believe that bombing a city filled with innocent civilians is an immoral act? I sure do. One might ask, are there any exception to that rule? The quick...
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Administrative Note
Some of my readers seem to be having a problem accessing the comments. It seems that this problem has gotten worse. Some are blaming this problem on their browser, Chrome. I use Chrome and I do get...
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Hamas, the Media, Protests, and Iran
Protesting Israel all over the country (PBS)Antisemitism is alive and well in this country. The number of angry protests against Israel is astonishing. The protests are all about Palestinian suffering...
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Trump, DeSantis, Haley, and Israel
Trump, DeSantis, and Haley (The Hill)Who’d a thunk it? Strangely enough, my preferred candidate for president has caught up in the polls. At least as far as second place is concerned. According to one...
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Torah Study Alone is Not Enough
Rav Dov Landau (YWN)I am both surprised and dismayed. Rafi Goldmeier (Life in Israel)reports that Rav Dov Landau, who at 93 is one of the senior Roshei Yeshiva in the Charedi world published the...
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