I’m tired and struggling to come up with something to write. Thats not to say that things aren’t happening here, but I’m having trouble getting up the energy to be passionate about the things that have happened - because they keep happening over and...

As many of you know, I grew up in the States, where Memorial Day means BBQs and sales, and the Fourth of July (Independence Day) means more BBQs and fireworks. In America, the two holidays are a few months apart. Not so in Israel.

I wanted to...

It started with the ceremonial lowering of our nation’s flag from the flag pole. And then a large torch was lit - from which six smaller ones would be lit, representing the six million Jews murdered by the Nazis. One torch for each million of Jews...

Israelis have this phrase, “אני לא פראייר” (ani lo fraiyer) - it roughly translates to “I ain’t no sucker!”. And it is more than a phrase, it is literally a way of life.

I was standing in Ben Gurion airport a few weeks ago,...

Reading about the Pope’s visit to America, talking with my parents who live in Boston, and hearing about the reactions of the visit on abuse victims, I was struck, and pleasantly surprised, by the holiness of the Pontiff’s visit. The abuse scandals...

The house is cleaned, the food is cooked, all the chametz (grain products, most commonly known as bread) has been thrown out or given away...I’m ready for Passover! All across the country, homes have been scrubbed, cars have been vacuumed, and people...

For the first time in its 60 year existence, Israel had a nation-wide emergency response drill. It was like the school fire drills from when I was a kid....except in this country there is a real possibility of needing to use this system!

There are...

One of the hot topics on the table (on both a governmental level and a grass-roots organizational level) is the question of whether or not Israeli Arabs should be required (or urged) to do some form of national service.

Israeli Arabs have always...

As I write this article, fresh from a shower, drinking a tall glass of cold water, I am watching a TV show called “Wasted”. It is a show from New Zealand that has been playing here in Israel. The hosts of the show feature a family (or household) and...

The Bible tells us that when the Israelites left Egypt, they were attacked from behind by Amalek and his people. The Amalekites attacked those who were lagging slowly behind the rest of the people: the elderly, the sick, and the weak. Instead of...