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Sovereignty Now!
Here in Israel we've been living in a dangerous absurdity for over fifty 50 years.In June, 1967, against all odds and predictions, not only did the State of Israel survive the war which began with...
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Benny Gantz's New Political Party Empty of Ideology
No surprise for you readers of my blog. I don't see Benny Gantz's new political party, Israel Resilience, as worth voting for. He's playing a familiar game of being the newest "tofu" or "chameleon"...
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Good News! Ruthie Blum Back in Jerusalem Post
Now that Caroline Glick, has decided to throw her hat into the political ring, the Jerusalem Post knew that they were losing a bit draw, so now Ruthie Blum is being featured on the back page of...
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Biblical גר Ger, Stranger is Neither Convert nor Immigrant
One of my pet peeves is interpreting the Bible Tanach according to modern concepts. Pretty soon, as we're getting closer to Purim, I'll probably write reminding everyone that King Achashverosh and...
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Likud Primaries Today, Gevalt! Haven't a Clue
Today's the Likud Primaries. Somehow even though I've never voted Likud in Knesset Elections, I must have signed up as a Likud member. That means that out of some bank account, we pay dues. That gives...
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Voting in The Likud Primaries, A Day in My Life...
Tuesday night, after a very full day, which included Rosh Chodesh Prayers at Shiloh Hakeduma, Tel Shiloh, a reunion lunch with college friends, a dentist appointment, lunch at a son's home after some...
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Shabbat, Shalva Band and A More Jewish Israel
I see the entire Shalva Band, Shabbat and Eurovision saga as a wonderful example of how I see Israel as becoming more proudly Jewish than ever before.It would have been impossible to imagine Israelis...
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Remember: Even The Best of Election Polls are Inaccurate
Here in Israel the political parties are revving up their campaign machinery for the 2019 Knesset Elections. Once all the primaries and committees (depending on the political party) submit their lists...
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The Normalization and Acceptance of The Datiim, Torah Observant
Not all that long ago, you didn't see Datiim, religious guys in kippot holding the microphone, being part of the news team on Israeli television. Datiim were allocated an hour or two a week, for the...
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The Unthinkable is Happening in The USA
This is a sad post. What I must write is not something I had ever imagined could happen in the United States of America, the USA. It's no longer Jew friendly.Read carefully, please. I'm not saying that...
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Leadership Bankruptcy in NRP aka Jewish Home Party
One of the most veteran of Israeli political parties, those that predate the Establishment of the State of Israel, is NRP (Mafdal) aka Jewish Home Party. It's traditionally Center Left, religious, but...
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Finally, Farewell to Tsipi Livni, Failed Politician
It's hard to know where to start when discussing Tsipi Livni, who formally announced her exit from active politics today.I was lucky to catch the live broadcast and to hear and watch it. And to make it...
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US Kushner-Greenblatt "Peace Plan" Dangerous Lala Land
I was going to title this:US Kushner-Greenblatt can take their "Peace Plan" and...But I was afraid that the "internet police" would find it offensive. Honestly, I find all these so-called Peace Plans...
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שתי גדות לירדן Shtay Gadot LaYarden, From Shiloh
Last Sunday we attended a gala Betar reunion in the Jerusalem Theater, and part of the program was singing the old Betar songs. Of course, שתי גדות לירדן Shtay Gadot LaYarden, Both/Two Sides of the...
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Kushner "Peace" sic Deal- Dumb and Dangerous
If Jared Kushner wants to play Peacemaker, he should keep himself busy with Lego and Tinker Toys. His self-proclaimed "Peace deal" or "deal of the century" will only fill more cemeteries.We all know...
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Three 3 Weeks to Purim 5779 Jewish Israeli Blog Roundup
Not only is it three weeks to Purim, but we're just over a month to the 2019, 5779 Israeli Knesset Elections. Generally these two topics generate some very interesting Jewish Israeli blog posts.I hope...
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Bibi, Is He Guilty?
After at least a decade of searching, investigating and more, the legal authorities here in Israel think they have found something crooked in the way Prime Minister Binyamin Bibi Netanyahu conducts the...
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Rosh Chodesh (The Real) Adar Thursday and Friday
The official name for the upcoming Jewish Month is Adar Sheni/Bet, meaning the second Adar. That's because in ancient days, before there was a "set calendar," the months were announced when the first...
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Power of Gd
Jewish Theology integrales two rather contradictory concepts, The Power of Gd and the Gift He gave us, Free Will. I don't have time to delve into this complicated relationship now, but today I...
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Why Can Ofer Cassif Teach in Hebrew U, But Not Be an MK?
It's no secret that most Israeli universities, as are many others in the world, are very Leftist. The influence of Leftist professors and History/Political Science departments world over is...
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