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Category Archives: Arab-Israeli Conflict
The Bitter and the Sweet
Life is conspiring against me at the moment and preventing regular updates (not an excuse, merely a statement of fact). But in the meantime, please take a moment to sweeten the day of some of my comrades in arms defending … Continue reading
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Commentary on the Torah portion and current events
I delivered this drash this past Shabbat, Saturday, July 22, at Ohr Shalom. I’m proud to say that the Prime Minister of Israel, Ehud Olmert, shares my sentiments, as evidenced by his speech to the Knesset [Hebrew, English] on July … Continue reading
News about/from Israel, without the politics, the conflict, etc.
Impossible, you say? Israel21c (Israel 21st Century), I respond. My dad sent me a link to a Fox News story (Flash video) from April about a futuristic military defense development that could help the American forces in Iraq (not to … Continue reading
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Good news, bad news… just news.
Life & death in Israel: U.S. teen hurt in Tel Aviv suicide bombing in April dies of wounds, while on the same day, The terrorist who planned the attack is killed by the IDF One of the things I want … Continue reading
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Our Difficult Texts
בראש השנה, בראש השנה… On Rosh Hashana (the Jewish new year) 5766/2005 I had the honor of delivering a d’var Torah at Ohr Shalom Synagogue here in San Diego. I first met Rabbi Scott Meltzer in 1998, and our relationship … Continue reading
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Tuesday in Tel Aviv
This morning, Michael J. Totten, writing in Andrew Sullivan’s Daily Dish, mentions something I haven’t heard a whit about, which is exactly the point of the article. Meanwhile, the Opinion Editor in the Daily Aztec, Veronica Rollin, begs for an … Continue reading →