I forgot my father’s yahrzeit this year. 27 Tishrei. 27 years. I forgot, but I didn’t forget. Twenty-seven years ago, my father went into hospice
When I read about the arrest of American Jewish Wall Street Journal Reporter, Evan Gershkovich, in Russia on March 29, my mind went back to
The news is out from Plains, Georgia, that former president Jimmy Carter is living out his final days in hospice care. I’ve always wondered how
Reviewing: “The Book of Jewish Knowledge” by The Rohr Jewish Learning Institute. Jewish Learning Institute; Deluxe Edition. 2022. Hardcover. 496 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1636680125. You never
In July 1985, I got engaged. The plan was to get married in October 1987, or at least to begin the process to get married.
On November 1, Israel will hold its fifth national election in three-and-a-half years. Polls have vacillated a little but generally continue to show no one
The reality is that my great-grandparents didn’t just die, they were murdered. They were two of 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis and their
Reviewing: “Hijack for Freedom: The Memoirs of Mark Dymshits: Soviet Pilot, Jew, Breacher of the Iron Curtain” by Mark Dymshits. Gefen Publishing. 2021. Paperback. 268
One morning this week, I went to run some errands near my home in the Judean mountains. In addition to being cold out, there have
Part II Budget Officially, the previous government fell apart over the failure to pass a state budget. Israel has not only entered 2021 with no
Last week, a 27-year-old dual American-Israeli citizen, Na’ama Issachar, came home to Israel after ending a 10-month catastrophe where she was thrust into, and a
Seeing trees blossom and grow fruit in the land of Israel as I leave my house every late winter and early spring morning makes me
