The War, Tisha B’Av, and a Season for Self Assessment
Since childhood, we have been taught how to behave. We have been trained well in the arena of do’s and don’ts. We have also been taught which emotions are appropriate and which are not....
Qana: What Happened for Eight Hours?
The IDF is trying to figure out why the building housing 60 Lebanese in Qana collapsed at 8 AM, when the only target in the immediate vicinity was struck between midnight and one AM....
Tehillim Pey-Gimmel (Psalm 83) found in Irish Bog
Some people are calling this an important omen. Irish archaeologists Tuesday heralded the discovery of an ancient book of psalms by a construction worker while driving the shovel of his backhoe into a bog....
Saving Tommy
I had to rub my eyes as I tried to absorb the news. Prime Minister Olmert could not be that insensitive. But no matter how many times I rubbed, the story remained the same:...
Nasrallah: We Told Lebanese We’d Abduct Israeli Soldiers
MEMRI (The Middle East Media Research Institute) is a great resource, because they have this nasty habit of showing and translating what the Arabs say in Arabic to other Arabs. For example, a recent...
8 Israeli Soldiers Killed in Bint Jbeil Ambush
News reports now state that eight soldiers were killed in an ambush this morning. Army sources knew this hours ago, but only released it to the media later. As with the incursion into Jenin...
Ongoing Communication Disruptions in Israel
As I mentioned a few days ago, the current conflict is interfering with Internet service in Israel — especially international connectivity, much of which goes through Haifa. Fortunately, none of our developers there have...
Helping Israel
At times like this, one wants to show support for the Jews in Eretz Yisrael, and often does not know how to go about doing so. My sister-in-law Bracha Rosenblum, who runs a small...
Our Children Lead Us
One of our grandchildren attends a summer day camp for six- and seven-year-olds in Jerusalem. A few days ago the group was scheduled to spend the entire morning at the beach. They waited expectantly...
Israel vs. Hamas: Is Hamas Blinking?
From Ha’Aretz: According to reports Sunday, the Hamas leadership in Gaza is ready to halt Qassam fire as part of a cease-fire deal that would involve an end to IDF action in the Gaza...