On the other hand

When the Hebrew Prophet, Isaiah, predicted that one day Israel would be a “light unto the nations” his prophecy must have seemed rather far-fetched. Read more

What is taking them so long?

I am currently reading a most interesting book which reveals in graphic detail the shameful behaviour of the US Administration in particular and other nations in general prior and subsequent to the election of the Nazis in Germany. Read more

On the other hand

This week I had a conversation with an Australian tourist who was back in Israel for the first time since the Corona shutdown. Read more

Recipes for chaos

Definition: “mixture of people and events that will lead to disorder, confusion and trouble.” Read more

On the other hand

What riles and upsets Israel denigrators the most? Read more

Flunked – grade F for failure

If we were in the business of handing out grades for effort and results there would have been a flurry of failures this past week. Read more

On the other hand

We are so fortunate that Israel continues to be at the forefront of medical research and development of groundbreaking treatments. Read more

Deplorable – Disgraceful – Shameful

Whichever adjective you may like to choose, either one more than adequately describes this week’s overdose of Israel’s obsessive behaviour by fickle friends and declared haters alike. Read more

On the other hand

One of the bonuses of living in Israel is that the Hebrew calendar regulates the Festivals and important dates in Jewish history. Read more

Hide and seek

Quote: Three things cannot hide for long. The moon, the sun and the Truth. Read more

On the other hand

Lag B’Omer is looming and with it, the annual trek by thousands to Meron which last year witnessed a fatal stampede facilitated by inadequate infrastructure and uncontrollable crowds. Read more

Sour notes and tone deaf

This has been a bumper week during which rhetoric and incitement combined to produce toxic results and tone deaf responses. Read more

On the other hand

From tragedy and mourning to joy and celebration – that is the age-old experience of the Jewish People during three millennia of history. Read more

From out of Zion

It was a promise made at the dawn of Jewish history and despite all the doubters and haters, it is a modern-day miracle. Read more

Judeophobia Recycled

Yom Hashoah this year is being commemorated by Jewish communities worldwide amidst the biggest upsurge of hate and incitement since the liberation of the concentration camps in 1945. Read more

On the othern hand

With a week of Chol Hamoed (intermediate days) Pesach, Israelis took the opportunity to visit nature reserves and picnic with family and friends. Read more

Preordained script

Quote: “The future is an unknown but a somewhat predictable unknown. To look to the future, we must first look back upon the past. That is where the seeds of the future were planted.” (Albert Einstein) Read more

On the other hand

This is the thirtieth year that we will be celebrating Pesach in the Promised Land. Read more

Passover road map

It may in the end have taken forty years to get here but the road map couldn’t have been clearer. Read more

On the other hand

Nothing is predictable or gradual in Israel. Read more

Inconvenient revelations

Very often there are news items that upset conventional thinking and as a consequence, they sink without trace. Read more

On the other hand

Hating Jews has once again become fashionable. Read more

Under the radar

If something is flying under the radar it usually means that it is undetected or unseen. Read more

On the other hand

Israel has just passed a momentous milestone. Read more

Beware the Ides of March

Any history student of Julius Caesar’s life will instantly recognize the significance of the Ides of March. Read more

On the other hand

According to long-time locals and weather experts, this current winter has been the coldest, bleakest and longest we have experienced in recent memory. Read more

Post-Purim reality checks

The festivities are over, the fancy costumes and masks are put away for another year and it is time to take note of the real world again. Read more

On the other hand

This year Purim is being celebrated in the shadow of death and destruction on the continent of Europe not seen since the dark days of the Second World War. Read more

A Gantze Megillah

This well known Yiddish expression, usually used as a wry comment, basically means a “complicated and involved situation or state of affairs without end.” Read more

On the other hand

The first blossoms are appearing on the trees and early signs of spring are evident. Read more

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