Toronto to Ra'anana

  These are challenging times to write this kind of blog.  Israel is in a very difficult period - facing challenges of all sorts.  We are in...

The Jewish /Israeli calendar has several difficult days.  We have fast days, days of mourning and days of remembrance.  On Yom Kippur, we fa...

Fallen Soldiers Captain Shaul Greenglick z"l was killed this week in northern Gaza.  He was 26 years old.  He was an officer in the Nah...

I don't usually write two consecutive blogs in such a short period of time - but things have taken quite a turn in Israel - and it is ve...

There is a decidedly bittersweet mood in Israel these days. The top story in the newspapers, on websites, television and the radio is the ...