Dateline Jerusalem — The election for Prime Minister allegedly is over and it is being called a “mahapach,” loosely translated as a “turnaround” or “upheaval” or “revolution” because Likud was trailing in the polls in the preceding days. Despite the claims of victory and success by Likud (Bibi Netanyahu), the election process is not over. Just beginning.  The decision as … Read More

Dateline Jerusalem — Israelis will be voting in one of the most highly contested, important elections in years on Tuesday. Israel’s safety, security, and borders are at stake.  This is one of the dirtiest, most corrupt elections in Israeli history, manipulated by the Obama administration, by the Palestinian Authority for their sudden “crackdown” on terrorists for fear that a terror … Read More

Dateline Jerusalem — Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu made me proud to be an Israeli when he spoke to a joint session of Congress about the threat a nuclear Iran is to the very existence of Israel and the danger it is to the rest of the world. The standing ovation he received made me proud to be an American. It … Read More

Dateline Jerusalem — I attended a lecture this week by a Jewish man born in Cairo who could trace his ancestors from their flight from the Inquisition in Spain in 1492 to Gibraltar, to Malacca, to Tangiers to Alexandria, Egypt, in 1885. Jews have lived in Egypt since Biblical times, mostly settling in Cairo and Alexandria where the old synagogue … Read More

Dateline Jerusalem — The cost of living might be high in Israel, especially since salaries are one-quarter what they are in the States. But the cost of medical and dental care is an absolute bargain. Like health care professionals everywhere, physicians and dentists are overworked.  Perhaps that is why there are so many incentives for doctors to come to Israel, … Read More