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Eight Years Later, I Still Am in Love

Dateline Jerusalem -- Eight years ago I made aliyah to Israel.  Aliyah defines the immigration and return of Jews from countries all over the...

Obama and Supreme Court Are Confused

Dateline Jerusalem -- Which is the only sovereign nation in the world not permitted to choose its capital?  Israel.  In a landmark decision, the...

Ethiopian Jews, the Story of a Dramatic Melting Pot

Dateline Jerusalem -- I love that Israel is a melting pot.  Jews from all over the world gather here for many reasons.  Unfortunately too...

Next War Is Coming up Fast

Dateline Jerusalem -- It isn't quite summertime yet, but things are heating up in Israel, literally and figuratively.  Against a backdrop of almost record...

Heat Is Sign Arabs May Strike

Dateline Jerusalem -- The Hebrew word for heat wave is sharav. The more familiar Mideastern term to describe the unbearably hot dusty winds that...

Disgraceful Behavior by Israeli Left

Dateline Jerusalem -- Are politics the same all over the world?  In Israel, the entire country gets involved. In the past, regardless of political...

May I Boast, Just a Little, About My Home?

Dateline Jerusalem -- It is always nice to think of Israel as "only," "best," "most," "highest," "oldest," "first." Since Israel celebrated its 67th birthday...

We Know How to Remember

Dateline Jerusalem -- Exactly one week after Israelis mourned the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, we mourn those who died defending and...

A Most Solemn Day in Israel

Dateline Jerusalem -- This week is Holocaust Memorial Day, known as Yom HaShoah (Day of The Catastrophe)  in Israel. It also is referred to...

Beauty of Passover in Israel

Dateline Jerusalem -- It has been two weeks since I last wrote, but it is that time of year again when Jews from all...