A Russian-born Israeli friend asked us recently, “Is there going to be civil war in America?” As odd as that question seemed to my wife and me, two American expatriates living in Israel whose entire childhoods passed under an umbrella of seemingly … [Read more]
Hark! How all the welkin rings
Suspiciously Christmas-like decorations have begun to appear again in Jerusalem neighborhoods, parks and malls, though fewer than in the recent past thanks to the world’s most pervasive virus. But one will not typically hear Christmas music in … [Read more]
Force Zvika and the “virtue” of Israeli contrariness, a remembrance…
Israeli Sabras’ most annoying vice may also be their nation’s saving grace Israel’s “coronavirus cabinet” recently voted to order hospitals here to prepare to serve 2,000 additional coronavirus patients who may soon need ventilators. The … [Read more]
Keeping the rules
“We will keep the rules and, with God’s help, they’ll keep us.” “I must show you…a steep increase [in COVID‑19 diagnoses] in recent days,” Netanyahu told the nation in a speech. “…It is too early to say if it is a general change in the trend … [Read more]
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