Just before dawn some mornings during the days leading up to Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, the highest hill in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ir Ganim has been visited by handfuls of Orthodox Jews who faced the Old City and prayed. Though the … [Read more]
Change, shortages and substitutions
Despite our new restrictions, Israelis are permitted to eat, drink, walk their dogs and take (prescription) drugs, so I walked to our local pharmacy a few days ago, a small dispensary lying within a medium-sized clinic housing a lab, nursing and … [Read more]
(Black and) Blue and White
Israel's Benny Gantz Makes a Surprising Concession We have been misinformed. Recent events suggest that the world’s oldest pastime, if not profession, contrary to longstanding claims to the contrary must surely be criticism. Criticism’s … [Read more]
Locked Down, but Not Out
Israelis test their thorny natures against the inconvenience of lockdown Due to the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19, we in Israel are now, by law, "locked down," a social condition during which everyone keeps his or her distance from others … [Read more]
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