First, a correction: When I wrote about the tragedy in Gush Etzion the other day, I accidentally wrote “Gush Katif,” which no longer exists. Thanks to those readers who caught this. Truth is, I have never forgotten Gush Katif (nor should any of us) and occasionally I slip and …
Read More »Arlene in Israel – How Did We Get to This Place?
How Did We Get to This Place? Our presence here in the land goes back more than 3,000 years. We prayed for millennia, while separated from the land, to be able to return. Once we did return, our people sacrificed in order to build and protect the land. And now, …
Read More »Arlene in Israel – “Before Shabbat”
On Tuesday, my co-chair of the Legal Grounds Campaign, Jeff Daube, and I participated in a Voice of Israel radio broadcast hosted by Jeremy Gimpel and Ari Abramowitz. Lior Amihai of ‘Peace Now’ was invited to join our conversation by phone. It was a lively discussion and I invite you …
Read More »Arlene in Israel – Is There No End?
Last night there was a conference, “Israel Returns to the Temple Mount,” at the Menachem Begin Center in Jerusalem – this is an annual event of the Temple Mount Faithful. It was neither a large nor a raucous event. Rabbi Yehuda Glick, Temple Mount activist, was a key presenter: He …
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