One of our neighbors, someone we hardly see, has been diagnosed positive for COVID-19. They live at the end of our street on the North side. We live in the middle on the South side. I believe they are the 5th case in our village of about 600 families. One thing they all have in … More Corona Virus – on the Home Front
Not surprising that I should write again about the same subject is it? After all, we are still under a voluntary/mandatory quarantine. It’s sort of like house arrect. We went out the other day to a local market to restock on some essential food supplies. Overall, we’ve always kept a week plus of food in … More Corona virus – still
I love Opera. I often listen to taped recordings of complete operas with internationally known stars while working in my study. I’m especially fond of the most popular old ones by Verdi and Puccini. But I also like many many others. One that is high on my list of likes is Donizetti’s L’elisir D’amour . … More An Opera in Jerusalem
The Islamic Jihad sent two “soldiers” to plant an explosive device on the Israeli side of the Gaza line. Israeli forces saw them, opened fire, and killed them. This has resulted in a series of escalations on both sides. The terrorist group is allowed to operate freely in the Gaza strip by the Hamas governing … More Good Neighbors?
I mentioned the “Palestinian ” refugee problem previously. This is one aspect of the ongoing argument that appears to be easy to remove from the discussion. The Palestinian Authority won’t like it, but they have a lot of things they don’t like. Their position has always been that the only solution is to return all … More Deal of the Century – part 4
A major obstacle to reaching an accommodation between Israel and the Palestinians has always been Jerusalem. The Palestinians have claimed that all or part of the city is theirs and that it is their capital. The fact that they actually run their services from Ramallah doesn’t affect that claim. Even the UN partition resolution of … More Deal of the Century – part 3
One of the red-line conditions of the Palestinian Authority has always been the return of all “Palestinian refugees” to their original homes. But who is a “Palestinian refugee”? The original definition was set to include anyone who had lived in Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948. This conveniently eliminated the problem of Arab refugees … More Deal of the Century – part 2
Every so often part of Israel, usually in the South, gets bombarded with some rockets fired by one Arab terrorist organization or another. In recent times, the Israeli Air Defense Command has been intercepting these rockets with the IRON DOME AA system. It is an amazing bit of technology. The control radar is able to … More I live in a Tough Neighborhood
It was delightful, and lots of fun! No, this is not a review of that old Marx Brothers movie. It was funny. But this was a REAL night at a REAL Opera performance. We live a few miles South of Jerusalem. For many years there was no opera in Jerusalem. Even today, there really isn’t … More A Night at the Opera
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