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![]() Steve KramerThe Times of Israel (Blogs) |
Michal and I had a wonderful tour in the beautiful Lower Galilee recently with friends. We had booked a two night stay at a Lake Kinneret (aka Sea of...
Ma’aleh Adumim is a small city in the Judean desert on the outskirts of Jerusalem with a population of more than 40,000 Israelis, including a large...
If you ever wondered how the US would react should another Nazi Germany threaten the democratic world, stop wondering. You’re seeing it right now in...
Israel is currently in an interim period of religious and national holidays which will be over by the end of May. The Knesset is on vacation while...
Israel’s political, social, and military prospects have all taken a hit this year following the installation of the current government coalition,...
In a speech on the evening of March 23, 2023, after mass disruptions (a ‘Day of Paralysis’) were held throughout Israel, Prime Minister Bibi...
Michal and I recently had a novel trip to one of the world’s liveliest cities – without having to hassle with an airport! It was a four-day/three...
Israel achieved democracy the hard way. A precursor was that one-third of all Jews were murdered in Europe in the 1930s-1940s and about 140,000...
There’s way too much hysteria from the left wing over proposed legislation in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset. Where do world leaders like...
On January 3, Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir took a 13-minute walk in Jerusalem’s Old City on the Temple Mount, Judaism’s most holy site. Much...
Now is not the beginning of the end of Israeli democracy, as many “pundits” say, but the end of the beginning of a more nationalistic Israel (a...
Why “defrocking,” a term usually used in the ecclesiastical sense? Well, The New York Times (NYT) has a quasi-religious following among American...
Hanukah starts on Sunday night, December 18. Hanukah is usually celebrated during the “Christmas season.” This coincidence makes the Jewish...
A new coalition to govern Israel will emerge in December. There’s been a hue and cry over the right wing/religious makeup of the coalition,...
Although it’s 55 years since I graduated from college, I still fondly remember my student life being enhanced by my membership in a Jewish...