And if (behavior) can be changed for something as trivial as wildflowers, all the more so for a cruel pandemic that has killed thousands.

Frustrated by decades of Palestinian obstinacy, moderate Arab nations were finally moving to put the Israeli-Palestinian issue behind them.

"All I ask is that you respond in kind. If you can’t or don’t want to do that, feel free to unfriend me. Or I'll save you the trouble."

Here's a sensible plan of action for Israel to replace the dithering and politicking that's been screwing up everything.

How long until people rebel against this unreasonable behavior and either stop taking part in services or try a different stream of Judaism?

",,,no more huge, ear-splitting weddings, crowded bars, and shoulder-to-elbow restaurants...that's not a bad thing."

So is the prime minister's threat of a new lockdown warranted? No, and that's not even the direction the government itself is taking.

Certainly he deserved to die. But there is a saying in Hebrew: "Better wise than right."

"After such efforts...anything less than 100.000 (demonstrators) would have been a failure."

"Yet Israelis keep voting on security, the the real issues are domestic, including relations with Diaspora Jews."

"In other words, both the apoplectic left and the ecstatic right have it wrong."

There’s a hidden aspect to Tisha B’Av, mourning the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem, that could put holy sites, and the Temples t...