I have watched with horror the escalating war in the Middle East. I have heard so much from family and friends running to bomb shelters each time the sirens sound. While Hamas missiles and rockets reaching Tel Aviv and Jerusalem is new, Israelis throughout southern Israel have been targeted for years with increasing fire power. The city…Read more »
Tag: Iran
Rockets Red Glare
Once again the Rockets are blasting Israel. More than 190 rockets have rained down upon Israel. For the second day in a row schools are closed and people have been hunkered down in bomb shelters from Beer Sheva to Ashdod and Ashkelon even to Risho L’Tzion which is a suburb of Tel Aviv. 27 missiles have been…Read more »
Human Rights Violations in Iran
My friend Karmel Melamed is a wonderful journalist based here in Los Angeles. He has covered the Iranian community extensively and also covers the Jewish community. I met Karmel two years ago when he was embedded as a reporter for the Jewish Journal on our rabbinic unity mission to Israel. Eighteen rabbis of every denomination,…Read more »
Iran as Nuclear Power
Iran continues to come closer and closer to the threshold that will make it a nuclear nation. It has successfully used its diplomacy of pretending to negotiate with the West while secretly moving its program forward. They might give in for a while but then go back to their old games-content with a two steps…Read more »