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    Counting The Omer, Easier Than Calculating End of Corona Lock-down

    Most people can adjust to something difficult when they know how long it will last. But even with all the complicated computations and guesswork the experts have been coming up with, there are too many unknowns to factor in for any accuracy.

    China Lied, People Died And The WHO was Complicit

    There weren’t simultaneous outbreaks of identical illness, there was only one source, and that point of origin seems to be that research facility in Wuhan.

    Israeli Credit Cards, Kitniyot, And Bananas Galore

    We knew that making aliyah three weeks before Pesach would be a challenge...

    Making Aliyah… During A Global Pandemic

    Making aliyah is never easy, let alone in the age of coronavirus.

    Passover 2020: The Challenges; the Beauty

    What if you find yourself at this point in your journey living alone? Strangely enough, our assignment has the potential of being the most exciting of all: piecing our life story together like an immense three-dimensional jigsaw puzzle.

    The Supermoon, Passover, Prophecy and Return

    "And the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times as strong, like the light of seven days, on the day that Hashem bandages the injury of His people and heals the wound of his blow."

    The Only Seder Guest Who’s Still Invited

    I will ask him, silently, to take with him hugs and kisses to my mother and father and brother, two time zones and thousands of miles away.

    Efrat Hit Hard By Covid-19, Second Only To Bnei Brak

    We know that many people carry the virus without getting overly sick, or without manifesting any symptoms at all. This might have saved economies that are now crumbling under the strain of the minimized work force.

    Passover, Freedom And Their Meaning During The CoronaVirus Pandemic

    But can we teach about freedom when the government tells us that we have to stay in our houses and we can’t have the huge family gatherings we have every year? Passover freedom

    U.N. Doesn’t Care About Middle-Aged White Male Victims of Covid-19

    But the United Nations made a special call out for the young women in Africa when older white men in Europe are dying by the minute.

    Governments and Other Parasites

    The process of forming the government has so far been enormously expensive, with three elections at an estimated cost of 12 billion shekels. Keep in mind also, that for the past year the legislators have done essentially nothing, while drawing their salaries.

    Your Statement that Hitler Did Nothing Unusual

    Thanks for sharing your opinion that the COVID19 virus did not originate in China, that it was developed by the U.S. who released the virus in order to destroy the world economy.

    Why Were Charedi Areas Hit So Badly?

    The anti-Zionist, anti-state community turns a deaf ear to government pronouncements, whether they come from the Health Department of the Chief Rabbinate, which they consider [to be a body] of Reform rabbis.

    Masks, Masks, Masks-Where are the Masks?

    Federal bureaucracy has slowed down the process for both distributing existing masks and making new ones. There are plenty of companies eager to make masks, without any Wartime Production Act pressure. They just need a streamlined process that will clear as many of the barriers and delays out of the way.

    The Haredi Disconnect

    Will fear of Coronavirus do what years of negotiations and attempts at compromise have not, and make the Haredim cooperate with the state?

    Gantz is Betting Against the House

    Gantz is trying to hard to push a very left wing government onto Bibi, and it may backfire on him.

    Teva Pharmaceuticals Donating Potential COVID-19 Treatment To US Hospitals

    Sometimes people wonder what Israel does for the United States. There are tons of examples including sharing technology, intelligence, counterterrorism training and methods, advances in medicine and so much more. The Teva donation is just the latest.

    A Bright Day for Israeli Democracy and the Lessons Learned

    Who are the winners and the losers of the election crisis, and what did we learn from it?

    Is Mashiach Around The Corner?

    If you want to build a skyscraper, then the one-story building can no longer remain. You have to destroy it.

    Did You Catch That Brilliant Move by Yuli Edelstein?

    Blue&White will lose if they try to force Amir Peretz to give up his cozy new chair as Knesset Speaker, and Peretz has his own long-term agenda.

    What is Blue&White After?

    For Blue&White, running the country is secondary to getting rid of Netanyahu.

    Challenging but Not Crazy

    Be full of joy – yes, real “simcha” – especially now during these challenging days.

    Israel and the Pandemic

    When the rules were first announced, many people felt that PM Netanyahu and his advisors in the Health Ministry were overreacting, but as the number of cases grows, most Israelis have come around to the idea that tough measures are needed.

    The CoronavirUS is Not Us Versus Them

    Some far-left celebrities even accused Israel and Donald Trump's Jewish son-in-law from developing the virus so that they could get rich from selling the vaccine.

    Pandemic Prompts Divine Thoughts Of Postponing Passover Till After Sukkot

    A pilgrimage festival under current circumstances will prove an epidemiological nightmare.

    Bibi Derangement in the Age of Corona

    The system is what is preventing us from having a functional democracy, not Bibi Netanyahu.

    New York Times Pushes the Lie of Israeli Apartheid

    A complete Times piece on Israel must have #FakeNews in addition to #AlternativeFacts and inversions

    Larry’s Letters: Ben Gerstein Censured for anti-Palestinian Comments

    We didn’t realize that the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been suspended at Ann Arbor and wonder if other Amendments like the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery will be negated by Michigan U’s student censors.

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