Today is a most special day. 70 years ago (the Hebrew date, which is the 5th of Iyar, is the one that counts), the State of Israel was created. A dream that had been unfulfilled for almost 2000 years.
Continue reading Our hope is not yet lost (עוד לא אבדה תקוותנו)
I know, I know. You thought my holiday was over. But, tonight is the 7th day of Pesach (Passover). So I- and my guests- will still be crunching on our matza. And, during tonight’s festive meal, we will parse the question of why the 7th day (and the 8th for those who don’t live in Israel) is celebrated as a special day.
Continue reading Im eshkachech Yerushalayim, tishkach y’mini
This is not my normal kind of post. Oh, don’t get me, wrong, I am most passionate about this subject. I just generally don’t share my opinions with you, my blog readers.
Continue reading 2334. A guarantee to keep Netanyahu in power.
This blog has been gestating for a long time. Mostly because it will end up being a series of blogs- but the connection between them took a bit of doing. So, I’ve been massaging them to make the connection clearer.
Continue reading Water. Agriculture. Aquaculture. Antibiotic Resistance (1)
When I heard that Shimon Peres had a stroke, I knew the end was near. Sure, Shimon had managed to survive more than 90 years, several wars, and political infighting. But, a stroke for a nonagenarian is no simple matter. Being in a coma was not a plus.
Continue reading The Passing of a Generation
My father rarely, if ever, food-shopped. But, when it was summer time, he would venture into that foreign country (the supermarket) and choose cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon, and a few other tasty treats. Up until his garden (one which took hours of his time every day off) and actually consisted of about 10% of home acreage. (Given the fact that the home employed 30 to 50% [two different homes], this constituted a great portion of what used to be green lawn. (Yes, we had the greenest lawns in the neighborhood, too.)
Continue reading Who’s the Fairest of Them All?
I am not trying to sound the Doomsday Machine. Our economy is picking up. Corporations are raising their low-end employee’s wages. (Don’t get too excited. They are not doing this for benevolent reasons. They are having a tough time keeping their low-end employees, because jobs are now more available.) But, we still are not coming out with a plethora of new products.
Continue reading R&D cuts mean fewer Start-ups
I have always been a fan of Will and Ariel Durant. I read what was then the 9 volume set before I graduated from junior high. (I finished the other two, newer, tomes comprising their entire History of Civilization when they were published in 1975.) These eminently readable books helped me learn history- more than I learned in school or from other books.
