To my friends in Detroit and elsewhere: Using Walt Whitman's metaphor, leaders, like captains ,are elected in order to steer the ship to a safe haven on the shore of the people's promised land. Captains are chosen based on merit and experience.  The word Zeitgeist well describes the context in which leaders of democratic countries are elected. It is...

Here’s my take on the United States’ presidential election campaign, that will come to its cataclysmic, life-changing culmination in the coming days. I don’t want to talk about Trump. He has already wasted too much of the world’s time, and I will not grant him any more attention than he has already, grotesquely and gluttonously, sought out and achieved....

It took me a few days to digest the passing of Shimon Peres and what it means, to me personally and to Israel. Much has been written on subject, about his enormous contribution to Israel’s security, future, stability and sustainability, as well his determination and devotion to  peace with our neighbors, the Palestinians and the entire middle east. ...

It took me a few days to digest the passing of Shimon Peres and what it means, to me personally and to Israel. Much has been written about this subject, about his enormous contribution to Israel’s security, future, stability and sustainability, as well his determination and devotion to the peace process with our neighbors, the Palestinians and the entire...

FOLLOW YOUR HEART(talk starts with verse and chorus form the song “follow your heart”…..)I was 16 years old when I decided to leave home alone and move from NY to Israel, for love. I come from a Jewish Yemenite family, born in Israel but raised in the US from age 2. When I was 15, I was on a summer hiking trip in Israel, when I met this amazing young...

I was married on June 22nd, 1992. The following day, june 23rd, was my 23rd birthday. I loved the convergence of numbers, anniversaries of birth and re-birth ...that was the main reason for choosing that date, but there was also another one: June 23rd, 1992, was election day in Israel, which is traditionally a day off . We wanted people to stay up late...