Writing from Jerusalem during the war years.
(Thoughts on the immediate situation… If you live in this country… Please read to the end. Stay safe my friends.) POTUS is threatening to attack every power plant and bridge in Iran, starting at 8 PM Eastern Time tomorrow night. I’m hoping for the best. Maybe this will all blow over, maybe he’ll move the … Read more
(Some thoughts on bomb shelters and missiles, with a request at the end:) For someone who’s been itching for a war with Iran for decades, our prime minister didn’t actually prepare this country for war with Iran. Of the 11,775 public bomb shelters in this country, around 1 in 9 are officially unfit. In some … Read more
I don’t want to be an alarmist or pretend that I can predict the future. I hope that my concerns will be proven to be unfounded. But I want my family, friends, and neighbors to be prepared for what may be coming. If you’re going to read this – and fair warning, you might not … Read more
Racism reared its ugly head in the bomb shelter today. I didn’t see the point of confronting it on the spot – I’ve learned that racists operating in maladaptive defense mode are not receptive to reason, empathy, or judgment in the moment of arousal – but I think my day would be lacking if I … Read more
On Shabbath even the souls trapped in the hell they made get respite from their suffering. I pray for my soul, for my wife, for my daughters, for the other families across Israel and Iran and Lebanon. I pray because missiles and bombs, raving lunatics and angry crowds, would rather I didn’t. Would rather I … Read more
Known: The number of interceptors the US coalition forces have left. Unknown: The number of ICBM launchers the Khameini regime is conserving underground. I don’t mean to be a downer but if we don’t count the initial salvos at the start of the war, then the average daily rate of incoming missiles hasn’t really gone … Read more
Life is full of miracles. The improbable and fortuitous concatenation of events, despite conflicting agendas, beliefs, and environmental factors. Oftentimes, those miracles are easily mistaken for natural events or human achievements – as if a work of art can be reduced to paint on canvas. But the medium of a miracle is just a vessel … Read more
Hi! You may be a new friend of mine. While I really like sharing poems and pictures of my baby daughter, and while I also hope to work together to help build the WordPress community in Israel, we’re living in interesting times, so you may have noticed a certain political tinge to some of my … Read more
So I’ve been doing some digging and I have some Questions: – If, after 5 weeks, the remaining IRGC commanders refuse to surrender and the US is excluded from the succession process, then does that mean the USA won the war? – If, after 5 weeks, the US has used up all or most of … Read more
I am so torn between understanding the role Khameini’s regime and the IRGC, directly and via the proxy armies they fund, train, and direct, have played in not just oppressing and killing their own citizens but in repeatedly threatening my life, my wife’s life, my daughters’ lives, the lives of my friends and neighbors, Israeli … Read more