With his shoes off and yarmulke on, Rabbi Dovi Scheiner set aside his plastic glass of white wine, climbed on top of a white leather chair and began addressing the young, well-heeled guests who had assembled at a luxurious Malibu home one recent Sunday.
Remember the name Subhi Al-Yaziji, dean of Quranic Studies at the Islamic University of Gaza. As Arab terrorists were attacking Jews in Israel last week, Al-Yaziji went on Palestinian television to cheer them on and remind them to include Jewish women and children.
A high-tech military blimp designed to detect a missile attack came loose on Wednesday and wreaked havoc as it floated from Maryland into Pennsylvania, dragging its 10,000-foot-long cable behind it and knocking out power to thousands.
An Israeli woman was stabbed in the back in the West Bank shortly after a Palestinian man who attempted to stab an Israeli soldier in Hebron was shot and killed.
Nothing is ever simple or easy in Israel, and my time there recently as a delegate for the world Reform Zionist movement (ARZENU) at the 37th World Zionist Congress proved to be no exception.
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