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Apr 26, 2026, 9:31 AM

The Rules We Need To Follow

My wife and I have lived in Petach Tikva ever since we made Aliyah to Israel more than ten years ago. Our location in the Kfar Ganim Gimmel neighborhood has excellently suited our needs. Unfortunately, a senseless murder occurred...

Jan 12, 2026, 10:45 PM

The Stigma of the Masks

It is indisputable that major league mistakes were made by the governments of both Israel and the United States in dealing with the recent 2019 – 2023 global COVID-19 pandemic. I have previously noted here some failings in Israel's...

Aug 3, 2025, 2:38 PM

Hamas, Eichmann, Due Process, and a Jewish Accomplice in Texas

My law practice cases back in the USA were almost all transactional civil matters, but I did have occasions to sit at the defense counsel's table in some criminal cases. Although the accused is technically the criminal defense attorney's client,...

Jun 18, 2025, 11:38 PM

The Rising Lion – Winners and Losers

Speaking of his military deployment in Afghanistan, Arthur Conan Doyle's Dr. Watson character said, "The campaign brought honors and promotion to many, but for me it had nothing but misfortune and disaster." The current belligerencies between Iran and Israel will...

Apr 2, 2025, 4:12 AM

What Israel can learn from the many lives of Dr. Koop

This blogpost aims to critique Israeli politics; the fact that it now reviews a very recently published book on a seemingly unrelated topic is only incidental to this purpose. Although I did have a brief e-mail exchange with the...

Mar 21, 2025, 12:35 AM

Sewing machines and splashdowns

My Mom had five sewing machines: (1) the Singer/Wheeler-Wilson treadle-operated one she used until she bought her (2) electric Pfaff. She also had (3) a typewriter-sized hand-cranked one which she got for my then-pre-teen sister to use until (4)...

Feb 24, 2025, 7:15 AM

Bureaucracies and Kipling: Why the DOGE initiative should concern Israel

Generating much controversy in America now is the initiative by the newly-designated Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to pare down the federal government's workforce. New developments occur every day, and in some cases, every hour. To make a gross...

Dec 22, 2024, 6:58 AM

Of Church Bells and Adhans

The property layout was ideal for my grandparents' house. After World War II ended, my grandfather was able to become a homeowner instead of a renter and so, Zayde purchased a house on a Philadelphia real estate lot where...

Sep 24, 2024, 3:37 AM

Bring Hannah Home!

The Israeli public is now quite appropriately intensely absorbed in the complex matter of returning home the remaining abductees, living or dead, held by Hamas in Gaza. Without in any way attempting to derail or take sides in that...

Sep 9, 2024, 6:59 AM

Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a multi-purpose captive

The family of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, the American-Israeli kidnap victim whose body was recovered from Rafah on 31 August 2024 and whose family had been very active and vocal in their unsuccessful attempts to secure his release from captivity, have...

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About Me

Born in Philadelphia, Kenneth lived on Long Island and made Aliyah to Israel. Professionally, he worked as a lawyer in the USA (including as an attorney for the Internal Revenue Service), a college professor and an analyst for the U.S. Department of Defense. He's also a writer and a traveler.

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