Yoel Ben-Avraham, at The Blogs

Apr 2, 2021, 7:43 AM

Bibi is not the problem, Bibi is the symptom!

You’d think after four national elections with almost exactly the same results, people would have woken up and started asking questions? Why are we stuck in this face-off without resolution? Is it really a question over Benyamin Netanyahu’s continued...

Jul 15, 2020, 5:51 PM

Why we need to embrace our current abnormality as the “New” Normal!

Coronavirus Disease 2019 Rotator Graphic for af.mil. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Rosario "Charo" Gutierrez)

It has been my personal assessment that from the moment this COVID-19 was declared a pandemic and it was clear that it was unusual -- not just another flu; that there were few treatment options except to treat the...

Nov 3, 2018, 10:57 PM

Why can’t the entire country be a Hebrew ulpan?

The Israel that I encountered when I arrived here in January of 1973, was a very different Israel than the one you'll meet on a day-to-day basis today. One of the major differences 45 years ago was that the...

Feb 11, 2018, 1:25 AM

Yes Israel Should Be Helping the African Immigrants!

Yes, Israel should do everything humanly possible to create the conditions where this massive mass migration of human beings out of Africa will no longer be the average African's preferred choice. At the same time, there is no rational reason...

Nov 5, 2017, 3:11 AM

How to get Abraham to “think outside the box?”

In the 1970s we discovered Edward de Bono and his concept of lateral thinking. We've all heard the expression "to think outside the box", to get outside of our current frame of reference and try to see things in...

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12 Years of Torah Learning; 35 years as an IT professional; 50 years an Israeli; A former Canadian who embraced Judaism, the People of Israel, the Land of Israel, and the State of Israel. From time to time I share my thoughts as I sit at the table looking out at the beautiful Shilo Valley.