Random Thoughts

Alan Edelstein made Aliyah in 2011 and lives in Jerusalem. He was the founding partner of a well-respected California government affairs firm and was involved in California government and politics as a lobbyist and consultant for 30 years. He blogs at www.edelsteinrandomthoughts.com. He can be reached at edelsteinstrategies@gmail.com

Thursday, April 23, 2026

The joy and the pain

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(Originally published in The Times of Israel) As I scanned possible T-shirts to grab yesterday morning, Yom HaAtzamut (Israel Independence D...
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Thursday, April 2, 2026

Dear friends and family in The Golden Medina

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(Originally published in The Times of Israel) A seder enveloped by sirens and a heart rendering funeral motivated me to write to friends and...
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Monday, March 23, 2026

The shelter, the siren, and the check please

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(Originally published in The Times of Israel) Three weeks into the war and I'd say we are tired, weary, worried, united, committed, some...
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Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Red alerts and clown noses: Purim under fire

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 (Originally published in The Times of Israel) It has been quite a Shushan Purim in Jerusalem. We were awaken to a tzeva adom (a red alert) ...
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Saturday, November 29, 2025

Mamdani and those little town blues

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(Originally published in The Times of Israel)  “I stand by Italian-Americans.  I stand against anti-Italian-American statements and actions....
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Monday, October 13, 2025

War and peace

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 (Originally published in The Times of Israel) I spent the morning with hundreds of others at the hostage tent on Aza Street near the Prime ...
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Tuesday, September 30, 2025

The deal and its prospects

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( Originally published in The Times of Israel) My reaction to the Trump-Witkoff-Blair-Kushner Gaza peace plan:  A huge feeling of relief and...
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