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 ae@edelsteinstrategies.com

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Democrats, Trump, and the bomb

(Originally published in The Times of Israel) Predictably, and sadly, partisan posturing did not abate even when it came to something as se...

Thursday, June 19, 2025

Stating the obvious

(Originally published in The Times of Israel) Given many of the reactions from politicians, commentators, and other members of the media to ...

Thursday, June 5, 2025

Will fear prevail?

(Originally published in The Times of Israel) American Jews have adapted to—pretty much to the point of resignation and acting like its “nor...

Friday, May 23, 2025

Double standards

(Originally published in The Times of Israel) To all the folks who near-constantly ask me what I think of Israel’s conduct in Gaza, or const...

Sunday, March 23, 2025

A country cries out

(Originally published in The Times of Israel) These are difficult, complex, challenging, tense, and often depressing days in the Land of Isr...

Friday, February 21, 2025

Is this normal?

(Originally published in The Times of Israel) It is hard to describe the mood here. What we have experienced in the last 48 hours is indesc...

Saturday, January 18, 2025

Elation, trepidation, disappointment

(Originally published in The Times of Israel) Today was a clear, beautiful, and warm Shabbat in Jerusalem, more like April than January. We ...

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