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

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

Thursday, April 2, 2026

Dear friends and family in The Golden Medina

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

Monday, March 23, 2026

The shelter, the siren, and the check please

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

Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Red alerts and clown noses: Purim under fire

(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) ...

Saturday, November 29, 2025

Mamdani and those little town blues

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

Monday, October 13, 2025

War and peace

(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 ...

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

The deal and its prospects

( 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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