Last Week

I have good news (if only for me) and bad news.

First the good news. Nir Barkat is ready to be mayor of Jerusalem as of this Thursday (4.Dec). Ha'artez reported on Thursday that his coalition is in place. For the first time in nearly four decades (!), there isn't a haredi party in the coalition.

The bad news is the events in Mumbai. The senseless deaths of everyone especially those at the Habad House--the Rabbi and his wife--grieves me endlessly. For three days the world waited on the edge of their seats to see how the terrorist standoff would end and who would survive. Only later was it discovered that everyone (who died) at Habad House was murdered Wednesday evening. Their child is now an orphan.

Baruch Dayan Emet.