To Christians everywhere: Merry Christmas!
December 23, 2015
Author: Forest Rain
A message from a Jew to Christians everywhere: Put Christ back in Christmas, for all our sakes!
December 14, 2015
When you Google “Christmas” the search results bring up lots of pictures of Christmas trees, holiday lights and presents. While all of those things are very nice I can’t help but think of what should be there and isn’t – Christ. I am Jewish. I don’t “believe in Jesus.” Judaism and living in Israel has … More A message from a Jew to Christians everywhere: Put Christ back in Christmas, for all our sakes!
Hollywood is a pale imitation of Israeli reality
December 10, 2015
Over and over I am struck but how Israeli reality is like a Hollywood action/drama film. Sometimes our stories are so dramatic that they wouldn’t be believable as a movie script. … More Hollywood is a pale imitation of Israeli reality
It all boils down to what your mommy thinks about you
December 9, 2015
That’s Israel in a nutshell. No matter who you are, what you have accomplished or how much you have sacrificed for the Nation there is one standard of measurement that puts everything in proportion – your mom. … More It all boils down to what your mommy thinks about you
To the sons of Jews (and the White House)
December 7, 2015
The latest Islamic State video is entitled “to the sons of Jews”. It is a message directed not at Jews in general but specifically at Israelis. It begins with a child surfing the web, images of a soldier stopping a child at a checkpoint, the Israeli flag and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Then Facebook – … More To the sons of Jews (and the White House)
A marketer’s perspective: ISIS propaganda and why it works
December 2, 2015
It is shocking that so many young Westerners leave their homes to join the Islamic State. Why would they want to belong to such an obviously murderous and vicious group of people?! From a marketing perspective it makes sense. The answer is simple: advertising. Advertising works. We all know that. We also know that advertising … More A marketer’s perspective: ISIS propaganda and why it works
It takes a wedding to make us say, let’s live another day
November 27, 2015
As an American child, when I first saw “Fiddler on the Roof” I thought it was a frivolous musical about things that happened to Jews once upon a time. As a grown-up Israeli I know better. Reading the news about the wedding of Sarah Techiya Litman and Ariel Beigel this Thursday, two weeks after Sarah’s … More It takes a wedding to make us say, let’s live another day
Give Thanks To The Everyday Heroes
November 26, 2015
Thanksgiving – These are the things that I am thankful for, this is what gives me hope. … More Give Thanks To The Everyday Heroes
Body count
November 24, 2015
As terror attack follows terror attack, the body count rises.How many bodies are enough? 1? 20? 200? 6 million?When will enough be enough? The body count rises.But who counts the bodies of those left behind? Parents murdered, orphans left behind… Who considers the children who have to grow up without parents?The boys with no father … More Body count
They have guns but we have flowers
November 20, 2015
As C.S. Lewis said: “If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort of truth; only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.” … More They have guns but we have flowers
Inspiration from Zion: This is a Love Story 