Safe room
July 10, 2016
Safe room: where can our children be safe? #Hallel … More Safe room
Hallel: A song of praise, a song of life
June 30, 2016
A girl named Hallel: praise, glorify. Praise to God for granting a mother a child she desperately wanted. A song of praise, a song of life. 13.5 years Hallel lived, smiled and danced. Her presence made her family happy. This morning it ended. Not by accident. Or because of a disease. A person took her … More Hallel: A song of praise, a song of life
With my own body I would stop him
June 21, 2016
As I hear more and more reports on the terror attack in Orlando I can’t help but think that there is something terribly wrong in America. No, I don’t mean the crippling political correctness that is killing the western world. At least at the moment, that’s not what I am referring to. I’m not talking … More With my own body I would stop him
Why I love Israel
June 17, 2016
The brilliant Chloé Simone Valdary asks the questions no one bothers to ask, the questions few realize are fundamental. It is easier to not think, to take for granted but Chloé is different and by example, she pushes others to do the same. Think. Question. Learn. Awareness and knowledge are the basic tools for creating … More Why I love Israel
The Israeli, HaYisraeli
June 14, 2016
The Israeli experience is rich and complex. The shadow of terrorism and war hovers above, casting a shadow but never managing to darken the Israeli experience. It does not control us but it does influence the way we grow. We doing things because of it and despite it. It’s been almost two years since our … More The Israeli, HaYisraeli
Terrorism makes us stronger
June 9, 2016
After last night’s terror attack in Tel Aviv what more can be said? It’s the same story over and over. We are attacked and the world doesn’t care. One news outlet put the word terrorist in quotation marks, as if they are uncertain of the definition of what a terrorist is – perhaps men who … More Terrorism makes us stronger
The most Israeli moment of the year
May 15, 2016
There is a moment that occurs once a year in Israel. The entire country focuses on it, there is even an official, national ceremony to recognize it – the momentous yet somehow quiet transition between Memorial Day for IDF soldiers & victims of terrorism to Independence Day. Jewish tradition dictates that each day begins the night … More The most Israeli moment of the year
23,447 of my brothers and sisters
May 10, 2016
Those who should be here and are not. We remember each and every one of them, and pay tribute. To them and to those they have left behind – It is because of them that our nation has a State. Those that were killed in battle, murdered by terrorists, And those that managed to continue … More 23,447 of my brothers and sisters
When a number is more than just a number
April 18, 2016
Numbers, in and of themselves are innocuous, it is the actions of people that imbue them with meaning. The teenager wasn’t asked when the Nazis tattooed a number on his arm. A decision made by men declared that men, women and children could be catalogued, used and discarded. Numbers labeled them as less than human. … More When a number is more than just a number
Because I want to win
April 6, 2016
What is the connection between Donald Trump, the GOP elections and the story about the IDF soldier now on trial for executing a terrorist in Hebron? It might seems weird to connect between these stories but I see a powerful (and very obvious) relationship between these seemingly unconnected issues: wanting to “win”. Everyone wants to … More Because I want to win
Inspiration from Zion: This is a Love Story 