Inspiration From Zion: Operation Finale – Movie vs Reality
Sir Ben Kingsley, promised Elie Wiesel, the voice of morality and Holocaust Memory that he would, at the next appropriate opportunity, take on a role and dedicate it to him – and that is exactly what he did.
Inspiration from Zion: HaShomer HaChadash
What kind of modern child would willingly put down their phone, turn off the tv and go outside to sweat in the sun? What for? They don’t know what hard work is and why in the world would they want to do any kind of physical labor? There is no necessity that could drive them, no demand. It could never happen. Or at least that’s what the founders of the Shomer HaChadash Youth Movement were told.
Inspiration from Zion:
The new law sparked an uproar, mostly within the Jewish world. The question is, why? Is there something wrong with the law? In order to address these questions, we must first examine the content of the law. It is short and written in very clear language.
Inspiration from Zion: Rafael Levengrond: stepping into the gap, for Kim
The excellent employment opportunity was not enough to stave off the terrorist's hate. He preferred to murder Jews than to continue working there. The Palestinian Authority will pay him handsomely for the blood of Kim and Ziv.
Inspiration from Zion: Jewish Rights to Israel (part 1): Declaration of Independence
Indigeneity is the strongest claim any People can have to any specific land: this specific piece of land and no other is the ancestral homeland of my People.
Inspiration from Zion: WE ARE ARI FULD
Every Jew murdered is Ari Fuld.
Every Jew alive is Ari Fuld – whether they know it or not.
Now that Ari is no longer here, it is our responsibility to carry on where he left off.
Inspiration from Zion: Life in Israel Under Fire
We all know the war is coming. It’s only a question of when. We actually had thought it was going to happen earlier but whatever is happening behind the scenes on the political level is keeping the attacks on a low flame rather than a full-blown war.
Inspiration from Zion: Fighting Fire, Under Fire
Kite firebombs don’t sound like a real threat. Balloons sound even sillier (especially when the balloons are made from inflated condoms) but this is no game. The kites and balloons have been found up to 25 miles from Gaza,
Inspiration from Zion: 3 misunderstandings about my Jewish values
Statements from Jews, usually from America, prefaced by “my Jewish values” usually precede some sort of accusation against Israel that has little to do with facts – or an understanding of Jewish values. The basics are really simple, if you take the time to actually look at them:
Inspiration from Zion: Stop Explaining Israel’s Right to Self-Defense
It makes me physically ill to see Jews abroad and even my own government in Israel bend over backward to not seem “too aggressive” to the nations of the world who love to condemn Israel for defending her citizens.
Inspiration from Zion: Israel in an Image: This is Why We Do What We...
The IDF didn’t go on a manhunt because they were ordered to. They certainly didn’t do it because it’s fun. They did it because we are one family
Inspiration from Zion: We Won’t Play that Game Anymore
What fuels the violence is European leaders sending the message that Arab violence is only to be expected because Arabs feel wronged by the existence of Israel and her eternal ties to Jerusalem.
Ronen Lubarsky (HY”D)
All our soldiers are precious, every life matters but sometimes you get a glimpse into a life and see a quality of character that is rich in everything we value most – kindness, decency, willingness to work hard and do for others, hope.
Inspiration from Zion: Don’t Tell Me to “Stay Safe”’
Kind, caring people, genuinely concerned people keep saying to me , Stay Safe!" Why do I find this so annoying?
Inspiration from Zion: The US Embassy in Jerusalem and Hamas Riots
The embassy move is important. It is an end to ambivalence, a declaration of understanding that the Jewish people have always been connected to Zion and will never leave. It is up to the rest of the nations of the earth to make the same decision and officially give up the secret, or not so secret hope, that the Jewish people will somehow disappear.
Inspiration from Zion: Hero
This is what a hero looks like - an Israeli teenager, still in 12th grade, not yet 18. Service, putting others first, wanting to protect others. These weren’t dreams for Tzur, they were life-goals which he worked hard to fulfill, which he died fulfilling.
Inspiration from Zion: Dancing across the Tightrope
We mourn death and celebrate life, we celebrate life in gratitude and appreciation for those who made it possible for us to live. In Israel, the equation is very clear.
Inspiration from Zion: Operation Thunderbolt
It is this legacy of heroism, leadership, and love that is being turned upside-down. It is the concept of NEVER AGAIN that is being diminished and destroyed by this new movie
Baby Blames Bibi
Change your advisers or change your tune
Inspiration from Zion: Last Night
The policy laid out by POTUS is a refreshing change: we will help but your destiny is in your hands, no more nation building but at the same time, action in response to evil.
Inspiration from Zion: Free Gaza
When the agenda is to delegitimize and, ultimately destroy Israel, nothing matters. Not truth, not facts. It does not matter that these demonstrations were nothing close to peaceful. It does not matter that the only Gazans killed were males, over 18 years old, active in terrorist organizations. It’s still a 'massacre.'
Inspiration from Zion: Last Request – Rabbi Avichai Rontzki
The last thing Rabbi Rontzki did was to request of the Nation one thing: That when we meet someone during the day, pass someone in the hall, ride in the same elevator etc, we smile and say “HELLO”
Conversations you Overhear in Israel
Sometimes, in Israel, the conversations you overhear are extraordinary. Sometimes, they break your heart.
Inspiration from Zion: Warriors of the Mind
In one room were gathered people who, each in his or her own way, reflects the light that is Israel. The Hasby Awards are awards like any other, for a group of people that are unlike any other. It is not the awards so much that matter, it is the people
Inspiration from Zion: 3 Principles that Make Inclusion in Israel a Success
Israel is a family. Family doesn’t put members in a closet to make their own lives easier, and families love all of their members, finding the best in each other and helping each other grow. Just as we would not leave one of our own children behind, it would be inappropriate to leave someone else’s child behind – even if he or she needs a little more help to keep up.
Inspiration from Zion: Gun Control: America, Israel and the Chasm in Between
In Israel gun control is very strict and most Israelis are against easy access to guns. Israelis tend to be dumbfounded by American attitude towards guns – we see guns as necessary tools to be used to defend lives, nothing else. They are not toys for collecting or weekend entertainment and hunting is not considered a sport or cool.
Inspiration from Zion: 3 Things to Know About Israeli hospitals
Health is a great equalizer. In Israeli hospitals, religious Jews and religious Muslims are treated side by side. The medical staff consists of Israelis of all backgrounds: Sabra Israelis, new immigrants from Russia, America, South America, and Argentina, Ethiopian Jews, Arab Muslims, Arab Christians… the entire spectrum of the Israeli population can be found in patients and caregivers.
Inspiration from Zion: Poland, Holocaust Denial and Relegation of Responsibility
The sins of the fathers do not stain the children – unless the children deny them.
The BOOM I Heard from Haifa
Sick with uncertainty, it was not long before I discovered that an IAF F16 had been shot down. What I had heard was the plane slamming into the ground some 18 kilometers (11 miles) from my home.
Body Count
The problem is that if the world doesn’t learn from the experiences of the Jewish Nation, They will have to learn for themselves. Maybe when it is the bodies of their friends, their loved ones, When the horror knocks on their door, Maybe then they will begin to count.