Inspiration from Zion: 3 Reasons Both the Left and the Right are Terrified of...
A quick look at Bennett’s resume makes it crystal clear that there is no place for the word “weakness” in any sentence describing the man.
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: How do we heal from the trauma of this war?
There are no reports in Israel or worldwide of anyone with injuries as severe as Kfir's who has survived.
Inspiration from Zion: Redeeming the Land: It’s a Process
Cucumbers don’t wait for the politics to be right or the nation to stop grieving. They need correct care, at the right time – as do all crops.
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: I AM My Brother’s Keeper
{Originally posted to the author's Inspiration from Zion website}
My grandmother was alone in the house. Not really alone, her two small babies were there...
Thoughts from my Grandfather…
The conviction that “Jewish blood was worth more than Arab oil” is what brought my Saba to my grandmother and changed his life forever.
Inspiration from Zion: What Happens AFTER the Terror Attack?
If you lived in Halamish, what would you think of every time you walked past the Salomon home?
Things I Learned in Israel
In Israel, strangers can become instant best friends and tell you their most private thoughts. It’s not weird, they are just family you haven’t met before.
I’d Rather Write about the Oranges of Be’eri
I would rather write about the oranges of Be’eri. Or their extraordinary printing business. I don’t want to write about the horror or the feeling of being violently violated.
Maccabiah 2017
Impressions from the opening ceremony of the Maccabiah 2017
Inspiration from Zion: The Impact of October 7th on the People of Israel
For anyone coming from a large country like America, it is hard to comprehend just how small Israel is and how connected we all are.
Inspiration from Zion:: From the Maccabees to the IDF: 6 Things you NEED to...
Hanukah is a celebration of Jewish nationalism (which does not exist without God) and not a holiday of religious holiness although there are some prayers that are specifically associated with Hanukah. It similar to celebrating Israel’s Independence Day which also commemorates the victory of a tiny group of stubborn Jews fighting for sovereignty and freedom, against an enemy much more powerful and well equipped and – by the grace of God – WINNING.
Inspiration from Zion: We are NOT the Jews of the Galut
It’s the moral duty of the IDF to fulfill the promise of NEVER AGAIN.
Inspiration from Zion: An Open Letter to Ward Simpson, CEO of God TV
Attempting to convert Jews is an attack on our identity, an attack on our souls and can be interpreted only as a curse.
Jewish American Privilege
There are many voices, particularly those backed by progressive Jewish, American-based organizations declaring that Israel needs to stand on the side of morality and help ALL Ukrainian refugees, without inquiring if they are Jewish or have any connection to Israel. I say, "No. Just no."
Inspiration from Zion: How do you Feel about the Color Red?
Children’s thoughts about colors should not be dictated by a terrorist organization. Children should be free to play outside, free to walk from their home to visit a friend, without having to worry about where the closest bomb shelter is.
This is the Look of Heroism
Niv’s courage during the attack came from terrible fear of never again seeing the people he loves. Niv’s courage to stand in front of his attacker, to show that although the terrorist broke his body he could not break Niv’s spirit – that comes from sheer determination..
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: My Identity: Unapologetic Zionist Feminist
Feminism is about freedom. It is about the value of the individual woman and the freedom to achieve whatever she dreams about and is willing to work hard enough to achieve--Just like Zionism.
Inspiration from Zion: The Irony of International Holocaust Remembrance Day
An International Day for Holocaust Remembrance in today’s world is bizarre and almost laughable. Today Jews are denied the right to live safely in our own land while the world denies that a problem even exists.
Inspiration from Zion: Batman Weeps
A mother’s fight, two little lions, and a nation forever changed
The ‘Occupation’ (not the Grinch) Stole Christmas
The issue is not Christmas itself or Christians. The problem is that Arab solidarity against the Jews is more often than not, stronger than the values of Christianity.
Inspiration from Zion: Mother of Soldiers
And each time she mothers a soldier, she not only takes care of him but she also provides balm for the aching hearts of his worried parents
Inspiration from Zion: We Need to Talk About Being Angry
Dear nice people, you are lovely. But it isn’t “nice” to let evil survive.
Beautiful, beloved Amit Man – Words are not Enough
October 7th isn’t over.
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.
Taking Second Place, Israel’s Message on the Eurovision Stage
Outsmarting those who wish to erase Israel from the cultural realm
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.
The Death of Shireen Abu-Akleh and Israel’s Handling of it
You can see that the police were deliberately provoked for the cameras, to enable the “narrative.”