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:
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.
Ori Ansbacher: Light, Freedom and Jewish Sovereignty
Ori’s murder is different because it wasn’t just a horrific attack on her, it was an attack against our nation. It wasn’t an attack on a woman who happened to be a Jew, it was an attack on a Jew who happened to be a woman. It was an attempt to erase the Jew from Israel.
Inspiration from Zion: Longing for Sun-Drenched Zion
“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” "They say there is a land.” That Land is the Jewish homeland, Israel
Inspiration from Zion: Is Facebook Purposely Building an anti-Semitic Community?
While Facebook's founder Zuckerberg talks about “giving people a voice,” he permits posts that direct hate and incite violence against Jews
yet deny the voice of people who defend the right of Jews to live and be free in our own land
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: Why are so Many Jews Ignoring the Holiday of Shavuot?
Why do so many Jews barely notice Shavuot? What does this say about us as a people? What does this say about our future? Could we be ignoring this holiday because of what it teaches us?!
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 of Zion: Cracking the Israel Culture Code
HOME is the place where your FAMILY is. That’s why, in Israel, family extends beyond the walls of our private homes to include strangers – they are just family members we haven’t met yet.
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.
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.
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: 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: A Small Hanukah Tradition, a lot of Jewish Defiance
{Originally posted to the author's blog, Inspiration from Zion}
Hanukah is not a holiday of the Jewish religion, it is a holiday of the Jewish...
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.
3 Things You Should Know About the Terror Attack in Har Adar
You need to know that if your country is sending foreign aid to the Palestinian Authority, your money, your taxes are blood money for dead Jews. You are funding our murder.
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.
6 Things you Need to Know About the Balfour Declaration
When does the Balfour Declaration matter? The Balfour Declaration is important whenever someone lies, talking about "illegal settlements," "violations of international law," or "occupation"
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.
Unraveling the “Narrative”
Narrative is a story, it is not facts.
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”
Israel’s ‘Secret Sauce’
There is one thing that Israelis universally recognize and define as “that is Israel”: Israel’s Secret Sauce--LOVE
Conversations you Overhear in Israel
Sometimes, in Israel, the conversations you overhear are extraordinary. Sometimes, they break your heart.
The Dangers of a Wikipedia World
In a Wikipedia world, in a world where my outlet to discuss the injustice of Facebook is – Facebook – is there any hope of building a solid truth based, fact-based, reality?
The Knock on the Door
Dudi Zohar (A"H) served his people in the IAF and in civilian life. The husband, the father, the friend, the advisor, the mentor…. gone. The gap will always remain.
Maccabiah 2017
Impressions from the opening ceremony of the Maccabiah 2017
The Eagle has Landed: From Israel to Syria and Back Again
So, what does this story mean? That there are good guys on the other side? That peace is possible? No. It means that Israeli compassion to Syrians in need has made an impact.
Inspiration from Zion: What Victory Looks Like
Yesterday we saw a hoard of ecstatic Muslims celebrating their historic victory over Israel. They had fought for sovereignty over the holiest place in the world for the Jewish people, in the heart of the capital of the Jewish State – and won.
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.
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..
