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Inspiration from Zion: This is a Love Story

    Jews from a Different Planet

    “But why does he have to make provocations with these declarations of his?!” I was shocked to hear this sentence come out of the mouths of my Jewish-American relatives. Yes, they were referring to Trump (who they hate) and to the Jerusalem Declaration. I love my relatives but they live in a completely different universe than I do.

    Russia – Ukraine War: Abusing Holocaust Memory and Other non-PC Thoughts

    In Israel, this war provides a convenient excuse for our media to not cover many uncomfortable and critical issues including dangerous lack of sovereignty and frightening levels of corruption...

    Haifa Town Hall

    With Gantz the issue is more his incoherent sentences which seem to reflect very confused thinking. But many Israelis want anything that isn’t Bibi.

    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.

    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.

    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: 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: Hamas has the Advantage

    The battlefield of Gaza is unequal. The IDF is stronger, better equipped, and well-trained. And yet Hamas has the advantage. They have knowledge of the terrain...

    Inspiration from Zion: Questions Israelis Ask After a Terror Attack

    Living elsewhere, the news of horror is theoretical. In Israel, the news is a visceral punch in the gut

    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.'

    Naftali Bennett and Me – Relationship Status: “Complicated”

    Am I happy that my friend became Prime Minister? Absolutely--At the same time, I am absolutely horrified by the way it happened and the problems it is and will create in our society for the years to come

    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: To the Land That I Will Show you…

    God’s first commandment to Avram was about land. It is profound that this commandment comes before any promises to Avram and without explanation. Before Avram became Avraham, a specific land was chosen for him.

    Anatomy of an Interview: Tzipi Hotovely–Ideals and Fake news

    Could the expressions of offense taken with the things Ms. Hotovely said actually be masking feelings of guilt by American Jewry?

    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: Meet the Maccabees: My Nation forever, Israel

    And because his was a life of symbolism, his parents gave him a name that means everything: Ami-ad Israel--My Nation forever, Israel.

    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: 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: The Rage Less Traveled: PTSD and rainbows

    Kay is like Israel. This is our beauty and our strength. Broken, yet still standing. Wounded physically and in spirit. Together we survive and we love and we infuse good into the world to counter-balance the evil.

    Message from a Jew to Christians Everywhere: Put Christ back in Christmas, for All...

    Words shape meaning and if you take the 'Christ' out of Christmas there is no reason to celebrate. Accommodating bullies who want to enforce political correctness isn’t “being nice.”

    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: What Happens AFTER the Terror Attack?

    If you lived in Halamish, what would you think of every time you walked past the Salomon home?

    Ending Apartheid in Israel

    The holiest place in the world for Jews is JUDENREIN on Friday and Saturday and can be “cleaned” of Jews without notice.--THIS is apartheid

    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: We are Here to Rescue You!

    The message the commandos announced on the radio to everyone connected to the mission: “The diamonds are in our hands!”

    Honoring Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

    On Martin Luther King Day we honor all the men, women and children who spoke when it was terrifying to do so. The people whose names we know and those who we will never know.

    Remembering Munich

    While UK’s Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn honors terrorists that committed this atrocity, repeated attempts to give the slaughtered Israeli athletes the recognition they are due, have fallen on deaf ears.

    From Exodus to Munich: How Did We Get Here?

    In the fact fight of the films, Exodus is the truth, not Munich. Moral relativism is a lie, the existence of right and wrong, good and evil is the truth.

    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.”

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