Top 5 Things I miss about Chicago/Top 10 I Enjoy in Israel
I guess the title sums it up pretty well, so without further ado, here are my 5 favorite things about my hometown of Chicago where I grew up, and my…
Interview with Baruch Mordechai: IDF Soldier in Need
Baruch approached me yesterday and asked if I could help him with his wedding. Having loyally served his people and the country he loves, he now finds himself in difficult financial straits. Here’s an interview I conducted with Baruch:
Haveil Havelim–Week of the J’lem Marathon ‘n a Whole Lot of Other Thangs
So here we are again, hosting yet another Haveil Havelim. We find ourselves bowing to American pressure to release murderers with Jewish blood on their hands, unable to do much about the continuous abuse of Jewish rights on the Temple Mt., desperately pleading with the American president
The IDF: Most Humane Army in the World
One evening while studying Torah at Yeshivat Ha’mivtar in Efrat, we had a guest speaker who explained to us why the IDF is–and must remain–the most humane army in the world.
The Mishkan and Jewish Donations – who’s doing whom the favor?
“People some times ask me – rabbi, doesn’t it make you a little uncomfortable traveling around the world asking people for money? I tell them – no, not in the least! I know that these schools are our future and that the work they do is wholly, aimed at bettering the Jewish people and the world entire”.
An Interview with my Friend “Hahish”: a Fighter for Justice and the Jewish Way of Life
I met “Hahish” (he doesn’t want his real name to be revealed), while in high school. A mutual friend introduced us. We were headed along the same path: he was a young Zionist who had been born in Russia and had moved to the US as a teenager. He wanted to make Aliyah and serve in the IDF. He was already becoming acquainted with the Jewish way of life.
Pre-Tisha B’Av Ruminations
Yesterday, Erev Tisha B’Av, I found myself thinking that there are few things I more nervously anticipate than the day before a fast, It of course has to do with…
Lessons Israel Should Learn from the Syrian Civil War
Two big news stories from last week struck me as relevant to us, here in Israel. One (actually, there were about a dozen such stories but they can all be united under one red-white-and-black umbrella) was continued attacks on Jews in Judea and Samaria.
Interview with Anett Haskia: Proud Arab Muslim Zionist
I met Anett Haskia, a woman I hadn’t previously heard of, on a pro-Israel Facebook page run by Cliff Pinto, a guy I’ve come to respect for his deep understanding of the Arab-Israeli conflict and love for the Jewish people.