HeyJaredInspiration from Zion
I tell the stories of Israel to inspire and uplift. “An age is called dark, not because the light refuses to shine but because people refuse to see.”
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I’d rather write about the oranges of Be’eri (opens the original)
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If the body survives but the mind does not, it’s not really survival.Following extreme traumatic events, it’s common to shove the memories into a metaphorical box in the back of our minds, in the depths of our hearts, and try to forget that they are there.But the weight remains, and the right trigger (or perhaps, wrong trigger) can make the walls of the box crumble into a million pieces.In Israel, we are living and living well. We laugh. We create. We love.But it is still October 7th.No fortress
“We built that” (opens the original)
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Preface: I first published the article below in September 2016. Long before the October 7th invaders stormed the kibbutzim, screaming that they were coming for the “settlers”. Interestingly, the more Jews embrace sovereignty, the more fashionable it has become in certain circles to fixate on Jewish "settlers" - and that is why I think this article is important to reshare. Who exactly are the Jews called “settlers”? And why are so many afraid of them?“We built that”Once upon a time, the people th
A restaurant menu button, an ancient prayer, and the truth about Zionism (opens the original)
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One little button on a touch-pad menu encapsulates the miraculous in its banality – and a powerful refutation of the lie that Zionism is a modern invention.“Birkat Hamazon”. One little button, among the other options on the menu. This isn’t something to eat; it’s a link to the text of the Jewish prayer of thanksgiving recited after eating a meal that includes bread.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jR6f!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:s
The Maccabiah 2026: More Than Ever (opens the original)
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When people think of Jews, sports are not one of the first things that come to mind. Or the second. And probably not the third.And that is exactly the point of the Maccabiah.Named after the Maccabees, the Jewish fighters who led the revolt that ultimately restored Jewish sovereignty in Israel from the Seleucid Empire in the second century BCE, the Maccabiah, or the “Jewish Olympics,” is the largest Jewish sporting competition in the world and the second-largest sports event globally. Every four
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