Zionism Archives - David M. Weinberg

Guns for grandmothers

November 17, 2023

Arming Israel’s citizenry is part of a broader struggle to reshape Israel’s strategic realities.

Israeli leaders have no mandate to scale-back the assault on Hamas. In memory of my beloved young friend, the brave Israeli soldier and singer-scholar of a soul, Yonadav Levenstein, may the Heavens avenge his death.

Refugees at home

November 3, 2023

Friends of Israel must have a clear picture of how battered Israelis are, how infuriated they are, and how resilient they are! Friends of Israel around the world ought to be similarly infuriated and motivated to stand strong; to build for themselves abundant reserves of spiritual and social stamina for the long road ahead, alongside the stamina of Israelis.

Zionist “wine-washing”

October 6, 2023

One can elevate the soul, celebrate modern Israel, and defy Israel’s adversaries by drinking the fine wines of Israel. “There is no greater revealed sign of redemption than the agricultural re-blooming of the Land of Israel.”

The refusal-to-serve festival

July 21, 2023

Lost in the anti-Netanyahu netherworld are manifold affirmations of commitment to IDF service despite the judicial reform juggernaut. These have evaporated into the thin air of supremely biased conventional Israeli media.

Tribute to Rabbi Sholom Gold of Jerusalem: The most passionate of Zionists

July 14, 2023

Rabbi Gold, who passed away this week at 88, was known for feisty and infectious Zionist passion and for biting witticism. He understood God’s love for all Jews in absolute terms (which he sought to emulate absolutely), and he understood God’s grant of the Land of Israel to the Jewish People in absolute terms, in a totality wrapped with kedusha, holiness. These are not gifts that one can simply fritter away.

In Memoriam: Mira Koschitzky

June 16, 2023

A tribute to a heartfelt leader: Mira's commitment to the Jewish community in Canada and around the world, and her devotion to the security and prosperity of the State of Israel, was consummate and heartfelt.

Derishat Yerushalayim, Seeking Jerusalem

May 19, 2023

To be a Doresh Yerushalayim, a seeker of Jerusalem, involves attending to her welfare and dreaming of full redemption.

Can Israel be unified?

April 28, 2023

Israel’s future depends more on repairing a modicum of national unity and even global Jewish accord than it does on countering Iran. But competing visions of Israel’s essence and identity are at play.

Israel at 75: The sun is shining

April 21, 2023

On the 75th Yom Haatzmaut, focus on the brilliance bursting forth from the nation of Israel in realms galore.

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