Tzvi Fishman

A day in the life of the Holy Land

Our Sages said that every 4 steps in Israel adds merits in the World to Come. In America you can try walking from coast-to-coast.. Op-ed.

Easter and the Jews

Rabbi Kook blamed Christianity's teachings for the Great War and its appalling cruelty and death, but did not advocate combatting it.

Diaspora Jews tell Moses to get lost

I am talking about your average assimilated, Haredi, or Modern Orthodox Jew. Washington D.C. is their capital, America their homeland.Op-ed.

Holiday of Freedom? What does that mean?

On Seder Night we are to teach are children that their future lies not in New York or Florida, but  in our own Jewish Homeland. Op-ed.

Why move to Israel? answering a reader's question

'Why move to Israel where the influence of secular Israelis is so pervasive and where our wellbeing will be jeopardized?” she asked. Op-ed.

The true Torah Way

The greatest Sanctification of Hashem's Name is the return of the Jewish People to Israel, Last Shabbat's Haftorah tells us that succinctly

Rabbi Kook was no liberal pacifist about war

In the midst of WWI when the nations were engaged in a savage outburst of killing and destruction, Rav Kook penned prophetic words.

Rav Kanievsky zt"l on aliyah to Israel today

Rav Chaim Kanievsky's instructions about moving to Eretz Yisroel.

Shushan USA

Brothers and sisters, WAKE UP!  The story of the Megillah is being replayed today,

Shabbat Zachor: Remember and never forget!

What is it that we are supposed to remember? The real motive for Amalek's attacking the Jews -so as to lure them to sexual transgression.

A tale of torture

There is no Noam but it has been admitted that similar things happened to others. Should these confessions be accepted in court? .Op-ed.

Purim in Kiev

Where is the Jewish wisdom in packing our bags only when the tanks of tyrants come rumbling into cities where we never belonged? Op-ed.

Diary of a Hilltop Youth

A short story by Tzvi Fishman.

The secret transcript: A short story

Can you guess who the cabinet members in the cast are? Short story.

Instant Jews

A short story. It is as if the politicians said: For every Jewish baby you bring into the world, we will make Instant Jews out of 100 goyim.

Planet of the Jews

Jewish Life in the Land of Israel is not the same as Jewish Life in foreign lands.

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Rise in Anti-Semitism - Why?

Like the Jews of Shushan who were aghast at Haman’s decree,  the Jews of the Diaspora are dumbfounded. What has changed?

Who was legendary Underground Lehi leader Avraham “Yair” Stern?

Brave ideologue, poet and warrior, Lehi commander Avraham “Yair” Stern was killed by the British Police in Tel Aviv. Op-ed.

The Hilltop Youth: rabble rousers or pioneers?

Media and other voices insist that the ‘hilltop youth’ movement is a negative phenomenon. Not true. So what are they?

A new head for the Jewish Agency

Today’s post-Zionist orientation is an acceptance and even legitimization of the Exile. We need a new head with "a new head." Op-ed.

Land of Giants

It took two strong men to carry a cluster of grapes. Not only was the fruit gigantic, there were also giants in the Land."

A plan to stop the liquidation of Diaspora Jewry

There is only one way to stop the liquidation of Diaspora Jewry and it is not the well meant plan of former Minister Yankelevitch. Opinion.

The Baba Sali

He said that he could see things other people couldn’t see because he didn’t look at things most people gazed at. Like photos on the web...

Planet of the Blues

A semi-humorous, semi-macabre parable about the doomsday future of the Zionist dream. Opinion.

Teaching Torah to non-Jews

Lighting up the nations. An interview with Rivkah Lambert Adler, Ph.D..

VAYECHI 5728

Using the Rambam as an excuse to stay in the Diaspora

'The reason the Rambam does not list living in Israel as a mitzvah is not that he thinks it less than a mitzvah, but just the opposite.'

Pack of liars

A fictional scenario one year to the death of teenager Ahuvia Sandak when a police car chasing the car he was in rammed into it. Op-ed.

Hannukah: Joy in the Old City of Jerusalem

A visit with Rav Shlomo Aviner, head of the Ateret Yerushalyim Yeshiva in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City.

Mashiach, Mashiach, Mashiach

"The ingathering of the exiles, and Jewish sovereignty over Eretz Yisrael – Medinat Yisrael – are clear steps in the process of Mashiach.".

The Leningrad Trial - a modern day Hannukah saga

The trial began on the first day of Hannukah and the accused's imprisonment lasted for years, but a miracle occurred along the way. Excerpt.

Mashiach, Mashiach, Mashiach…

There are people who claim that until the Mashiach comes there is no obligation for a Jew to live in Israel.Look again.

Who is a Jew?

A short story. About an age-old history.

"Youth of the plains"

Young Native American Indians in Nevada establish a make-shift settlement near Las Vegas- one is killed by police. What happens next? Op-ed.

Major League Judaism

Maybe we can borrow a few metaphors from baseball to help America Jews understand that Judaism in the Diaspora is the Little Leagues.

Miss Universe pageant in Eilat - on Hannukah

What will those Israeli Hellenists think of for next Hannukah? Can they do better than this year's Miss Universe pageant?. Op-ed.

Interview with Michael Ben Horin: Rabbi Meir Kahana in Israel

During Rabbi Kahana’s years in the Knesset, Michael Ben Horin served as the Kach Party’s general secretary. Interview.

Tell them the whole story, my daughter

Mourning the terrible murder of PM Yitzchak Rabin does not mean we must ignore his negative actions and disastrous decisions. Op-ed.

WARNING! Lech lecha!

A Jew cannot forge the same connection to Hashem in Ur Kasdim, Haran, Berlin, Brooklyn, Las Vegas, or Palm Beach, as in Eretz Yisrael.

The Arabs are winning the war

A chance encournter and a surprising conversation lead to a shocking conclusion. Op-ed.

The goal of teshuva - Jerusalem

Rabbi Kook writes that the rebirth of the Jewish nation in Eretz Yisrael is the foundation for the ultimate t’shuva.

The way to save the Jewish State

The best New Year Resolution of all is to act to save Medinat Yisrael. It is all a matter of numbers.Op-ed.

The Chofetz Chaim – on his Yahrtzeit

“If we had the capability,” he wrote to his son, “it would be appropriate to buy land and make aliyah to Eretz Yisrael.”

Inspiration for the Jewish Festivals:Speaking to Rabbi Dov Begun

On the first English book by renowned founding head of Machon Meir in Jerusalem, seen as the baale t’shuva wing of Yeshivat Mercaz HaRav.

The Rabbi Eliezer Melamed controversy

From the harsh, condemning tone of some of the articles opposing Rabbi Melamed's opinions, you might think he was a serial murderer.

What we can learn from the Taliban

Armies fueled by religious faith can only be beaten by an even greater religious faith and belief in the righteousness of the battle.Op-ed.

Mount Herzl is disappearing

There is a cataclysmic traffic jam on the highways of our national existence, and it is not easy to remain optimistic

The Age of Anxiety

Vials of valium and an assortment of anti-depressants and “uppers” can be found in the medicine cabinets of the very best homes.

Listen, do you want to know a secret?

A Jewish farmer in Arkansas cannot keep the mitzvot of Shmitta because he is outside the Land of Israel. There is a Torah of Eretz Yisrael.

The Good Land

Rabbi Gold said that there is a yetzer hara (evil inclination) that causes a person to see the Land of Israel in a negative perspective.

A curse on Columbus

Over 50% of the "Reform Jews" who demand free expression of worship at the Kotel aren’t Jewish at all. Op-ed

On Tisha B'Av, don’t confuse Torah with Buddhism

Here's one of the basic principles of the Torah - it doesn’t change. And it is meant to be kept in Israel.

The Holy Arizal and Eretz Yisrael

Today is the yahrzeit of the revered Kabbalist whose work on the Zohar and spiritual way of life are legendary. How he saw the Holy Land.

For Jabotinsky's Yahrzeit: Jabotinsky and the Haganah

“The point of the matter is, as Rabbi Kook writes, that the inner soul of the Zionism movement derives from a holy source." Book excerpt.

Bring on the Jewish parade!

Jewish jokers, like the Joker of Batman fame, make good out of evil, and evil out of good. Israel is not good enough for them.

City of spies

The mere fact that Jews are living outside the Land of Israel is a desecration of G-d. Why? Op-ed.

The Book of Hirsh

The Book of Hirsh packs everything about today's Israel into a fast-paced, but thought-provoking, short novel Recommended. Review.

Shelach: To which camp do you belong?

The Gaon of Vilna taught that the sin of the Spies haunts the Jewish People, that many people are caught in its web, evenTorah scholars.

Guide to a chosen and perplexed people

Review of “Faith and Redemption,” by Rabbi Meir Kahane who wrote: "This is the worst of all periods when we could be making it the best."

Happy Independence Day!

Rav Tzvi Yehuda said: Our joy on this day is the joy of a mitzvah. We have merited fulfilling the mitzva to dwell in Eretz Yisrael, Op-ed.

Today's Korachs are politicians

The mini Korachs of today express the same jealousy and hatred for Netanyahu that Korach had for Moshe.