Aliza Israel, at The Blogs

Aug 12, 2024, 8:22 AM

“Where the Ruined House Once Stood”: Tisha b’Av While Israel’s at War

Local meeting of Rivon Harevii activists prior to Tisha B'Av; Rivon Harevii is a grassroots movement that aims to take the poison out of Israel's public discourse

“I am secular and my entire life until now, Tisha B’av meant nothing to me. Yom Hashoah was the day where I was focused on Jewish history, and it was terribly important. But Tisha b’Av? Until this year, the...

Jul 25, 2024, 11:08 AM

How Sweet is the Light that Shines in the Darkness

The Late Staff Sgt. Shachar Fridman, of Blessed Memory, Who Fell in Battle in Gaza, Left Behind an Ethical Will

At a wonderful wedding that I was privileged to attend this week, a friend of mine turned to me – an officer in the IDF’s Combat Engineering Corps, who has spent much of this year destroying the tunnels in...

Jun 25, 2024, 1:14 PM

Heart & Soul on the Home Front: “The Israeli Story”

At the first seminar that my husband and I attended of the Rivon Harevii (“The Fourth Quarter”) – an Israeli grassroots movement that aims, in my own words, to take the poison out of the public discourse in Israel...

Jun 9, 2024, 10:44 PM

My 100% and your 100% are never going to be the same; can we each live with 70%?

At the annual conference of the Rivon Harevii (“The Fourth Quarter”), there was so much that I was excited about. Over 5,000 people voted with their feet and showed up to the event, which practically “oozed” with palpable people...

May 10, 2024, 1:55 PM

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When inspiration comes from Israel’s gloriously varied society

6 things I learned at a seminar run by Rivon, a grassroots movement trying to save the Jewish state from itself

Apr 8, 2024, 4:18 PM

On the Edge

On the edge. Right now, we’re on the edge of fighting in Rafah. And of a war with Lebanon. And of an escalation with Iran. And of massive civil unrest. And of another massive call-up of reservists. And of the...

Apr 20, 2015, 5:10 PM

“What Does Rav Aharon Say?”

I read Rav Aharon Lichtenstein’s writings for the first time as a student, working as a camp counselor in HASC. Rav Aharon’s writings had been put together by someone more “in the know” than I–somebody who had printed out...

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Aliza Israel made Aliyah 30 years ago from the US. A marketing writer for the technology sector, she lives in Alon Shvut with her husband Alex and their children.

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