Asher Zeiger

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Jan 11, 2016, 11:22 PM

Israeli, Zionist, and supporting BDS

No, you didn’t read that title wrong. The time really has come to stop fighting the BDS movement, and to whole-heartedly support it. But you BDSers need to do it right, because let’s face it, guys. You really don’t get...

Nov 16, 2015, 11:10 PM

Sometimes it’s not about us

As we often see after horrific events, much of the social media has expressed solidarity for the last three days with the citizens of France, where 129 civilians were mercilessly slaughtered by Islamist terrorists. And as we also often see...

Nov 9, 2014, 11:43 PM

Between Sodom and Gerar

A particular tone and mood prevalent in Israel and around the world has been gnawing at me for quite a while now. This past Shabbat I finally put it into (what I hope is) proper perspective. Over the past two...

Nov 3, 2014, 10:19 PM

Living and loving to the fullest

I attended a funeral this afternoon, and I came to very deep, insightful (in my humble opinion) conclusion. Funerals suck. Always. It’s nobody’s fault, but the simple nature of funerals is to suck. Of course, some funerals are harder than...

Jul 23, 2014, 12:57 AM

Locally Disconnected

So, apparently Israel’s at war. Don’t get me wrong – I keep up with the news. I live in central Israel and have spent some time in our apartment's bomb shelter. More importantly, I have many friends whose sons are...

Apr 28, 2014, 12:09 AM

Forgiving is not forgetting

According to a survey taken a few years ago, 23% of Israelis felt that it was time to forgive the German people and Germany for their crimes in the Holocaust. 70% said they could not forgive and 7% were...

Mar 18, 2014, 8:06 PM

Remembering to never forget

I made a mistake yesterday. A big one. After work, I brought my 9-year-old daughter (who spent the day with me at the office) to Jerusalem to meet friends of my parents from the States. Unfortunately, it was Shushan Purim, when Jerusalem celebrated Purim...

Mar 3, 2014, 11:51 PM

Not everything stays in Vegas

My mother often says that “as long as you can laugh at a situation, it doesn’t own you.” This mantra saved me 35 years of aging in one week on my recent visit to the Old Country, where never...

Apr 15, 2013, 12:20 PM

Almost everything stopped

It is not only our responsibility to ensure that the fallen did not die in vain, it is our privilege and our honor to do so

Jan 31, 2013, 8:00 PM

Let the wild rumpus start!

Call me old-fashioned, but I still make pre-internet era references in my mind when I hear certain terms that have been hijacked into the modern age of technology. For example, the word “troll.” For me, the word makes me think of the classic...

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About Me

Asher Zeiger grew up (well, sort of) in North Carolina and moved to Israel in 1988. He lives in Modi'in with his wife and two daughters, and works as freelance writer, editor and translator. In his spare time, he tries hard at not taking himself or life too seriously (successfully) and at unwrapping himself from around his daughters' little fingers (not so successfully).