David Kramer, at The Blogs

May 4, 2022, 11:20 AM

Yom Hazikaron Diary – ‘2002 Hebron Ambush’

On November 15, 2002, my first Friday night of active duty in the IDF, we found ourselves in the midst of one of the largest terrorist attacks of the Second Intifada, which became known as the "Hebron Ambush" or...

Mar 4, 2021, 3:15 PM

Fitting winner of the 2021 Israel Prize

Yehuda Meshi Zahav, founder and chairman of ZAKA, is a fitting winner of the 2021 Israel Prize in the category of Lifetime Achievement and Special Contribution to Society and the State. I met Meshi Zahav a number of years ago...

Feb 17, 2021, 6:03 PM

Israeli soldiers guilty of crimes ‘for’ humanity

The recent announcement by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open a probe of War Crimes against Israeli actions and soldiers requires an investigation into the behavior of Israel's (IDF) soldiers and their treatment toward their fellow human beings....

Apr 27, 2020, 3:18 PM

Remembering Ella and all the others who paid the ultimate price

There are so many stories to share today. Close friends, friends of family and acquaintances; people I met and others I have never heard of, that fell to make sure we in Israel and Jews worldwide have a place...

Apr 27, 2020, 2:46 PM

What happened when a wounded Syrian girl came to Jerusalem?

Ahead of Israel Independence Day this week, on Wednesday, I wanted to share one of my favorite stories from State Of The Heart (Urim Publications 2020), a book I recently published in March this year. It’s a story which I...

Mar 30, 2020, 4:56 PM

10 Things about Israeli healthcare you might not know

The following image represents a reality that plays out daily, in almost every hospital in Israel, including now, where medical professionals, doctors and nurses work on the frontlines against this deadly virus, regardless of religion, nationality or ethnicity. The situation...

Mar 24, 2020, 1:11 PM

Am Yisrael, will the true leaders please stand up

The one thing that has become apparent over the past few days, is that here in Israel, we face a double crisis. Besides the coronavirus epidemic, we face another equally catastrophic calamity and that’s the lack of discourse, selflessness...

Mar 8, 2020, 7:46 AM

My State of the Heart with Coronavirus

I work in tourism so you can imagine this past week, due to the coronavirus, like so many other industries, has been a total crisis. Some of the challenges we face include current and future customers cancelling their orders;...

Apr 4, 2018, 1:57 PM

Where is the battlefield in Gaza?

In 2001, I joined six Israeli students at the notorious United Nations World Conference Against Racism, in Durban South Africa. On the first day of the conference, we set up our booth with Israeli flags and materials and were...

Sep 14, 2017, 12:41 PM

What a traffic jam in Jerusalem taught me?

The other day I was driving in the industrial zone of Givat Shaul, in Jerusalem. It was boiling hot and everyone on the street looked bothered. Then came a major traffic jam. A huge delivery truck, it had appeared,...

About Me

David Kramer is an entrepreneur, educator and keynote speaker. He is the founder of NU, www.nucampaign.org, a social venture supporting Israeli organizations and causes and is the author of State Of The Heart, www.state-of-the-heart.com, a new book exploring the benevolent and altruistic side of the people and State Of Israel (Urim Publications 2020.) He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and children.