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Dec 2, 2016, 6:15 AM

What do you do when someone sets your neighborhood on fire?

Image of the fire that raged outside the apartment building of Haifa residents Gilad Mulyan and Joseph Goren on November 24th, 2016. The building was saved from the flames with the help of Palestinian construction workers. (Courtesy)

With her Haifa neighborhood on fire, they had to opt whether to flee or stay home to protect their property

Sep 22, 2016, 5:06 PM

3 things you should never say (if you don’t hate Israel)

Words matter. Words are used to explain reality but they can also be used to shape reality, to create it. Sometimes exchanging a single word for another can change the picture entirely. Personally, I don’t believe there is any neutrality on...

Apr 7, 2016, 11:45 AM

Because I want to win

What is the connection between Donald Trump, the GOP elections and the story about the IDF soldier now on trial for executing a terrorist in Hebron? It might seems weird to connect between these stories but I see a powerful...

Jul 17, 2014, 6:01 PM

I don’t want a ceasefire

Again we are hearing news of negotiations for a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. The world media seems jubilant. I am not. I don't want a ceasefire. I want peace. Real peace. A ceasefire means ceasing to fire. It...

Jul 14, 2014, 10:37 AM

The last time…

Israelis are often looked at as a blood-thirsty, war-mongering people. In fact the opposite is true. We hurt ourselves, our people and the sovereignty of our country for the glimmer of a hope for peace. Israelis are dying for peace....

Jul 12, 2014, 4:43 PM

We’ve made our choices. What about you?

"Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your...

Jul 8, 2014, 5:42 PM

The difference between “them” and “us”

Last week the parents of sixteen year old Mohammed Abu-Khdeir from Jerusalem reported to the police that their son had been kidnapped by Jews. After a brief investigation the police found the body of Mohammed Abu-Khdeir. He had been hit...

Jul 1, 2014, 1:29 AM

Our boys, brought home

After 18 days of searching Gil-Ad Sha'er (16), Eyal Yifrah (19) and Naftali Frenkel (16) have been found. Hand in hand, a line of soldiers stretched out across a field, slowly moving forward. Together they searched every inch, leaving no...

Jun 27, 2014, 1:17 AM

No one left to speak for me…

#BringBackOurBoys day 14 Fourteen days ago Gil-Ad Shaer (16 years old), Neftali Frenkel (16 years old) and Eyal Ifrach (19 years old) called their parents, telling them they were on their way home from school. Their parents waited for them...

Jul 16, 2013, 11:27 AM

Jerusalem, above all joys

Today is a day of fasting for religious Jews around the world – the 9th day of the month of Av (Jewish calendar) is the day when both the first and second Temples were destroyed, the first by the...

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About Me

Words are power. As a Jewish, American born Israeli, Forest Rain uses her words to bring insight to the story of Israel. She says: "I know of nothing more dramatic, inspiring and real. Every day there are new stories but somehow, although there are many, all are one. They tell of the same things – honor, compassion, love, taking action, choices, right and wrong." The stories of Israel tend to be left untold or twisted and warped so that a different reality is created. Forest Rain tells what she can of the stories of Israel, what she sees, what she learns. These stories tend to transcend Israel and Judaism, bringing a positive message to people everywhere. "An age is called dark not because the light fails to shine but because people refuse to see”