Yoni Zierler, at The Blogs

Apr 21, 2023, 11:32 AM

I am stuck in the silence of last week. As Jewish communities around the world gather this Saturday, April 22, 2023, to read from the Torah portion of Tazria-Metzorah, I am still dealing with the trauma of last week’s portion,...

Nov 24, 2021, 12:03 PM

Donuts at the Site of a Murder

As thousands gathered for Eli Kay’s funeral, on November 22, 2021, one could almost be forgiven for believing the recent New York Times article profiling Israel as a dismal and frustrated country. Though a tongue in cheek social media...

Sep 25, 2020, 4:12 PM

This Yom Kippur, the Silent Prayer Is Loudest

Strange as it may sound, when I drafted to the IDF in August 2007, my biggest worry wasn't the chain of command, stomaching field rations, or surviving the grueling midnight hikes. No doubt, they weighed on me, but I...

Apr 21, 2020, 11:22 AM

Making Sense of Dissonance: Memory in Times of Corona

75 years ago, Flying Officer Isaac “Bucky” Zierler, would set out to navigate his last mission above Leipzig, Germany. Just before reaching their target, he and the five Royal Canadian Airforce crew-members of his bomber took flak, blowing up...

Jun 20, 2016, 11:02 AM

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Why we didn’t get married through the Rabbinate

Why he and his bride opted to have an Orthodox Jewish wedding in Israel with no help from the Rabbinate

Mar 18, 2015, 1:27 AM

Election Slips

I have never held a piece of paper that felt so heavy. A small rectangle, 7X10 centimeters in size. Roughly the size of the notes folded up and placed in between the nooks and crannies of the Western Wall,...

Nov 18, 2014, 9:08 PM

Now is the time to visit Israel

Let’s be honest, we’re all worried. It seems like since the summer we have been in a continuous cycle of violence and terror, with the occasional lull every couple of months that allows us to catch our breath and...

Oct 30, 2014, 8:54 AM

It just got political

In the past, when I have visited the Temple Mount, I have never done so with political intentions. As I walked up the Mugrabbi Bridge, the words of Psalm 122 on my lips, I have only thought of the...

About Me

Yoni Zierler is the chief tour guide and Director of “Discover," the tourism department of StandWithUs – an international, non-profit and non-partisan Israel education organization that works to inspire and educate people of all ages about Israel, as well as challenge misinformation and fight against antisemitism. Raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Yoni immigrated to Israel for his last year of high-school, and subsequently served (with excellence) in the IDF. A lover of history, books, and music, Yoni is happily married to Yochi and the proud father of Golan Noam and Klil Eden.