TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES; WHICH WILL IT BE? Parsha Shelach: The Consequences of the Spies' Choice By Ariella Bracha Waldinger Truth or Consequences was the first game show to air on broadcast television. It ran from the 1940's until the 1970's and was a very successful show. The contestant was asked a trivia question (an off... Continue Reading →
Time and Transcendence: Sivan, Shavuot and Sinai
TIME AND TRANSCENDENCE: SIVAN, SHAVUOT and SINAI By Ariella Bracha Waldinger Rosh Chodesh Rosh Chodesh (the new month) of Sivan, began this year on Thursday night, May 29th. Rosh Chodesh is considered a minor holiday and according to Jewish tradition, was the first mitzvah (commandment) given to the Jewish people in Egypt. The counting... Continue Reading →
“If I Forget Thee, O Yerushalayim”
Today we are celebrating the little known and even less observed, but tremendously important holiday of Yom Yerushalayim, in honor of the reunification in 1967 of our Holy City after our exile from it in 1948. There are a tremendous amount of resources, both articles and videos to help you understand the great miracles that... Continue Reading →
Yom Herut Yerushalayim – Jerusalem Day – Jerusalem of Gold
THE HISTORY OF THE POPULAR AND BEAUTIFUL SOUL-STIRRING SONG "JERUSALEM OF GOLD" By Ariella Bracha Waldinger The song, "Jerusalem of Gold" is not just a song but a literal piece of G-dly inspiration whose origins arose from a legend about Rabbi Akiva and his wife, Rachel. Much has been written about this incredible song whose birth... Continue Reading →
Don’t let Your Aliyah Experience Become Soured by Unmet Expectations
Don’t let Your Aliyah Experience Become Soured by Unmet Expectations By Ariella Bracha Waldinger I have heard it said that expectations are like a glass of milk. Sometimes it's refreshing, satisfying and energizing and other times, it goes sour and leaves a bad taste. Aliyah to Israel automatically comes with its own set of... Continue Reading →
Make Your Life Count: Make Aliyah Today
PARSHA BAMIDBAR: MAKE YOUR LIFE COUNT by Ariella Bracha Waldinger "Count the heads of the congregation of Israel according to their families, according to their father’s houses, by the number of the names, every male according to the head count". (Bamidbar 1:2) Parshat Bamidbar is primarily about counting the people of Israel and recording the... Continue Reading →
Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv 2014 Basketball Champions Euro League–Mazel Tov!
MACCABI TEL AVIV, BASKETBALL AND SPORTS IN ISRAEL This week in Israel, we are celebrating the May 18th victory of our fabulous Maccabi Tel Aviv Euro-League Basketball champions, and it feels great, especially after all the anti-semitism that has been exhibited. However, nothing can mar the victory of the underdogs, who came from behind, and... Continue Reading →
Six English-Speaking Olim win Bonei Zion Award for Outstanding Contributions to Israel
Congratulations to the six olim recently honored with the 2014 Bonei Zion Award. They are: Joseph Gitler, founder of Leket, an anti-hunger and food bank non-profit, Rebbetzin Malka Bina, who founded Matan College, Yossi Abramowitz, a renewable energy entrepreneur, Dr. Jeffrey Hosdorf, Professor at Tel Aviv University and Sourasky Medical Center, Ya'akov Kirschen, a comic... Continue Reading →
Thinking You Can’t Make Aliyah?
"Anyone who says you cannot make a living in Israel--this is a true statement for a person without emunah. Israel is the land of emunah! In Eretz Yisrael our income doesn't come from our work...the economic laws of chutz l'aretz don't apply to the Land of Israel...everything here defies logic.." In a few short minutes,... Continue Reading →
RABBI SHLOMO AVINER: LOVER OF ZION
RABBI SHLOMO AVINER: LOVER OF ZION by Ariella Bracha Waldinger Rabbi Shlomo Aviner has an amazing history of service to the nation of Israel. Born in German-occupied Lyon, France in 1943, he was spared deportation by being hidden under a false identity. As a young man, he was active in the religious Zionist youth movement,... Continue Reading →
Coming Into the Light of Aliyah 
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