How I fell in love with Israel
Some five years ago my life changed for good. There goes a very distinct line, forever dividing my life into a “before and after.” What happened to me was Israel. I must admit I had always had a...
View ArticleStanding with Israel is not an easy thing to do
In my previous post I wrote about how badly the Swedish media reports about anything that has to do with Israel. Israel is always the bad guy and all the great things that come out of your country...
View ArticleA little ‘regime’ here and a little ‘apartheid’ there
Just like last time I had a happier post in mind, it will have to wait because I’m furious (again). The Israeli documentary “Mom and dad, I Have Something to Tell You” (by Assi Azar) was supposed to be...
View ArticleSpotting menorahs
In my first post I spoke about how I found – and fell in love with – Israel. Now it’s time to get just a little bit spiritual and talk about how I discovered Judaism. Back in the days when I made my...
View ArticleTaking your kippah out of the closet
You may have heard about last week’s “kippah walk“ in Malmö — the third largest city in Sweden. If you google “Malmö + anti-Semitism” you will get a lot of hits, so I will not get into all of that....
View ArticleA rally for Israel and against nothing
Yesterday could have been just another grey and boring Sunday, but it turned out to be quite the opposite, thanks to the pro-Israel rally that took place at Sergels torg in the very center of...
View ArticleThey just don’t care
What a horrible weekend it was. And what a horrible sleepless night I had. And I wasn’t even sitting in a bomb shelter! On the contrary, far away from the terror, in (for now) safe Sweden I was tossing...
View ArticleGreetings from Sweden (please get me out of here)
Sweden has turned into a country where one apparently can say just about anything about Israel and/or the Jews – and get away with it. Considering the growing antisemitism in this country one should...
View ArticlePID (Post-Israel Depression)
Toda raba, Israel for yet another great week. My sixth visit and this romance is not cooling down. On the contrary it just keeps getting hotter, so I guess it must be real love. I admit I’ve been in...
View ArticleA pro-Israel blogger has no time off in this country
A pro-Israel blogger has no time off in this country. And the country in question is Sweden. The lunatics are everywhere. They’re not evil though, they’re just fed by the Israel-trashing hooligan...
View ArticleDoctor’s orders
In a previous post I wrote about my suffering from PID – Post Israel Depression, and ‘unfortunately’ I now – almost two months later – must say that I am still suffering. In fact I get ‘sicker’ every...
View ArticleThis Sunday: Pro-Israel Rally in Stockholm
Since my last post I have been to Israel and back. Again. It was wonderful as always and yes, I started planning my comeback before I even arrived at Ben Gurion Airport to go back to Sweden. While in...
View ArticleSwedish sunshine and Israeli flags
Sunday June 2nd we held our second pro-Israel rally in Stockholm. Last time, in December 2012, we gathered outside the hooligan tabloid Aftonbladet. (The crappy “newspaper” with this headline after the...
View ArticleThe Israeli Heat
I guess this is my first TOI blog post written in Israel. Yes, I am here again, for the fourth time in the past eleven months. I am loving every second, although I admit that the August heat IS a...
View ArticleJudaism Makes Me Want To Become a Better Person
I more or less ‘wrote’ this blog post in my head last night when I couldn’t sleep. It happens to me regularly, that I lie there hour after hour. My mind is all over the place and I just can’t relax....
View ArticleFollowing my heart
The first couple of weeks of 2014 I spent thinking about these past years that changed my life. That is, when Israel and Judaism came into my life. From nowhere and literally from every imaginable...
View ArticleZF UK Trip to Israel
I recently started working for the Zionist Federation in Sweden, and last week I had the privilege to join the ZF UK on their trip to Israel. This happened to be my tenth visit to the country since...
View ArticleWith rockets flying over my head
Last night I came back from Israel. Stockholm greeted me with rain and 12 degrees. I immediately wanted to turn around and return to Israel. This – my 12th – trip was pretty different from the previous...
View ArticleWe brush it all off and rise again
I’m in Israel again. I guess it’s my 13th visit. Or perhaps 14th? However. It’s great to be back and I’ve actually loved these incredibly rainy days in Tel Aviv. It’s been a different kind of trip, for...
View ArticleBlue And White
Hey friends, Long time no see. You see, I’ve been very busy. After much consideration I decided to leave the country I was born in. The country I grew up in. That I loved. The country that gave me a...
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