My Right Word

My thoughts, assertions and observations on issues important to me as a Jew, a Zionist, a Revenant in Yesha and as an inquisitive human being.

Friday, July 11, 2008

"The power of Hebrew compels me to such a degree that I irresistibly experience Hebrew even in the German language."

Gershom Scholem
December 1917

and

"What keep us humans together is divine judgment and not empirical forces."

1919

YMedad at 5:12 PM

YMedad: Shiloh, Benjamin District, Samaria, Israel; American born, my wife and I moved to Israel in 1970. We have lived at Shiloh together with our family since 1981. I was in the Betar youth movement in the US and UK. I have worked as a political aide to Members of Knesset and a Minister during 1981-1994, lectured at the Academy for National Studies 1977-1994, was director of Israel's Media Watch 1995-2000 and currently, I work at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem. I was a guest media columnist on media affairs for The Jerusalem Post, op-ed contributor to various journals and for six years had a weekly media show on Arutz 7 radio. I serve as an unofficial spokesperson for the Jewish Communities in Judea & Samaria.