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Tzvi Fishman was awarded the Israel Ministry of Education Prize for Creativity and Jewish Culture for his novel "Tevye in the Promised Land." A wide selection of his books are available at Amazon. His recent movie "Stories of Rebbe Nachman" The DVD of the movie is available online.
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By Tzvi Fishman
People...stop thinking for themselves. They become lazy and dependent on Professor Google, Dr. Google, and Rabbi Google.
By Tzvi Fishman
Even though Obama is no longer around to say no, Bibi keeps his hand on the brakes.
By Tzvi Fishman
Usually half of the day is allotted to women, and the other half to men. The shifts switch on alternating days to afford greater flexibility.
By Tzvi Fishman
The formation of Noam is seen as a strategic measure to prevent Bennett from attaining a position of influence in the Jewish Home Party and in any future coalition.
By Tzvi Fishman
"We need to change reality and passing societal norms to meet halacha – not the other way around."
By Tzvi Fishman
Marzel has something to say about Rabbi Peretz, Ehud Barak, Ayelet Shaked and even the Mashiach.
By Tzvi Fishman
Our job is to take groups of these largely undisciplined, apathetic, know-it-all kids and turn them into miniature versions of Yehoshua Bin Nun and Yehuda HaMaccabee.
By Tzvi Fishman
The parshah’s main message: that Hashem wants the Jewish people to live in Eretz Yisrael. Only Religious Zionist websites dare address this topic.
By Tzvi Fishman
Back when I was a child, if a lizard ran across the road in the heat of the day, that was the biggest news story of the day.
By Tzvi Fishman
The Israeli Supreme Court has said it's forbidden to torture the terrorist to learn details of the planned attack. According to Jewish law, though, torturing the terror-gang member is permitted to save the lives of other people.
By Tzvi Fishman
What does it profit the world if a rabbi works on himself in the confines of his home until he becomes a great tzaddik and turns into an angel while the rest of mankind turns into beasts?
By Tzvi Fishman
Polls are fake. According to the polls, Feiglin and Bennett were supposed to win the sweepstakes in the last elections, but they were left with their mouths wide open.
By Tzvi Fishman
People are still talking about the miracle. A devastating fire last week destroyed almost all 50 houses in the heavily-wooded Mevo Modiim community – the once pastoral residence of Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach in Israel – but the village’s beloved, hand-decorated beit knesset survived unscathed.
By Tzvi Fishman
We don't say: 'Either Medinat Yisrael with Mashiach or reject the state and stay in galut.' This is not proper reasoning.
By Tzvi Fishman
As an army commander and military analyst, it is clear to me that we will eventually have to conquer the Gaza Strip, eliminate the heads of the terror organizations ensconced there, and destroy all their infrastructure.
By Tzvi Fishman
Israelis made it clear in this election that they want a real rightest government, he says, not a government of emotional Zionist speeches and compromise.
By Tzvi Fishman
Did the Master of the World bring us out of Egypt to live in Honolulu or Brooklyn?
By Tzvi Fishman
The Talmud states...that the surest sign that the exile is ending is the trees of Eretz Yisrael bringing forth their fruits in abundnance: "Rabbi Aba stated, 'There is no greater revealed end of the exile than this.'"
By Tzvi Fishman
He said that in the Death March toward the end of the war, he drank his urine, again and again, to survive.
By Tzvi Fishman
There is a Midrash that says the Ten Martyrs at the time of Rabbi Akiva were the reincarnation of the 10 brothers who sold Yosef, and their martyrdom was their tikun.
By Tzvi Fishman
In moving to Israel from America, I always longed for the idealism of the original pioneers who built the country. Here was the perfect chance, I realized.
By Tzvi Fishman
This is what we’re doing each year in performing the exercises involved in bringing the Korban Pesach. We are learning and preparing.
By Tzvi Fishman
I felt I had to dig to the roots to know why we had to fight for the Jewish homeland.
By Tzvi Fishman
It is our duty as Jewish parents to explain to our children that we don’t belong in gentile lands. Tell them the truth. Leave them with the message the Sages wanted to linger in our minds after the Seder: “Next year in Jerusalem”!
By Tzvi Fishman
We have to listen to the Torah. Even if we are attacked on Shabbat, we are commanded to bear arms and defend ourselves against the enemy.
By Tzvi Fishman
By adding 3 billion shekels a year to the healthcare system over the next five years, Israel could prevent the medical crisis that could develop if warning signs are not addressed now.
By Tzvi Fishman
Rabbi Horowitz told The Jewish Press, “When we first began to promote Hevron as one of our national treasures, the majority of Israelis, as well as tourists, were afraid to travel so deeply into what was called, the ‘Wild West Bank.’
By Tzvi Fishman
We should not be afraid of the gentile nations nor give in to their demands.
By Tzvi Fishman
Over the last decade, the political Right has...totally forgotten about returning to Shechem, Jenin, and Jericho - let alone Gush Katif.
By Tzvi Fishman
Chevron is the City of our Patriarchs, the cradle of Jewish history. You don’t give it to an enemy to satisfy America.
By Tzvi Fishman
My friend’s son is being charged with murder and four other terror-related activities. Because he is a minor, his name cannot be disclosed according to Israeli law. But I know his father and spoke with him. Here is what he told me:
By Tzvi Fishman
Yishai is an avid defender of the rights of religious soldiers in the IDF and supports the massive bombing of Gaza when Hamas rockets rain down on Israel.
By Tzvi Fishman
How can a Jew in a hotel, or someone visiting a patient in a hospital, know if the Shabbat elevator is kosher?
By Tzvi Fishman
High schoolers in the dati-leumi school system remember us because the struggle for Soviet Jewry is a part of the curriculum. Otherwise, to most Israelis, I am just another beard in the street.
By Tzvi Fishman
We observe the precepts of the Torah because Hashem commanded us to perform them. How much more, HaRav Tzvi Yehuda HaKohen Kook said, is this true with the mitzvah to dwell in the Land of Israel
By Tzvi Fishman
Diaspora Jews pass on the whole spirit and soul of Torah and the messages of Passover, which is the attainment of true Jewish freedom through establishing a holy Torah Nation in the Land of Israel.
By Tzvi Fishman
All of our life changes when we are in Galut. Not only does our Clalli soul disappear, but every detail of our life is affected. In exile, Emunah appears in an incomplete form
By Tzvi Fishman
Even before the Beit HaMikdash is rebuilt, the return to the Land and Nation rebuilding, even in its outwardly secular stages, revives the dry bones of the Jewish People
By Tzvi Fishman
Hashem doesn’t want us in Galut forever. We are supposed to long for the higher existence of Geula - of Jewish sovereignty in our own Land, with our Holy Temple in our midst.
By Tzvi Fishman
Rabbi Kook decries the tragedy of Jewish education in the Diaspora because it fails to teach that the Land of Israel is an indivisible part of being Jewish,
By Tzvi Fishman
I love the Jewish People. That’s why I write what I write. History repeats itself. What happened in Spain and Germany will, in one way or another, transpire in America, France, and England, too
By Tzvi Fishman
To all you Jews in America enjoy the 4th, but remember, the Torah wants a Jew to praise G-d for having given him the Land of Israel, not for the old US of A.
By Tzvi Fishman
Once again today, Diasporas leaders are not leading the Jewish People to Israel. Instead the Jews in the Diaspora are 'diasporing' away.
By Tzvi Fishman
The BDS group SJP (Students for Justice in Palestine) placed 'eviction' notices on Jews' dorm rooms, I'm glad. At least someone in US is telling young Jews that they don’t belong in America.
By Tzvi Fishman
We can disagree with a reform Jew and even despise his opinions, but we should love him for his connection to the Jewish Nation.
By Tzvi Fishman
Mrs. Cherna Moskowitz: "Irv’s passion was creating and developing businesses so that he could help Israel. For him, this was the right thing to do."
By Tzvi Fishman
The lesson to be learned is that aliyah is the only answer.
By Tzvi Fishman
Why are so many Jewish writers in America screaming Leftists? Why do they consider their Israeli brothers “occupiers,” and champion the Palestinian cause?
By Tzvi Fishman
Our task as Jews and as a holy Nation is to link the physical world with the Divine. As Rabbi Kook makes clear, Eretz Yisrael is the G-d given place ideally suited for this task.
By Tzvi Fishman
Since Rosh Hashanah, 67 Orthodox young people under the age of 35, in the tri-state area have died because of substance abuse. 21 suicides, 41 drug overdoses, and 5 alcohol-related deaths!
By Tzvi Fishman
As Lag B’Omer bonfires blaze across Israel, we know that the holy essence of Am Yisrael guarantees that the Nation will return to its roots no matter how secular it looks on the outside.
By Tzvi Fishman
All of our security and wellbeing, both in a national, military sense, and in the camp of our homes, depends on our personal purity.
By Tzvi Fishman
All early and later Torah authorities agree with the Ramban that the precept of conquering the Land applies in ALL generations, and ALL agree this is a Torah commandment
By Tzvi Fishman
A Holocaust can transpire by mass murder or mass assimilation. Regardless, to save the Jewish People, it is time for our exiles to come home.
By Tzvi Fishman
The phenomena of Jewish writers condemning their Jewishness, or vilifying the State of Israel, is a very different kind of 'worminess'
By Tzvi Fishman
The next time you read anything about Israel by a Leftist, beware. You are only hearing half of the story.
By Tzvi Fishman
Jews of the exile cannot truly understand Passover, a festival of national faith, of a free people returning from exile to their home.
By Tzvi Fishman
The 7weeks of Sefirat HaOmer have cosmic significance. Our Sages tell us that these days are the root of the year.
By Tzvi Fishman
A Jew is not free to serve Hashem while enveloped in the foreign pollution of Diaspora due to the foreign celestial ministers who Hashem has appointed to rule over the lands of the gentiles.
By Tzvi Fishman
As Hashem didn’t want us to continue living in Egypt, He doesn’t want us to continue living in Brooklyn or Brussels today. Hashem gave us the Land of Israel to live in
By Tzvi Fishman
Many Jews in the Diaspora don’t understand the meaning of the Haggadah's statement: “This year, we are here; next year, in the Land of Israel. This year, we are slaves; next year, free people.” It means NOW!
By Tzvi Fishman
Just as the Jewish People are not complete without the Torah, a Jew cannot be complete without living in Eretz Yisrael.
By Tzvi Fishman
Rosh Chodesh Nisan, is Rebbe Nachman of Breslov's birthday. To honor his memory, let’s take a look at some of his teachings about the Land of Israel.
By Tzvi Fishman
The Jews of Hevron sanctify His Name daily by living in the resting place of our holy Forefathers, sacrificing their own comfort for the greater good of the Nation
By Tzvi Fishman
An article Rabbi Meir Kahane (HY"D) wrote in 1973 on Purim day. Unfortunately, its message still holds true today
By Tzvi Fishman
Rashi teaches, those who war against Israel really make war against G-d via proxy of His people.
By Tzvi Fishman
Why "defend" Israel against the beliefs of Ettinger and not the beliefs and actions of Arab leaders?
By Tzvi Fishman
The action and suspense surrounding Kahane’s life includes many historic moments and reads like a thriller
By Tzvi Fishman
Maybe making aliya is hard but what’s the big deal about coming for a visit? Now's a great time
By Tzvi Fishman
With prophetic vision, Rabbi Meir Kahane, nearly 30 years ago, saw the future we endure today.
By Tzvi Fishman
What should one learn from the first words that G-d says to Avraham: Go to the Land of Israel!
By Tzvi Fishman
In a world that lives by the sword, Israel must take up the sword too, not sit and pray for miracles
By Tzvi Fishman
We prayed for 2,000 years to return home to Israel, does it make sense to leave the Holy Land on RH?
By Tzvi Fishman
Jonathan remember, as long as you're denied your right to come home to Israel you're still in prison
By Tzvi Fishman
One must view the settlement of Israel in a positive light. Thinking otherwise is a grievous sin.
By Tzvi Fishman
Detention Camps for US Jews? Sounds farfetched but it did to Japanese-Americans during WW II as well
By Tzvi Fishman
Torah wasn’t given to be kept in Sinai; Brooklyn or Beverly Hills-It was meant to be kept in Israel!
By Tzvi Fishman
Rebbe Nachman's stories awaken the sleeping; our film of his stories has the power to wake the world
By Tzvi Fishman
Going to Mt of Olives cemetery was like visiting Jurassic Park in a jeep with dinosaurs rampaging
By Tzvi Fishman
To boost aliya, Israel will encourage Marshall’s, Costco, K Mart & Entenmann’s Bakeries to open here
By Tzvi Fishman
Of course there's air in America, but it isn’t the holy air of Eretz Yisrael.
By Tzvi Fishman
The warnings came true: Among the 1000 released terrorists, many returned to terror activity
By Tzvi Fishman
Torah is to be lived. Rabbi Moshe Levinger was a completely living Torah, the Torah of Eretz Yisrael
By Tzvi Fishman
Without Israel, the Jewish People are scattered nomads lacking Torah’s true national grandeur&power
By Tzvi Fishman
If other pleasures exceed the joy we feel for Jerusalem, then something is wrong with our Judaism.
By Tzvi Fishman
There will be peace when we listen to G-d and do want he tells us to do – all for our very own good.
By Tzvi Fishman
Rav Kook often studied Rebbe Nachman's writings with guests during Suedat Shleeshi meal on Shabbat
By Tzvi Fishman
Many think they're serving G-d but they're really asleep-Rebbe Nachman taught stories to wake people
By Tzvi Fishman
Point is, the eyes are the soul's windows and forbidden images, face it or not, pollute a Jew’s soul
By Tzvi Fishman
An Israeli actor pal asked me why I knew nothing about Judaism-The question hit like a thunderbolt
By Tzvi Fishman
The next chapter of the award-winning novel.
By Tzvi Fishman
The next chapter of the award-winning novel.
By Tzvi Fishman
The next chapter of the award-winning novel.
By Tzvi Fishman
The next chapter of the award-winning novel.
By Tzvi Fishman
The next chapter of the award-winning novel.
By Tzvi Fishman
The next chapter of the award-winning novel.
By Tzvi Fishman
The next chapter of the award-winning novel.
July 3, 2026 
