Yishai Fleisher

Yishai Fleisher is an Israeli journalist, educator, NGO founder and jurist. Follow @yishaifleisher.

 ONE PERSON helping another put on tefillin, in Kiryat Shmona.

The tale of the stolen tefillin

A worshiper, holding an American and an Israeli flag, prays during The Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem, on Jerusalem’s promenade, in 2011.

Two Jewish nations, one flag

Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron

National identity theft at UNESCO


AIPAC 2017 – 4th Pilgrimage Holiday

If you love American Jewry and want to make sure that our people hold hands across the Atlantic and remain one nation, this pilgrimage is indispensable.

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference in Washington

Two funerals

The contrast between the funeral of Irving Moskowitz, the wealthy American doctor and the funeral of Hallel Yaffa Ariel, the girl murdered by Palestinian jihadist, was stark.

Mourners gather at the home of the Ariel family, whose daughter Hallel Yaffa (inset) was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist on June 30

'Zikaron'

We learned to push the envelope of our individual capacities, and to harness the great strength inherent in a united group.

IDF commandos complete their training in central Israel

The fourth pilgrimage holiday – AIPAC 2016

First, I could not help being impressed with Washington, which is so grand, so aesthetic, so powerful.

The stage at the 2017 AIPAC conference.

Mr. Ban Ki moon – you’re no messenger

Dear Mr. Ban Ki moon...We must shoot down the fallacious and hypocritical assertions of your article.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

10 things you should know about the latest wave of jihad

The jihad against us is only partly about physical violence – it is mostly about mental intimidation and exploitation of our weaknesses.

A SIGN at the entrance to Jebel Mukaber, the home to several perpetrators of attacks this year.

Comment: Israel’s enemies already know they will lose

If their goal to limit all of our strikes to a mere “proportional response” – we must hit them with overwhelming force which leaves no one guessing as to who is the victor.

IDF soldiers in the Paratrooper Brigades take part in an evacuation drill

Eye on Zion: Rebuke, retaliation and punishment

Building in Jerusalem is simply the healthy natural act of a sovereign nation on its ancestral land, and it will benefit Jews and Arabs, and all those who actually want to live in peace.

Construction in West Bank settlement of Efrat, April 29, 2014.

Eye on Zion: New Testament tourism

we Israelis seem to have a problem embracing our own biblical narrative; many Israelis feel alienated from the Bible stories.

Samaria mountains 521

Eye on Zion: The nefarious pharaohs of our time

Being locked into any paradigm, even when it is harmful, is a very human trait.

Prime Minister Netanyahu and PA President Abbas 311 (R)