Rabbi Arik Ascherman: “I feel very Israeli on Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut. I also feel Israeli when experiencing the challenges and joys of everyday life here. However, just as the tin man in the Wizard of Oz realizes he has a heart when it is breaking, I feel most Israeli and most Jewish when driven to do whatever I can to effect Tikun Olam because of all that is not as it could, must and eventually will be in the country and among the people whom I love. Shabbat Shalom, Arik.” Continue reading →