A graduation ceremony took place at the Faculty of Medicine at "Al-Quds" University in Abu Dis, East Jerusalem. These future Arab doctors are seen singing songs of praise to Dr. Abdullah Abu Tin, who was a terrorist doctor killed in Jenin during a battle with the IDF last year.

This is Aras, a 5 year old boy who was rescued after about five days under the rubble in the earthquake in Turkey. He was brought out injured and suffering from hypothermia. His father, sister and brother died though, only he and his mother survived.

From the moment he arrived in intensive care, Moriah Suleiman, a nurse in the medical delegation of the IDF and Tel Hashomer Hospital, took care of him with dedication.

She said "He entered the heart of all of us from the first moment and the success of his treatment lifted the morale of the team members and strengthened the sense of mission in our work."

It came to me at a time in my life around 2009 / 2010 when I was in search of more meaning to things and discovering the amazing things about Israel and Israelis many years after making aliyah. At that point in time I was heavily invested in blogging everything I saw which related to politics of Israel, some of you may know me from back then.

Gilad Shalit was in captivity at that time for a few years after being kidnapped by Hamas and the Free Gilad Shalit campaign was heading to its peak. At that time I was in 2 minds about whether he should be released so that 1000 cold blooded convicted terrorists could be released in a prisoner swap. On one hand, one Jew's life is worth more than all of those savages combined but on the other hand, releasing these savages after what they did to hundreds of babies, kids and their parents was just a sickening thought. However, in the end of the day, Gilad is our brother, a Jew, wouldn't you do the same for your brother? Though, regardless of my opinion on it, I decided to join the march anyway to document it and be a part of the biggest campaign this country has ever seen in order to have one soldier released or to at least try.

The main march in 2010 had over 200,000 people in it who marched from the north where he is from, all the way to Jerusalem. I came into the march as objective as I could be and focused on just documenting what I saw but after a few hours of taking pics, I started to notice that there was literally all types of Jews who took part in the march. There were Ashkenazim, Mizrachim, Ethiopian Jews, Secular Jews, Religious Jews, Ultra-orthodox Jews, IDF soldiers, rich, poor, young, old, celebrities, regular folk, left wing, right wing, center wing, South African Jews, American Jews, French Jews, Brazilian Jews, Russian Jews, Jews from all over the world, musicians, painters and even the handicapped.

The mood was incredible, the sense of Jewish unity and brotherhood/sisterhood was indescribable, people put aside their differences and opinions and all for one guy they didn't even know but actually they didn't need to know him personally because in the hearts and minds of Israelis he could be their own relation or close friend that was kidnapped as we all go through the same thoughts, feelings and fears here as Jews in Eretz Yisrael. No single Jew is immune to anti-Semitism. We are only immune when we stand together as a Nation. Forget the politics in this, focus on the power of unity, the people came together regardless of the politics.

( please watch the 2 videos to get a better understanding )

That day I realised how powerful the Jewish spirit truly is in all of us, it wasn't just a nice thought or a cliche, I actually got to experience it along with 200,000 other people. This wasn't some social protest for a minority group or the price of cheese, this was a massive gathering of Jews to stand for one Jew because that one Jew was our brother. That day I realised the truth in my heart no matter how I felt about it politically, that the politics didn't matter, our Jewish brother mattered. Can you imagine if Jews all came together all the time and stayed together, what we could accomplish as the Jewish Nation? It would put our accomplishments in Hi-tech, science and medicine to shame, these are great accomplishments but they are minor compared to what we are capable of.

Now, back to the song. Well I heard this version of the song a few days before the march and it was playing in my head all day long and then to put the cherry on the top, the final song that was sung at the end of this huge march was Shalom Aleichem, sung by a Yemenite girl with an incredible voice and it just went right through me. It hit me right there that I knew this was the right path for me.

I included the song of her that I recorded in the 2nd video. That was the moment that I knew what I needed to be doing and that one song and one moment set of a chain of events that forever changed my life for the better...

What are YOU waiting for?

Amazing!

Tonight at Hesder Yeshiva in Ma'alot, they completed the learning of Shas (Talmud), both the Babylonian and Yerushalmi Talmuds in one day, so they are celebrating.

"Palestinian" Arab kindergarten kids re-enact terrorist attacks on Jews and Israeli soldiers.

This is the level of education they receive. Why do you support them still? Would you teach your own kids this?