lorensykes.bsky.social
@lorensykes.bsky.social
Dad.
Lifelong Chicagoan.
Unapologetic Zionist living in Israel.
Believer in Western Liberal Democracy and Values.
Dog Lover.
Posts in English and Hebrew.
Freely blocks Jewhaters (especially those who claim they only hate Zionists but not Jews)!
Shavua Tov from Hamilton!
March 9, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Just in time!

Shabbat Shalom!
February 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Shiri, Ariel, & Kfir Bibas z”l, brutally murdered by #Hamas, have started their journey to be laid to rest in #Israel.
The words of Bialik burn in my ear: “…cursed be the man who says: Avenge! No such revenge - revenge for
the blood of a little child - has yet been devised by Satan.”
יהי זכרם ברוך
February 26, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This photo is circulating as “proof” the Israeli hostages were not only treated well by #Hamas but they even kissed them goodbye before they left.

What they won’t tell or show you:
1)The Hamas film director telling him to give the kiss.
2) The hostage made clear this was under duress.

#Paliwood
February 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
At the far end of the Majdanek Extermination Camp, next to the gas chamber, stands a memorial.

The ashes of 18,000 Jews, murdered in one or two days, were placed in the domed memorial, exposed for all to see.

Carved into the stones is this warning:

“Let our fate be a warning to you.”
February 24, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Today, Shiri, Kfir, and Ariel return home.

Shiri will not see her husband.

Ariel and Kfir will not see their father.

They will return home in body bags, kidnapped and then murdered by #Hamas.

Today, even the Heavens cry.

💔💔💔💔
February 20, 2025 at 6:57 AM
מצטער כי אין לי חתול. יש לי רק את האמילטון שלי:
February 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#Hamas and #IslamicJihad notified the world that they murdered Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas. They did so for one reason: Because they were Jews.

May their souls be bound up in the bonds of life.

May The Holy and Blessed one provide redress for their murder.

#Judaism
#Israel
February 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I oppose the Trump Administration’s entire approach AND there are other ways to express your anger about what’s happening in US without resorting to twisting the stories of Shoah victims to fit your argument. Anne Frank was murdered for one reason and one reason only: She was a Jew.
February 18, 2025 at 8:26 AM
I’m not sure which rabbi Mr. Barber @ccdude8.Bsky.social is referring to or what qualifies him to label the rabbi a “so-called rabbi,” however, it is safe to say that over 75% of non-Orthodox US diaspora Jews support Israel and DON’T support PM Netanyahu. Here in Israel, 80+% don’t support him.
February 9, 2025 at 10:45 AM
After 483 days as a hostage of The Islamic Jihad, Agam Berger, the last of the female soldiers held hostage in Gaza, is now back in #Israel and on her way to reunite with her family!

בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה ה' אֱלֹהֵינוּ מֶלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם,
שֶׁהֶחֱיָנוּ וְקִיְּמָנוּ וְהִגִּיעָנוּ לַזְּמַן הַזֶּה.
#483
January 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Liri, Naama, Karina, and Daniella are home! And this is what #resilience & #resistance look like!

#BringThemAllHomeNow!
#Israel
#Judaism
January 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Romi, Doron, and Emily are Home!

I am overwhelmed with joy for their families.

And…my heart hurts for those who watched the terrorist who murdered their family members go free today.

Please remember that this is a complicated time and people are feeling so many different things all at once.
January 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The ⁦‪@IDF‬⁩ just announced that the body of Oron Shaul z”l, which Hamas has held since the end of Operation Tzuk Eytan, has been recovered. His family will finally be able to give him a proper burial in Israel.

‎His memory will always be a blessing.

‎יהי זכרו ברוך.
January 19, 2025 at 6:03 AM
January 17, 2025 at 2:10 PM
To: The Houthis in #Yemen
From: An annoyed Israeli

I did NOT request a 4:30 A.M. wake up call!

Alll safe now in #Jerusalem, #Israel.
January 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Happy Hannukah!
May all the hostages be returned home now!

#BringThemHomeNow
December 30, 2024 at 6:15 PM
December 26, 2024 at 5:23 PM
1 lit Channukiah for the Mitzvah

1 unlit for the 100 hostages who cannot light this year.

1 prayer that if there is going to be a Channukah miracle this year that it be the return of all the hostages before the end of the eighth day of the holiday.

#Channukah
December 25, 2024 at 4:58 PM
December 17, 2024 at 9:23 AM
Shabbat Shalom!
שבת שלום !
December 13, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Good morning and Boker Tov from Jerusalem, 🇮🇱!
December 10, 2024 at 4:24 AM
Meanwhile…
December 8, 2024 at 4:50 AM
האמילטון שלי!
December 1, 2024 at 2:36 PM
The beautiful part of my morning walk in Jerusalem with Hamilton:
Sunrise over Jordan and the Hills of Judah.

The less beautiful part:

Air raid sirens in nearby communities due to drone fire from Yemen.

Boker Tov!

#Sunrise
#Israel
#Peace
December 1, 2024 at 5:03 AM