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Shlomo Vile

Shlomo Vile is the webmaster and digital marketing director for JNS. Professionally, Vile is a digital marketer who specializes in working for pro-Israel organizations, like JNS. Vile earned two degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and has worked in a number of fields, including engineering, printing management, direct mail marketing, and financial services. Shlomo made aliyah to Bat Ayin in 2010 with his wife and four children. He is living out a long-time dream to live as a native Jew in the land of our ancestors, following in their footsteps, and working towards the fulfillment of our collective messianic vision for humanity.

Israel was guilty of two great sins in the wake of its miraculous victory in 1967. Netanyahu has just fixed one of them. But his version of Zionism makes it unlikely that he’ll fix the other.
Just as out of all the women of the world, a man’s wife is his beloved, so, too, out of all the nations of the world, the Jews are God’s beloved.
For a Jew, consuming produce grown in Israeli soil is an act of deep connection, especially the wild plants.
Five natural springs are within a 20-minute walk of my home; at least one of them was used by my ancestors during the time of the Temple in Jerusalem.
Every Friday night after the Shabbat meal, I walk down the street to visit the ruins of the ancient winery our ancestors built more than 2,000 years ago.
A year ago, a friend sent me a text with a link to a viral Twitter post with my picture. His comment was “Shlomo: You’ve become a meme.”
The Genesis story of Jaob’s return is the blueprint for Israel’s concluding the Simchat Torah War and becoming fully who we are meant to be.
Viewing the last nine months through a biblical lens, we see that are living an ancient story with a messianic ending.