Post by Kaffir Nation on Jan 4, 2009 15:44:27 GMT -7
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A Proud American Mother of an IDF Soldier
By Jerry Gordon and Allyson Rowen Taylor, The Iconoclast
Sgt. Commander Zachary Rowen Taylor Givati BrigadeWhen I read reports about the brave IDF soldiers entering Gaza today, I reached out to a friend, Allyson Rowen Taylor, in Los Angeles. I knew that her son, Zachary “Zach” Rowen-Taylor, a Sgt. Commander, trained expert sharpshooter and member of an elite Givati brigade unit would be among the first to enter Gaza in the ground phase of Operation Cast Lead. Zach had called his mother Allyson last night and told her that he had handed in his cell phone –a sure sign that his unit was going into Gaza. Allyson also received a call from Zach’s Israeli girlfriend Nechama expressing her love, pride and concern for Zach’s safety as we all would for children in military service whether it is in Israel, or with U.S. Forces in Iraq or Afghanistan. Zach and his American counterparts are all engaged in fighting the ‘long war’ with Islamic Jihadi.
Zach made Aliyah to Israel as a teenager, studied in a Yeshiva, served a tour in the IDF as a Mahal (Volunteer), and then re-enlisted in the regular Israeli Army. Zach is 23 years old.
Allyson Rowen Taylor is an independent activist like me. She was a co-founder of Stand with Us and edits Shariah Finance Watch.
Given the outburst of protests by Muslim Brotherhood Fronts here in North America, she endeavored to spread the alarm to activists and supporters of Israel, through postings via a Facebook site, Lipstick Haganah.
She was one of the organizers for yesterday’s Support Israel Rally at the Los Angeles Federal Building and Israeli Consulate. There were other support rallies and counter protests in Chicago, Fort Lauderdale and New York.
Activists from the United American Committee and Act! For America chapters in Northern Virginia and Maryland rallied in Support of Israel at the Washington, DC Israel Embassy today. View pictures from the Los Angeles Times report on yesterday’s rally here, here, and here.
UAC and Act! for America contingent at Washinington Israel EmbassyNote the picture of a contingent at today’s DC rally.
On the way to the rally at the Los Angeles Israel Consulate, Allyson carried a sign saying: “Proud Mother of an IDF Soldier.” As she passed a line of Arab counter protesters behind L.A.P.D. barricades, they gave her the stiff armed ‘Heil Hitler’ salute favored by Hamas and Hizbollah.
Here is what Allyson wrote about her courageous son, Sgt. Commander Zachary Rowen Taylor:
My son, Zachary Rowen Taylor, 23, is my hero. He went to Israel after high school to study at a Yeshiva. He decided to fight for Israel after his trip there for his bar mitzvah at the Kotel. He was the first person in my family to be a bar mitzvah, as my family was very secular Jews. After viewing the film Schindlers List at 11, he told me he wanted a bar mitzvah at the Kotel. This was my first trip there, and along with our family, our lives have never been the same. I became an activist and my son became a true Zionist. During his second year of Yeshiva, I told him to come back to go to Yeshiva University, or, join the army! Zach called me two days later from the recruiting station and told me he joined the Nachal Haredi, the religious unit of the IDF. I was in shock, as I was prepared to send him to a dorm, not a base. He completed a year and eight months of service, as an American in the IDF. After his service, he came back to LA for eight months while deciding what to do with his life. He decided at the age of 21 to make Aliyah and rejoin the service; however he wanted to go into a combat unit, and joined Givati. He is now 23 years old, and on the front lines in the Gaza incursion. He is a sharpshooter and has medals for his ability to hit on target. I spoke to him last night, before Israel was formally announcing they were going into Gaza, and he told us all that he loved us, he was scared, but he was a soldier and this what he was trained to do. He became a Sergeant Commander three months ago with the highest honors an enlisted soldier can receive. I am proud of him, while sitting in front of the TV trying to see if I see his adorable face on Fox News.
I am praying that G-d watches over him and the entire IDF.
I love him and want to hug him and spoil him with the tacos I make and that he loves so dearly.
Kol Hakavod to Sgt. Commander Zachary Rowen Taylor and his adoring mother, Allyson, my fellow activist.
A Proud American Mother of an IDF Soldier
By Jerry Gordon and Allyson Rowen Taylor, The Iconoclast
Sgt. Commander Zachary Rowen Taylor Givati BrigadeWhen I read reports about the brave IDF soldiers entering Gaza today, I reached out to a friend, Allyson Rowen Taylor, in Los Angeles. I knew that her son, Zachary “Zach” Rowen-Taylor, a Sgt. Commander, trained expert sharpshooter and member of an elite Givati brigade unit would be among the first to enter Gaza in the ground phase of Operation Cast Lead. Zach had called his mother Allyson last night and told her that he had handed in his cell phone –a sure sign that his unit was going into Gaza. Allyson also received a call from Zach’s Israeli girlfriend Nechama expressing her love, pride and concern for Zach’s safety as we all would for children in military service whether it is in Israel, or with U.S. Forces in Iraq or Afghanistan. Zach and his American counterparts are all engaged in fighting the ‘long war’ with Islamic Jihadi.
Zach made Aliyah to Israel as a teenager, studied in a Yeshiva, served a tour in the IDF as a Mahal (Volunteer), and then re-enlisted in the regular Israeli Army. Zach is 23 years old.
Allyson Rowen Taylor is an independent activist like me. She was a co-founder of Stand with Us and edits Shariah Finance Watch.
Given the outburst of protests by Muslim Brotherhood Fronts here in North America, she endeavored to spread the alarm to activists and supporters of Israel, through postings via a Facebook site, Lipstick Haganah.
She was one of the organizers for yesterday’s Support Israel Rally at the Los Angeles Federal Building and Israeli Consulate. There were other support rallies and counter protests in Chicago, Fort Lauderdale and New York.
Activists from the United American Committee and Act! For America chapters in Northern Virginia and Maryland rallied in Support of Israel at the Washington, DC Israel Embassy today. View pictures from the Los Angeles Times report on yesterday’s rally here, here, and here.
UAC and Act! for America contingent at Washinington Israel EmbassyNote the picture of a contingent at today’s DC rally.
On the way to the rally at the Los Angeles Israel Consulate, Allyson carried a sign saying: “Proud Mother of an IDF Soldier.” As she passed a line of Arab counter protesters behind L.A.P.D. barricades, they gave her the stiff armed ‘Heil Hitler’ salute favored by Hamas and Hizbollah.
Here is what Allyson wrote about her courageous son, Sgt. Commander Zachary Rowen Taylor:
My son, Zachary Rowen Taylor, 23, is my hero. He went to Israel after high school to study at a Yeshiva. He decided to fight for Israel after his trip there for his bar mitzvah at the Kotel. He was the first person in my family to be a bar mitzvah, as my family was very secular Jews. After viewing the film Schindlers List at 11, he told me he wanted a bar mitzvah at the Kotel. This was my first trip there, and along with our family, our lives have never been the same. I became an activist and my son became a true Zionist. During his second year of Yeshiva, I told him to come back to go to Yeshiva University, or, join the army! Zach called me two days later from the recruiting station and told me he joined the Nachal Haredi, the religious unit of the IDF. I was in shock, as I was prepared to send him to a dorm, not a base. He completed a year and eight months of service, as an American in the IDF. After his service, he came back to LA for eight months while deciding what to do with his life. He decided at the age of 21 to make Aliyah and rejoin the service; however he wanted to go into a combat unit, and joined Givati. He is now 23 years old, and on the front lines in the Gaza incursion. He is a sharpshooter and has medals for his ability to hit on target. I spoke to him last night, before Israel was formally announcing they were going into Gaza, and he told us all that he loved us, he was scared, but he was a soldier and this what he was trained to do. He became a Sergeant Commander three months ago with the highest honors an enlisted soldier can receive. I am proud of him, while sitting in front of the TV trying to see if I see his adorable face on Fox News.
I am praying that G-d watches over him and the entire IDF.
I love him and want to hug him and spoil him with the tacos I make and that he loves so dearly.
Kol Hakavod to Sgt. Commander Zachary Rowen Taylor and his adoring mother, Allyson, my fellow activist.