4. Faith After the Siren: Parents of a Fallen Soldier on Yom HaZikaron with Rabbi Stewart & Susie Weiss

On this Yom HaZikaron gathering, Rav Shlomo Katz sits with Rabbi Stewart & Susie Weiss for a raw, heart-open conversation about memory, faith, and the price of coming home. Through song, tears, and stories of their son Ari Weiss z”l, they invite us into the sacred space where private grief becomes the heartbeat of a people. We hear what it means to choose life after loss, to hold fast to emunah when nothing makes sense, and to see Geulah not as a slogan but as a daily posture—loving each other, building in Eretz Yisrael, and begging Hashem to gather us in mercy.