April 6, 2013
11:30 pm

Six Million and One

My dad was one of the lucky ones. He survived. Together with his parents and his sister, they made it through the war. They left their home outside of Paris when......

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March 26, 2013
1:15 pm

Bound by blood and kneidlach

When I was a kid, I must have read the Four Questions at our family's Seder until I was in my twenties. It was the curse of being the youngest......

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March 8, 2013
2:59 pm

Honor thy circus freaks

My dad raised me. (illustrative image via......

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February 22, 2013
2:59 pm

Israel is not an apartheid state

I am so sick of seeing the words Israel and apartheid in close proximity with one another. So sick, in fact, that I am, just by writing this piece, breaking......

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February 17, 2013
12:58 pm

Climbing Mount Megillah

It's almost Purim! Purim was my favorite holiday as a kid. I loved dressing up, it was the only time as a kid that I loved going to services, because......

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February 2, 2013
4:33 pm

Sentencing. Junior High Style

Over the last days a court in Hungary has found a man guilty of Holocaust Denial. His punishment? Receive a suspended sentence of 18 months in jail and go......

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January 23, 2013
10:31 am

Looking Up From the Microscope

No one was more surprised than me by the results of last night's election. Frankly, I expected Bennett, Shas and Bibi to take an overwhelming majority of seats and that......

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January 19, 2013
2:02 pm

The Subtext of Text

The other day I got an email from a friend, telling me she would be in Amsterdam next month for work, and would it be okay to come and......

December 24, 2012
10:52 pm

Just Tuesday

For the western world, tomorrow is Christmas Day, for many, the most celebrated and important day of the year. It means many things for many people, spirituality, the love......

December 17, 2012
3:58 pm

Sandy Hook: Why there will never be answers

For those of us not personally affected by the shooting at Sandy Hook last Friday, after a weekend of shock, outrage and sadness, life returns to some semblance of......

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November 30, 2012
11:05 am

Palestinian Consistency

Last night I watched the UN Vote. I tweeted furiously, I posted on Facebook. I railed. In the end, the inevitable happened. The world voted to give Palestine observer status......

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November 17, 2012
10:05 am

Israel’s Real Security

"Dana, you know it is always worse to be outside of Israel when things are happening." This is what a good friend who lives in Ramat Aviv told me yesterday......

November 16, 2012
8:50 am

The Awful Road to Nowhere

Powerless. That's how I feel watching the situation in Israel and Gaza unfold on social media and mainstream media. Friends, family, enemies and strangers are in harm's way while I am......

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November 5, 2012
6:44 pm

Why I´m Voting Obama

I´m a Jew, I´m a Zionist, and I am supporting Barack Obama for President. I am voting for Obama because I truly believe that Obama's interests serve my interests, the......

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November 1, 2012
4:35 pm

The Extinction of Moderation

Way back in 1996, as I sat in WUJS Arad, my very first home in Israel, I was sitting around in my Jewish agency apartment, drinking cheap wine out......

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