Adam Etzion

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Oct 18, 2023, 12:52 AM

What Did We Expect?

“What did you expect?” Since October 7th, these words continue to echo in my mind. On the day of the attack, a now former friend, a Palestinian activist, wrote to me. I remember seeing in his Instagram story celebratory posts...

Apr 6, 2022, 12:33 PM

Breaking up a government over sandwiches

Just because Israel is a Jewish country doesn't mean strict Passover observance wins over non-observant people's right to eat what they want - except when it does

Mar 31, 2018, 7:20 PM

It’s Time We Stopped Celebrating Passover

Berl Katzenelson, one of Israeli society’s founding fathers (and a distant relative of mine), once said of the Passover Hagada that “There is no peak of historical recognition higher than this, and no merging of individual and group – in...

Jul 30, 2017, 3:55 PM

We Are All Azaria

In a saner country, the trial of a soldier who’s shot a neutralized terrorist would not, I think, have reverberated with the public as much as it has here in Israel. The question of whether the shooting was justified...

Jun 23, 2017, 1:05 AM

Fauda, Israelis, Palestinians and the Numinous

*Note I: This piece contains extensive spoilers for the Israeli television show Fauda.* *Note II: While this piece starts out as a review for a TV show, it slides into a deeply personal perspective at some point. This is a...

May 13, 2017, 4:10 PM

Kugel and knaffeh

How chance Tel Aviv encounters in the wee hours became a flash seminar in Jewish-Arab relations

Apr 30, 2017, 10:04 AM

Coffins on the highway

He and his father disagree on whether remembering the dead on both sides will help bring peace

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About Me

Born in Israel, raised all over the world, Adam is a climate activist, writer and consultant currently located in Tel Aviv.