Ben Reiff, at The Blogs

Jul 25, 2018, 1:45 PM

Our Israel education needs diversifying – a rebuttal to Neil Lazarus

Dear Neil Lazarus You probably don’t remember me, but we met during my gap year programme in Israel a few years ago when you educated on a Masa seminar for English-speaking youth movements. I’m someone who, judging by your recent article on...

Jan 22, 2018, 6:49 PM

Israel’s deportation of refugees is against Judaism and must be stopped

Exactly two years ago this week, I first visited Holot. It was halfway through my gap year in Israel, and a few of us were spending a relaxing weekend in the Tel Aviv sun. On social media, we’d seen an asylum...

Feb 18, 2017, 4:09 PM

The Problem With Religion?

The air over Jerusalem is saturated with prayers and dreams Like the air over industrial cities, It’s hard to breathe. - Yehuda Amichai, Ecology of Jerusalem In November 2014, the Yad B'Yad ("Hand in Hand") bilingual school in Jerusalem - one of six joint...

About Me

Ben Reiff studies International Relations & History at the London School of Economics (LSE), where he is the founder and president of the Voices of Israel-Palestine society.