Benjamin Simon, at The Blogs

Benjamin Simon

Mar 27, 2015, 5:59 AM

Last summer, as a high school student traveling with a group in Israel and Poland, I experienced more raw emotion than I have ever felt before. With horror, I walked through the ruins of Birkenau. With fear, I ran...

Nov 25, 2014, 7:01 AM

Abbas’ Enablers

Over the course of the recent wave of Palestinian terrorism, Mahmoud Abbas has revealed his true colors. Last Tuesday's horrific massacre in Har Nof was the first attack to elicit a condemnation from the president of the Palestinian Authority—and Abbas' weak denouncement came only after US Secretary of...

Aug 25, 2014, 7:51 AM

The Forging of a New Identity

The serenity of the clear summer night just outside Jerusalem was suddenly broken by distant sirens from the valley below. As we ran for cover, a loud, rumbling noise filled our ears and we looked up to see a brilliant ball of...

About Me

Benjamin Simon is a student at Gann Academy, a pluralistic Jewish high school in Waltham, MA. He is an active member of Congregation Shaarei Tefillah (an orthodox synagogue) in Newton, MA and the Newton Centre Minyan (a traditional egalitarian shul). Additionally, Benjamin is a graduate of the Tikvah Summer Institute for High School Students and is the editor-in-chief of his school's newspaper.