Cheryl Levi

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Sep 8, 2024, 9:39 AM

A peek into the first day of an Israeli School

I started teaching last Sunday, September first. I wasn’t sure what I would encounter as I walked through the halls of my school for the first time in two months. It had been a thunderous summer in Israel. With...

Aug 27, 2024, 11:47 AM

Old Glory in Flames

The RNC and the DNC have presented us with many memorable sounds and images: Donald Trump walking to the stage confidently with a big strip of gauze around his ear; “We love Joe” chants filling the auditorium; Michelle Obama...

Aug 15, 2024, 11:39 PM

Erdan’s Swan Song

“Jerusalem will never fall again!” Thus, Gilad Erdan opened his speech at the emergency UN council on Tuesday, which was to be his final speech given as an ambassador of Israel to the UN. These five simple words were laced...

Jul 28, 2024, 1:35 PM

Spare a prayer for Israel’s Olympic athletes

Protesters hold a banner reading 'Genocide Olympics' during the soccer match between Israel and Paraguay at the Parc des Princes during the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 27, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

When all the Israelis want to do is compete in the games, but they are booed, sabotaged, and threatened by anti-Israel pro-Palestinian supporters

Jul 1, 2024, 10:49 AM

What Rashida Tlaib knows, or how to win when you’re losing

Illustrative: Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) in an exchange with witnesses during a roundtable discussion on Supreme Court Ethics conducted by Democrats of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building. June 11, 2024, Washington, DC. (Getty Images via AFP)

The US rep didn't bother trying to convince Congress that Hamas casualty stats are accurate. She gets the power of drama

Jun 18, 2024, 10:26 AM

Where are you, Michelle Obama?

In a 2017 poll, 47% of Americans believed Michelle Obama to be the face of feminism, and for good reason. As first lady and then former first lady, Michelle has become a fierce spokesperson for women’s causes. On NBC...

Jun 11, 2024, 9:34 AM

The true colors of Spain

A few weeks ago, the Spanish government joined Ireland and Norway in recognizing a Palestinian State. This was hardly a surprising move. In the last election, Sanchez, the Prime Minister of Spain, was forced to create a coalition with...

May 21, 2024, 12:16 PM

A battle of wits in the House Oversight Committee

Screenshot of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene at a House Oversight Committee hearing that devolved into personal attacks. May 16, 2024

Once respected, the US Congress has descended into a boorish, name-calling embarrassment and we all share some of the blame

May 7, 2024, 12:17 PM

What the Kapo Trials tell us about moral gray zones

Jewish police detain a former Kapo who was recognized in the street at the Zeilsheim displaced persons’ camp in Germany 1945-1948 (US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Alice Lev)

It was true during WWII and it's true today: While justice seeks black and white, most of life functions in gray zones

May 2, 2024, 7:56 PM

The Death of Language

Who can forget cracking open her first Dr. Seuss book? Who can fail to remember the giggles, the groans, the wonder, the rhyme, and the magical imagery? Many of us started our experiments with the English language at a young...

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About Me

Cheryl Levi is a writer and a high school English teacher who lives with her family in Bet Shemesh, Israel. She has a master's degree in medieval Jewish philosophy and has written numerous articles about faith crisis in Judaism. Her book, Reasonable Doubts, was published in 2010.