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Cori Shalit

American lone soldier in Israel

Nov 24, 2023, 8:45 PM

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A shattering

Bloody teddy bears around Dizengoff Square representing the kidnapped children

I clenched a loaded gun aimed at the door and prayed to get through this. Once rescued, I entered a changed Israel.

Jul 19, 2023, 8:10 PM

Where are we headed?

A couple months ago I was sitting in the dining hall of an army base near Ashkelon. The food… could be better… but the conversation is above average for military lunch time. I’m a “simple soldier” (a soldier without...

Apr 13, 2023, 3:26 PM

Protests and Passover

Photo from recent protest, center sign rides “We didn’t walk 40 years in the desert for this.”

Two weeks ago, I attended one of the Saturday night protests that have been taking the Israeli media by storm in opposition to the judicial overhaul. I thought I had a lot to say about the experience but now...

Aug 19, 2022, 12:23 AM

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A new set of eyes and Herzl’s prophecy fulfilled

Illustrative. A Tel Aviv beach during the summer, with an Israeli flag. (iStock)

Israel is the intense altercation of Jewish history with the rest of the world, and the magic of its reality may explain why it is home to me like nowhere else

Jun 18, 2021, 4:12 PM

Chutzpah, Rav Kook, and answering the call of history

About a month ago, I sat in an Israel21c Zoom call and heard Inbal Arieli speak. Arieli is the author of Chutzpah: Why Israel Is a Hub of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The author discussed what makes Israel such a...

Oct 23, 2020, 9:38 AM

Let’s dismantle Ashkenormativity with allyship

This week, an article in my school newspaper accused my university’s Jewish population of excluding non-Ashkenazi students and leaving “JOC on campus on the outskirts of these spaces” without elevating any actual non-Ashkenazi voices. Rather than interviewing non-Ashkenazi...

About Me

After graduating from Tulane University in 2021 with majors in Jewish Studies and Economics, I made Aliyah through Garin Tzabar and currently serve as a lone soldier in the IDF's COGAT unit.

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