Corinne Berzon

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Nov 8, 2015, 3:02 PM

The seventh step

An emotional Shabbat in Hebron on one of the few days each year that Jews may enter the Tomb of the Patriarchs

Jul 31, 2015, 10:31 AM

100 words for love

Launching a counterstrike against those who, with their hateful cruelty, can be described in one word: abomination

Mar 12, 2015, 9:26 AM

We might just spend the rest of our lives waiting for the next summer war, the next terror attack

Oct 15, 2014, 4:11 PM

To dance with the one I love

On Simchat Torah, a painful realization that she may not be man enough for Orthodox Judaism

Jul 17, 2014, 11:57 AM

Suffer the children

I am ferociously a Zionist. I believe that Israel has every right to defend itself against terrorist insurgency and rocket attacks against its civilian population. I know that Hamas deliberately hides behind civilians in order to deter Israeli strikes...

Jul 9, 2014, 4:35 PM

I am for my beloved

I was ten years old when I first realized that Israel was hated, reviled and under constant threat. I had been reading in my room when I heard my mother sobbing loudly: “That was my shchuna (neighborhood)”, she cried...

Jun 22, 2014, 2:14 PM

Holding our breath with their names on our lips

'A keening cry is rising up from Israel, one voice, three names'

Jun 8, 2014, 3:38 PM

Prevent drowning: Keep an eye at all times, don't trust arm floats, and know that kids can die in an inch of water

Apr 28, 2014, 8:28 PM

The remembrance that forgets

My feed is flooded with Holocaust posts. I guess that is because most of my FB friends are Ashkenazi Jews who are third generation survivors. Who had the opportunity to hear first-hand accounts of the horrors. Who went to...

Apr 27, 2014, 1:05 PM

Jews dance. We shimmer, sway, twirl between despair and joy. For every tragedy we sing to the promise of triumph. For every triumph we strike our chests and keen the memory of deep tragedy. We must stand still tonight. I...

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About Me

Corinne Berzon is currently getting her PhD in bioethics. When she is not reading dense philosophical texts or dancing around the house to dubstep with her three daughters, she teaches yoga, runs in no particular direction and watches inappropriate television with her husband; Corinne loves Israel, but remains deeply and darkly cynical because it is more entertaining than the alternative.