Daphna Small

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Jan 3, 2024, 3:45 PM

A nation united in anguish….

I Have Become Comfortably Numb plays on the radio and it pains me every time I hear this beloved classic, as I’m acutely aware its creator is vehemently antisemitic. I imagine it was how my mother felt hearing Wagner....

Nov 7, 2023, 3:01 PM

The Olam Is a Golem

It is the fifth week of the war named: Iron Swords by Israel and Operation Al-Aqsa Flood by Hamas. Whatever the title, the unforgivable atrocities perpetrated by Hamas brought a monsoon of fire and brimstone that could be called;...

Oct 31, 2023, 10:23 AM

We are in the fourth week of the war and we are being constantly reminded that it will last a long time. Fortunately, I’m prepared as I’ve heard that the prophecies say nine months, like a pregnancy. I’m hosting...

Oct 26, 2023, 12:54 PM

I Have a Dream…

The third week of the war is almost over. I went to sleep one night having seen a headline that Hamas may release 50 hostages holding foreign passports, it reminded me of the Nazi Aktion selections. In the morning...

Oct 24, 2023, 12:04 PM

I am the daughter of two Holocaust survivors and the mother of four children, one, a special-ops fighter in the IDF. I have been a traditional rather than religious Jew all my life. I am a liberal. I was...

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About Me

Daphna Small- An Israeli writer born in Austria who has lived half her life in England and the USA , as well as in Zichron Yaakov .