David Bruce Gilmore, at The Blogs

David Bruce Gilmore

Jan 10, 2025, 6:02 PM

A call for compassion beyond the question of blame

By the afternoon of October 7, when the scope of what had happened was becoming clear - I, like most Israelis, was caught up in a maelstrom of emotions: shock, horror, confusion, fear, disgust, loathing, despair. Over time, as...

Sep 6, 2024, 5:14 PM

To Prime Minister Netanyahu

Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu, I am writing this letter to you as a citizen of Israel. Just so you see where I am coming from: my oldest son is one year into his army service as a combat soldier. My...

Aug 18, 2024, 8:48 AM

Saving Israel’s soul – we need a hostage deal now

Israel is not Hamas, and our considerations are fundamentally opposite; recognition of this basic, fundamental reality must inform all other considerations when assessing Israel’s current strategy vis-a-vis Israel’s war aims. Israel is diametrically opposed to Hamas in terms of...

About Me

David Bruce Gilmore is an American-Israeli who made Aliyah in 1999. He lives in Holon. He studied film at UC Berkeley and political science at TAU. He has been working as an English teacher since 2000. He has done freelance work as a translator/editor and writes screenplays in his spare time. He is married to Shira who works as a psychotherapist and they have two sons, Refael (15) and Itamar (19), who currently serves in the IDF (Sayeret Haruv).