Erica Lyons

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Nov 17, 2024, 6:14 AM

The Things I Carry and the Things That Carry Me

We’ve all been profoundly changed by October 7th. “You look tired,” people tell me. “Well, I haven’t slept in x days,” I respond and either they can relate or they can’t. I don’t care either way. I care...

Sep 3, 2014, 4:45 AM

My Liberalism Sits Hand-in-Hand with My Zionism

I first came out as a liberal as a teen in the 1980s. I sat around the finished basements of my friends’ homes and we “didn’t inhale”, if you know what I mean. I wore ripped jeans and paid...

Jul 27, 2014, 7:39 AM

Sorry To the Israeli Holding My Camera

I give my earnest apologies to the Israeli holding my camera. When it comes to Israel, I may have misspoken. Each time I come to Israel, some conversations have a certain recurrence, as regular as falafel with chips, or...

Jul 23, 2014, 7:13 PM

France Flashback

Since the start of Operation Protective Edge, my flippant response to questions about my safety in Israel was, “I am far safer here than I would be in Paris.” Last night it was announced that Delta Air Lines Tel Aviv-bound...

Jul 21, 2014, 1:06 AM

Should I stay or should I go now?

Erica finds it hard to leave Israel in a time of conflict, even when her eight-year-old starts adding bomb shelters to his Minecraft worlds

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About Me

Erica Lyons is a Hong Kong-based author. Her books have been a National Jewish Book Awards finalist and a Sydney Taylor Notable. She’s on the Executive Committee of Global Jewry and is the Hong Kong Delegate to World Jewish Congress and the founder and director of PJ Library Hong Kong. She is the mother of five children.

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