Leah Solomon, at The Blogs

Aug 1, 2021, 9:54 AM

We tell ourselves that our soldiers would not shoot for no reason

We must fight hatred of Jews as if there's no oppression in this land, and we must fight the injustices of our own government and army as if there's no antisemitism

May 11, 2021, 12:10 AM

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Our government abdicates responsibility. Our children pay the price

A medic carries a wounded child from an apartment building in Ashkelon hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on May 11, 2021. (Flash90)

It is the most important responsibility of our generation: a just and durable resolution to what we call the 'Israeli-Palestinian conflict'

Apr 15, 2021, 1:33 PM

Breaking a glass on Yom HaAtzmaut

"I have no other land -- אין לי ארץ אחרת." (Ehud Manor) "The voice of your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground -- קול דמי אחיך צועקים אלי מן האדמה." (Genesis 4:10) The Joint Israeli-Palestinian Memorial Ceremony this...

Apr 11, 2021, 12:44 PM

Rethinking how we remember

Each year as Yom HaZikaron approaches, a stark truth overwhelms all my other emotions: Even as I hold the collective grief of nearly 25,000 Jewish lives lost through war or terror since the founding of the State and the...

Feb 10, 2021, 3:18 PM

Israel should offer all Palestinians the vaccine. Now.

As an Israeli Jew who is profoundly grateful for Israel's extraordinary health system and COVID-19 vaccination campaign, I find it heartbreaking, infuriating, and incredibly shortsighted that Israel is not doing everything possible to provide Palestinians with vaccines and the...

Apr 4, 2018, 7:06 PM

On Gaza, blame, and responsibility

In light of the recent events in Gaza, some thoughts about blame and responsibility: The situation in Gaza is so incredibly painful for me not only because of its horrific impact on the people living there but because of what...

Apr 1, 2018, 11:07 PM

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If you were Gazan, what would you do?

Illustrative: Palestinian children do their homework by candlelight during a power outage in Gaza City on September 11, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)

If I had no clean water, not enough electricity, no prospect of a job? I hope I'd have the courage to protest

Jul 16, 2017, 11:17 PM

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Gaza is burning

No A/C, no refrigeration, raw sewage in the streets -- with the ability to help Gazans, how can Israel not do so?

May 1, 2017, 6:25 PM

Our pain is not lessened by remembering the suffering of others

Yom HaZikaron 5777 I remember my shock upon the birth of my firstborn, when, staring at the tiny creature still covered in gunk, one of my first thoughts was "oh, God, this baby will be drafted to the army one...

May 8, 2016, 3:58 PM

Interwoven with the Fate of this Land

It was less the time we spent visiting my family in America over Pesach, and more our return to Israel last week, that made me realize just how much I've managed to pass on the bittersweetness of being an...

About Me

Leah Solomon is Chief Education Officer of Encounter, a nonpartisan educational organization cultivating more informed, courageous, and resilient Jewish leadership on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. She holds an AB from Harvard University and is a Schusterman Senior Fellow. Leah has worked since 1997 in the field of experiential pluralistic Jewish education, most recently as Associate Director of the Nesiya Institute. An L.A native, she moved to Jerusalem in 1999 where she lives with her family.