Libbie Snyder, at The Blogs

Jun 15, 2024, 5:32 PM

How June 8, 2024 Changed Everything

On June 8, 2024, the nation of Israel received a lifesaving infusion of oxygen. Noa Argamani is home. Almog, Andrey, and Shlomi are home. Words we had all but given up hope of ever reading. June 8, 2024 was a...

Dec 14, 2023, 11:32 AM

Returning to Tel Aviv After Fleeing on October 7th

It’s been 68 days, and I’m still struggling to recover from October 7th. Actually, I don’t think I’ve woken up yet from the sleep the night of October 6th. I remember that evening so clearly, because it was the last time...

Oct 13, 2023, 12:44 AM

It’s Not OK to Slaughter Jews

What is there to say? My home is on fire. Worse than that – after a lifetime of trying to bear the inherited familial scars of the Holocaust, somehow I ended up bearing witness to our own lifetime's Holocaust. Never, in a...

Jun 7, 2022, 2:54 PM

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My COVID-19 maternity leave

My 3-year-old has the most questions of all about why she can't see her friends or go to the playground -- and frankly, our answers suck

Jun 8, 2017, 10:30 AM

What Happened When the Moroccans Refused to Get Off the Bus

It’s been a month since I watched the Israeli documentary, “The Ancestral Sin,” and I still can’t stop thinking about it. I had assumed I knew all about the dirty underbelly of Israel’s history as a budding nation, and...

Nov 20, 2015, 3:08 PM

Wake Up World: Ezra Is You

I’m crying for a boy I never met. I never saw his face. I never heard his voice. But that boy is you, and that boy is me. Can’t you see? It is one and the same enemy. There is nowhere...

Oct 19, 2014, 3:00 PM

Tired of Israel? Take in a miracle

It only takes a weekend to remember how exquisite Israel is. It can be so easy to forget, especially after a summer like the one we just had. But in a weekend, it's possible to remember why we first...

Jul 14, 2014, 11:04 AM

Don’t Feel Helpless—Help the South

(For information about how you can donate to “Straight to the South,” our campaign to buy food vouchers and pay off grocery store debts for needy families and soldiers in the south of Israel, please click here.) I can’t speak for...

About Me

Libbie Snyder manages a freelance writing and editing business from Tel Aviv, serving high tech and startup companies across Israel. She earned her BA in English Literature from Montreal's McGill University. Originally from Boston, she made aliyah in 2009. Libbie lives with her husband, two children, and two cats in Tel Aviv.