Michali Cohen, at The Blogs

Oct 26, 2023, 10:54 PM

Three Consecutive Years of Swastikas: The Ongoing Crisis at American University

My life feels like a movie, and that movie is "Groundhog Day." The recurring theme? A swastika in the freshman dorms at American University. On Thursday, October 19, an email blast from the President of AU informed members of the...

May 10, 2022, 7:44 AM

This Shavuot, I enter into a covenant with myself

Suppose there is anything the doctors don't tell you as they hand you your discharge papers. In that case, it's that relapsing is almost inevitable. As I approach my 10th anniversary since I was discharged from the hospital for anorexia,...

Feb 4, 2022, 11:04 PM

Whoopi Goldberg’s comments weren’t made in a vacuum

“The Holocaust was not about race.” “It was about man’s inhumanity to man.” “The Holocaust was about two White people fighting.” As the great-granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, I was disgusted. My family was murdered because Nazi Germany saw them as another...

Jan 6, 2022, 7:24 PM

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You got Emma Watson’s post all wrong. Let me tell you why

Normalizing the Palestinian cause isn't antisemitism, and crying wolf about this post undermines concern about real Jew-hatred disguised as criticism of Israel

Jun 22, 2021, 2:00 AM

Time to fix a system raising a generation engaging in Holocaust denial

Most of us will be the last generation to hear Holocaust stories from survivors. We will be the last people to hear stories directly from former Nazis, Jews who defied all odds stacked against them, and a generation of...

Jul 20, 2020, 3:50 AM

Cycling through Israel’s emergency response history

Today in Israel, the red Star of David is a well-known sign and a welcome reminder that trained professionals and volunteers stand at the ready to assist people in case of any life-threatening emergency. Magen David Adom (MDA, which...

About Me

Michal Cohen has worked in the Jewish non-profit space for the last three years, starting as a college student at American University. She is a first-generation Israeli-American passionate about campus antisemitism and bridging the gap between Israelis and Jews in the Diaspora.