Mikey Lebrett

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Jul 27, 2023, 7:23 PM

Protest for Compromise

The solution to Israel’s devastating societal rupture and disruptive mass protests is more protests. Let me explain. It is glaringly obvious that the upheaval surrounding the judicial reform is a thin veil masking a much more fundamental disagreement about the...

Apr 7, 2021, 2:04 PM

Choose Your Home

It has been over a year since Israel first shut her borders to foreigners at the start of the pandemic. As the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to mutate and evolve, countries around the world are following Israel’s lead, pulling up...

Apr 2, 2017, 3:51 AM

The challenge of empathy – celebrities, slums and tzedaka

In a world steeped in celebrity culture and modern-day hero worship, meeting a star in the flesh can be unsettling. People breathlessly retell of their emotions during the encounter: an excited buzz of recognition, that slight self-conscious nervousness, the...

Dec 22, 2016, 7:27 AM

Why I’m going to India…

The values and ideals of any community shift with the passage of time. Whilst this is often glaringly obvious and well accepted, there are occasions in which traditions or priorities which seem ancient and intrinsic may turn out to...

Dec 30, 2015, 9:09 PM

Forgotten communities: Bevis Marks

A treasure in the heart of London: Amid candlesticks and dark oak, an eclectic, welcoming Sephardic synagogue

Jun 29, 2015, 11:28 PM

Britain – Wake Up!

As the dark and horrifying mists of WWII began to drift across Europe, its tendrils seeking out the disillusioned and the hateful, filling every dingy corner of the continent, an unwelcome guest hopped across the stormy waters of the...

Nov 18, 2014, 7:41 PM

They Are Not Animals

Animals do not choose. If a lion is hungry, it eats. If a bear is tired, it sleeps. If a zebra is scared, it runs. Animals do not debate with themselves before they do something, they do not think...

Jul 13, 2014, 2:57 PM

Life under Fire – Uncertainty and Beer Bottles

"Fear comes from uncertainty. When we are absolutely certain...we are almost impervious to fear." - William Congreve One of the greatest comforts in life is certainty. There is something incomparably joyous and calming about knowing precisely when the bus will...

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About Me

Mikey Lebrett made aliyah from Manchester to Rehovot in 2022 with his wife and two children. He is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the Weizmann Institute of Science, and received a PhD in Cancer Sciences from the University of Manchester.