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Pamela Peled

Sep 16, 2024, 8:46 AM

In 1971, a small group of British women were incensed to learn that Raisa Palatnik, a 35-year-old Jewish librarian from Odessa, had been arrested for distributing ‘samizdat’ (banned literature). Her crime was not disseminating pornography or spreading sedition against...

Sep 1, 2024, 1:46 PM

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Cry, the once-beloved country

This image grab taken from a UGC video footage posted on August 13, 2024 shows National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (2nd-R) chanting the slogan 'Am Yisrael Chai' (The People of Israel Live) during a visit to the Temple Mount, where he also hailed Jews at prayer in the compound. (UGC/AFP)

We always knew that no matter how we voted, Israel would bring her captives home. That was before this coalition of lunacy came to power

Aug 20, 2024, 8:21 PM

Dear Secretary of State Blinken

Open Letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken Pamela Peled Dear Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, Unfortunately I don’t know how to prostrate myself in prose, Sir; if I were in front of you I would throw myself at your feet...

Sep 21, 2023, 10:33 AM

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Doing the Daf as Israel implodes

Yeshiva students study at the Kamenitz Yeshiva, in Jerusalem on August 22, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Why must I help fund lifelong study of texts about men falling naked off roofs into the waiting bodies of women below?

About Me

Dr. Pamela Peled is an author, journalist, columnist and editor who publishes widely and lectures at Reichmann University. Her upcoming book, 'Doing the Daf as Israel Implodes' examines Israel under Netanyahu, referencing the Talmud and Shakespeare to make sense of the madness. She lives near Tel Aviv and has three daughters.