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Rachel Solomon

Jun 20, 2016, 6:40 AM

3 Visions Alan Weinkrantz Had for Israel’s Startup Ecosystem

Illustrative: A long exposure photograph of traffic on the Ayalon Highway through Tel Aviv, December 19, 2015. (Esther Rubyan/Flash 90)

While the bulk of Weinkrantz's work was in Tel Aviv—home to the largest number of start-ups outside Silicon Valley—he also was active in and encouraging of Israel’s burgeoning communities in Jerusalem, Haifa, Be’er Sheva, and Nazareth

Jan 12, 2015, 10:15 AM

BBC bullies Jewish French woman on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

The act of collectively blaming an entire group of people for the actions of few is a dangerous precedent that leads to revenge attacks on Muslims and Jews alike. The absolute last institution that should encourage collective blame is a news outlet like...

Jan 9, 2015, 10:46 AM

NYTimes: Our Readers’ Feelings Are More Important Than the News

This is an open letter to Dean Baquet, executive editor of The New York Times, and every other editor who refused to publish Charlie Hebdo cartoons. Dear Dean Baquet (et al), As a fellow journalist, I am doubly outraged by the attacks on...

About Me

Rachel Solomon is a Tel Aviv-based freelance journalist and marketing writer with previous experience at Dow Jones, Thomson Reuters, the Jewish Federation, and Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch.