Shira Pruce

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Nov 3, 2018, 6:49 PM

Showing up for America

Just as the ADL has observed, anti-Semitic incidents have been on the rise since Donald Trump took office, and the murder of innocent souls in prayer at a synagogue has made this clear to the world. I cannot even...

Oct 27, 2018, 10:04 PM

Shit is real. Get out the damn vote.

In case you didn't take the situation seriously enough after Nazis celebrated their public reemergence in Charlottesville, this synagogue shooting should hit home. And no, Jewish vote, Trump hasn't been good for Israel. My family in the Negev are under...

Jul 9, 2018, 6:09 PM

Wish you could do more? Steps to Healing America

You marched and Tweeted against this latest abhorrent injustice in America- the rage over the children separated from parents and abused in detention centers. Now what? We are grateful to the journalists who documented these horrors and woke the world...

Jun 29, 2018, 5:58 PM

The number on my arm

The ACLU legal aid's phone number, written on Shira Pruce's forearm with a red sharpie, June 28, 2018. (Courtesy, Shira Pruce).

I know what my children and grandchildren will say about me when they speak of these dark times

Jan 31, 2018, 12:57 AM

Be the ‘Righteous Gentile’

I am gutted as I read the news. This weekend while I was out of town, my neighbors were being plucked from their homes, separated from their families. These are immigrant and refugee families, many of whom have given much more...

Oct 11, 2017, 5:20 AM

The days after awe, stay woke

I spent Yom Kippur praying with my feet -- at the March for Racial Justice; now we need to follow through with action

Sep 28, 2017, 2:39 PM

This Jewish mother is dedicating her Yom Kippur to Kalief Browder

We have trespassed; We have dealt treacherously; We have robbed; We have spoken slander; We have acted perversely; We have done wrong; We have acted presumptuously; We have done violence; We have practiced deceit; We have counseled evil; We...

Jun 9, 2017, 10:06 AM

Relocating: Yerida, Leaving Israel, in the Age of Trump

Yerida? We’re “relocating.” Checking America out. Going to see what all the fuss is about. Is this forever? Permanent? Everyone asks immediately. We don’t think in those terms but I get the question. I moved to Israel forever once. ...

Feb 26, 2017, 12:23 PM

Be Real: Travel Israel with a Conscience

3.5 million tourists travel to Israel each year, and Israelis themselves are known to take leisurely day trips inside the country. Though it is 2017, with all of the innovation of Internet technology, travel habits remain old-fashioned, especially on this...

Jan 22, 2017, 12:02 AM

On Racism in Israel

I am tired of the unspoken, deeply engrained racism in daily life in Israel. It is in the air -- and the airwaves. I am despondent when listening to our ‘favorite' radio personalities on the Israeli national public radio...

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About Me

Shira Pruce is an activist and communications professional. After living in Israel for 13 years, she has recently moved back to New Jersey. She is former director of public relations for Women of the Wall, and has advanced the work of MASLAN- the Negev’s Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Support Center and the Jerusalem Open House for Pride and Tolerance, to name just a few. She received her BA in Women and Gender Studies at Douglass College, Rutgers University.