Suzanne Singer, at The Blogs

Feb 9, 2021, 2:49 PM

Alex Singer's grave at the military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. (courtesy, The Alex Singer Project)

A generation of IDF soldiers in Lebanon protected Israel's border villages for 18 years. More than 600 died; thousands have still not been recognized for the lives they saved

Mar 4, 2018, 11:01 AM

A Call to My Fellow Anglo Citizens of Israel

There comes a time when the demands of imminent dangers exceed the anger/distaste/wishfulness that lead us to deny support for elected leaders. That time has come. Mired as we are in investigations of Bibi Netanyahu’s misdeeds and flagrant taste for...

Jun 25, 2014, 10:45 AM

Why Swarthmore’s Hillel Should Not Become Open

On December 8, 2013, Swarthmore’s Hillel rejected the Guidelines of International Hillel, its parent body, and declared itself an “Open Hillel.” I disagree with their decision. In what follows I will try to give context to a disagreement which,...

Nov 1, 2013, 12:03 AM

How Will Israel Change?

Is a quiet revolution emerging from EinPrat in the Judean desert? Dr. Micha Goodman thinks so. A weaver of dreams and reality, he predicts that new charismatic Israelis and transformed secular Jews are taking what they experienced living and...

About Me

After years as an editor and writer for Moment magazine and Biblical Archaeology Review in Washington DC, Suzanne Summer's focus since aliyah in '98 has moved to how young people build their Jewish lives. She is on the Board of Pardes Institute, the founder of Shabbat Connections, a hosting program for long term students in Jerusalem, and, she works to make known the writings of her son Alex z"l who died in battle in the IDF and whose life continues to impact countless young Jews.