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Sep 25, 2024, 2:54 PM

Dear Secretary Panetta

Please pose this question to your students at Panetta Institute of Public Policy, in Monterey Bay, California in your next lecture: What should the United States policy be if Canada had 5,564,516 missiles pointed at the USA 3.7 miles north...

May 10, 2024, 4:02 PM

Dana, the trans star, is Israel’s story

Dear University/ Eurovision Protestor, At a time when Israeli singer, Eden Golan, performed at the Eurovision despite booing by the audience during dress rehearsals, I want to share with you some FACTS. 1. The first trans Eurovision winner was from Israel...

Jan 27, 2024, 10:20 PM

The Age of Ignorance

“You’re Jewish? Where are your horns?” The question I have been asked a handful of times in my life. Truthfully, even in jest, this question is deeply upsetting as it reflects the timeless hatred of Jews. Antisemitism over a thousand...

Nov 28, 2023, 12:43 AM

What are you talking about, Dave?

I can’t figure out why Dave Matthews mocked Israel’s self-defense at the end of a speech inducting Willie Nelson into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on November 4. Though his words have no place in that context,...

Nov 19, 2023, 5:46 AM

Dear Queen Rania, I am a great fan of yours. Not only because of your impeccable style and beauty, but I admire all women leaders in the Middle East. Albeit your power is derived not from democracy, but from a monarchy....

Nov 12, 2023, 10:33 PM

Venom and fish: What comes after the war?

I don’t believe anyone in the world knows all the facts and truths of the past. In today’s world there is never one version of any story or history. But there actually IS a clear, simple, yet seemingly impossible...

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About Me

Though she was born in Israel, Tali grew up in the United States. Tali received a Masters in Public Affairs from the Lyndon B. Johnson school of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. She worked in the Jewish non-profit arena. Tali was happy to be a part of Jewish and Israel education at a conservative synagogue in San Diego, CA. She moved back to Israel with her family in 2016.