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Apr 13, 2018, 5:25 PM

Conflict Thrives on Ignorance

In the past few weeks we had the Ahed Tamimi trial, the Palestinian "protest" (read: riot) at the Israeli border, and Yom Hashoah, a day of remembrance for the six million Jews who lost their lives in the holocaust. Let...

Jul 11, 2017, 5:23 PM

I Refuse to Be Erased

Somewhere along our recent Jewish timeline, women have vanished from our publications. Their names unmentioned in favor of "the wife of" a man with a name. Their pictures deleted no matter how modestly they are dressed. Married couples are...

Apr 7, 2017, 3:52 PM

The Syrian Holocaust and US Intervention

We all saw the pictures. The Holocaust-reminiscent piles of bodies, either dead or dying. The fathers crying, holding broken babies in their arms. The children of dirt, tears, and utter confusion. We all cried. We all demanded something be done....

Dec 25, 2016, 5:08 AM

Miraculous Existence

The world is in shambles, the UN is useless, thousands of innocents are being slaughtered in Syria, others are being run down in Berlin, but no matter what's going on in the world, every year on כ"ה כסלו you'll...

Nov 16, 2015, 12:44 AM

Should We Call for French Restraint?

In light of recent events, I began to wonder how different the response would be had the ISIS attacks taken place in Israel. I don't mean to take away from the murder of innocents - murder is always murder...

Nov 13, 2015, 11:09 PM

Bring Back the Old Bibi

Every girl in high school has a crush on someone, whether it’s a cute boy in class or a maybe even a cute teacher, but my high school crush was on Benjamin Netanyahu. In my spare time, I would scan...

Nov 11, 2015, 4:29 AM

My Judaism is Tailored to Fit

My Judaism wasn't always mine - I wouldn't let it be. I would fight it at every turn. Judaism tells us exactly what to do in every aspect of life and I tend to do the opposite of what...

Nov 8, 2015, 11:55 PM

Perpetual Hatred

From the start of the “ intifada hasakin - knife intifada,” I woke up every morning and immediately checked the news to see how many attacks took place while I was asleep. First there were stabbings, then there were...

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Israeli-American. Doctor of Education. World traveler. Animal lover. Will enthusiastically discuss any texts, from Talmud to Shakespeare.