Yoni Leviatan, at The Blogs

Sep 26, 2023, 12:59 PM

Illustrative. One of the kids riding down he middle of the road without a care in the world, on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, October 4, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

When motorcycles whizzed by on Yom Kippur, I wanted to force them to stop - until I realized I'd never felt that way in the Diaspora

Sep 19, 2023, 6:31 PM

Antisemitism is never Israel’s fault

This week is bound to be an uncomfortable one for American Jews on both sides of the political aisle and the country itself. First, you have Israel’s nothing-if-not-controversial prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu landing in California to talk tech with the...

Apr 24, 2023, 10:41 AM

The Zionist Revolution: When Hope and History Rhymed

Israel is a country built on layers and layers of history that weave into a mosaic to create much of its addictive charm. Everywhere you go exists a contrast of old and new, the ancient mixed with the modern,...

Apr 10, 2023, 3:11 PM

Israel’s best hope? Trading Benjamins

Election posters hung by the Blue and White party shows their candidate Benny Gantz and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a Hebrew slogan reading 'Netanyahu cares only for himself', ahead of the Israeli elections. February 18, 2020. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

The one and only thing Israelis agree on today is that we are in a crisis of massive proportions. Actually, there are two things. The rest of the story – who’s to blame, how to fix it – is where...

Mar 8, 2023, 3:49 AM

Dear Jews attacking IAF pilots – have you no shame?

Nothing shocks me more these days than the fact that I continue to be shocked by the levels of depravity some people are willing to stoop to when building a foundation on which to base their hate. Both in...

Oct 8, 2021, 9:05 PM

To Menachem Begin, From Germany with Love

Menachem Begin and his wife Aliza, sitting down in the center, with my Uncle Jackie in the tuxedo standing behind him next to my Aunt Ruthie on his left.

My uncle Jackie, Yaakov “Tzvi” Buchalter ז"ל, was a founder of the pre-state paramilitary group the Irgun, the political party Herut and the first Likud Central Committee, all under the leadership of Menachem Begin. The struggle for Jewish independence defined...

Jun 29, 2021, 11:35 PM

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How we found more family 55 years after Auschwitz

This is the only surviving picture of my grandmother's family from before the Holocaust. From left to right: Eva Goldstein Malka, her mother Rosa, her younger brother Andre, her father Gabriel and her older brother Gyuri. Rosa and Andre were murdered at Auschwitz ז"ל.

My grandmother never forgot her lost nephew, and my mother searched for years. Eventually, she found out he'd been adopted. That was it. Until suddenly there was more

Jan 25, 2021, 5:01 PM

It’s the hypocrisy, stupid!

Not unlike the coronavirus, the BDS movement tends to come in waves. It’s always being transmitted from person to person, bubbling just below the surface while most people go on with their lives unaware. Then a super-spreader has a...

Oct 23, 2020, 5:38 PM

Fate of the Union: “Let it fall on us to behave”

I just voted in Broward County, Florida – absentee from Israel. And staring at the ballot I feel the same way I did in 2016 – queasy about giving my support to a candidate who will turn my queasiness into...

About Me

Yoni Leviatan is a British-born, American-raised, Israeli-blooded musician, content producer and writer. His songs have been licensed to MTV, CNN, ESPN, PBS and others while receiving nationwide airplay on over 200 American radio stations. His production work has led to projects with Warner Bros., Waves Audio, Abbey Road Studios, YouTube and Spotify. Originally from Coral Springs, Florida, he's been living in Tel Aviv since 2009 where he spends his free time writing about Israel and politics with articles featured in Newsweek, Times of Israel and The Forward.

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