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Sagit Alkobi Fishman

Jun 4, 2026, 10:40 AM

Gaza’s women get lost in the argument about them

A woman watches as Palestinians retrieve items from the rubble of a destroyed building following overnight Israeli army bombardment on al-Shati camp for Palestinian refugees, west of Gaza City, on September 12, 2025. (Photo by Omar AL-QATTAA / AFP)

Girls are being handed to older men and women forced to trade sex for food. But instead of trying to protect them, we debate which side is to blame

Jun 1, 2026, 6:09 PM

Raviv Drucker and prime-time himpathy for rapists

In 2022, a woman walked into a police station and reported that she was raped. Although her name was publicly known while she begged the justice system to investigate her case, the man’s name was kept secret under a...

May 29, 2026, 1:11 AM

Read the Report

The Civilian Commission (CCO7) on Crimes by Hamas Against Women and Children published its extensive and well documented report “Silenced No More, Sexual Terror Unveiled: The Untold Atrocities of October 7 and Against Hostages in Captivity” was published May...

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

May 27, 2026, 11:40 PM

Looking Past ‘Silenced No More’

A Google search for the current headline returns the article with the original verb still indexed.

A newspaper does not need to lie to reposition reality. Sometimes it can do so through something far quieter: the placement of uncertainty. On May 12, the New York Times gradually transformed the headline on its coverage of a two-year...

May 20, 2026, 3:34 PM

Make No Mistake

This post is based on a sermon I delivered to my congregation, Temple Sholom in Vancouver BC Canada on May 15, 2026 Once an error enters, it stays More than 1,700 years ago, the rabbis of the Talmud debated an educational question...

Feb 15, 2026, 11:09 AM

Chomsky, Epstein, and Me: How I Changed My Mind About Israel

Left: Noam Chomsky (Wikimedia Commons). Right: Jeffrey Epstein mugshot (Florida Department of Law Enforcement).

When your old intellectual hero gets exposed for his friendship and advice to a convicted rapist and sex trafficker. There I was in Noam Chomsky's office. We were laughing about how we both disliked Sam Harris, how Marx was...

Nina B. Mogilnik

Feb 7, 2026, 12:50 PM

Jeffrey Epstein and my husband

Undated photo from the estate of Jeffrey Epstein that is part of a collection of images released Dec. 18, 2025, by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee.

A monster built his empire on the insecurities of men who already had everything – except what matters most

Isabelle Hall-Burns

Jan 18, 2026, 10:01 AM

Belief of Victims selective, it shouldn’t be

Sexual Violence isn’t selective, so why should belief be? Sexual violence is not an apolitical issue or an issue that can be isolated. It’s probably the oldest crime, a weapon of war. A crime rooted as a tool of control...

Jan 15, 2026, 10:38 PM

Donald Trump, Terrorism and Trauma

As an American citizen I am terrified to be in the United States right now. There I said it. Everyone can read my words. I don’t have to keep it a secret anymore. I go back and forth about writing...

Jan 6, 2026, 1:36 PM

Here’s how Israel can treat its epidemic of sexual violence

Former hostage Romi Gonen speaks to Channel 12 in the second episode of a two-part interview, broadcast on January 1, 2026. (Screen capture: Channel 12)

With serious funding, education, expanded treatment options, new legislation, and a governmentally assigned leader, we can tackle the staggering abuse

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