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Jun 20, 2022, 7:34 PM

There is nothing funny about the Nakba

Early summer afternoon. At the parking lot overlooking Herzeliya's most northern beach, Sidny Ali, next to the Sidna Ali mosque compound after which the beach is named, an Arab family prepares itself for a picnic. An old grandmother. Three...

Shayna Abramson

Feb 22, 2022, 6:01 PM

5 Things to Know About Sheikh Jarrah

The Supreme Court ruled that the Palestinian families living there have to pay rent or move. The Supreme Court ruled that the houses in question legally belong to the Jewish organization, Nahalat Shimon, so the Palestinian families have...

Jan 25, 2022, 7:26 PM

Why Sheikh Jarrach? Why Now?

From afar the outbreaks of violence in Jerusalem may seem surprising. Doesn't Israel finally have a relatively stable government? Isn't peace breaking out with the Emirates? Isn't the start-up nation experiencing an enviable economic boom? While the answers to...

Jan 10, 2022, 11:14 AM

The Rabbis’ Letter – Return To Sender?

As 2021 drew to a close, 237 American rabbis sent a letter to Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, urging a halt to demolitions in the Palestinian village of al-Walaja, now part of the Jerusalem municipality. Approximately 1,000 people in...

Dec 30, 2021, 7:58 AM

2021: The Jewish leading lights who helped me tell our story this year

Credit: Myriams-Fotos via Pixabay

9 writers, podcasters, and scholars whose insight and analysis challenged, enlightened, inspired, and sustained me on the days I needed it the most

Dec 29, 2021, 9:59 AM

Not just a river in Egypt: Denial and Displacement in the Promised Land

Al-walaja, photo credit: Ir Amim

The Nile and its centrality for Pharaoh explain why Ezekiel 29 constitutes the bulk of the haftarah for parashat Va’era (Exodus 6:2 to 10:35), in which both the Nile and Pharaoh feature prominently. Ezekiel 29:3b ‘I am against you, Pharaoh king...

Dec 27, 2021, 1:10 PM

It’s Groundhog Day in Sheikh Jarrah

A few weeks ago, a woman who was bringing her young children to school, was stabbed in the back, allegedly a terror attack. The perpetrator fled the scene, but was known to live in Sheikh Jarrah, in Jerusalem. Humans...

Joshua Washington

Nov 4, 2021, 10:21 AM

Nobody Really Cared About Sheikh Jarrah

In May of this year, 2021, Hamas ignited another war against Israel. The war was ostensibly centered around Sheikh Jarrah, and that is what the enemies of Israel kept stating. That was a lie. Those who knew this had...

Yudith Oppenheimer

Aug 5, 2021, 2:20 PM

Why we went to the UN Security Council about East Jerusalem

Palestinians and left-wing activists protest against the eviction of Palestinian families from their homes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, on April 16, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The evictions and demolitions have political and moral ramifications far beyond those of standard real-estate disputes and the government has failed its duty to intervene

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