The Promised Land
byAs the heart yearns for the land As the soul aches for brooks of water I long for you For your vivid colors and…
Eurovision & Israel’s Cultural War
byTel Aviv hosting Eurovision during the Omer period must be understood within the context of deeper frictions in Israeli society.
דומה
byEverything feels quiet now The air hugs my skin hair not quite raised, but not quite static seaweed drifts in the current catching sunbeams…
Facts Don’t Care About Your Feelings… but Truth Does
byThe true reality is the compilation of the smaller realities experienced by every human being. The greater, higher Truth is one that accepts, embraces, and makes space for all the smaller, personal truths.
Restoring Yom HaZikaron
byA shared memorial day for Israelis and Palestinians could help us recognize that we are actually both victims of a conflict that benefits outsiders. But that memorial day shouldn’t be Yom HaZikaron.
From May Day to Yom HaShoah
byAuthors prologue to set the stage Very few books on the festivals of Israel include May Day. But Rabbi Menaḥem Froman’s “Give me Time”…
The Story of Yusuf Abu-Ghosh
byThis Palestinian Leḥi agent is perhaps best remembered for assisting Geula Cohen’s escape from the Jerusalem prison hospital in 1947.
Beloved
byone thing I ask this only do I seek to dwell in his house his left hand under my head as we lie in…
Amalek at the Chabad of Poway
byWhite nationalists stand diametrically opposed to the type of world Israel is meant to create.
Caesarea Once Again
byNetanyahu’s overeager message of gratitude to Trump communicates that it was not Israel’s 1981 annexation but rather a foreign leader’s recognition that actually makes the Golan part of our state.
Eliyahu
byI sat across from a carved wooden chair Blanketed with rich fuchsia and ornate golden leaves woven with grandeur and royalty I blinked and…
Notre Dame de Paris in Flames
byOne cannot deny the deep and complex emotional reactions of Jews to a flaming Notre Dame.