Promoting Tolerance Under Fire
I admit doing a double take when learning of the anti-racism training our Justice Ministry has been conducting with Israeli soccer teams. Who has time for this now? Besides the challenges of war,...
View ArticleWhen the Torah weeps
In these days of blood, fire, and pillars of smoke, as our brothers fall sanctifying God’s name, I stand with my soul torn. Not from doubt — but from pain. Pain over our Torah world that has turned so...
View ArticleIsrael, my second home
This Is the Memoir of a Chinese Worker Who Worked in Israel 20 Years Ago From Wuhan to Israel: The Beginning of My Journey I am Chinese. I’m from Wuhan, Hubei. I worked in Israel for five years, from...
View ArticlePark Roni – A Manifestation of Hope and Ambivalence
I work really hard. Long, tireless hours, especially since October 7th, 2023. As a psychologist who works primarily with children and their parents, you can imagine that my docket is full. But even a...
View ArticleAliyah: 25 Years Later
Posing a question which entailed a “this or that” choice, a wise Torah teacher of mine would regularly highlight and gently mock his adult students’ need for simple constructs to complex issues. Again...
View ArticleYou want unity? Okay. Whose?
People are telling those of us desperate for a way out of an ever-worsening imbroglio to suffer in silence. Well, tough luck. (But we can still be friends)
View ArticleThe Little Things
Out of the corner of my eye I see a sticker of Eden Yerushalmi by the entrance to the coffee shop. My head says: ‘They executed her. Why is she still here?’ I order a flat white with oat milk. You have...
View ArticleLiving With Israel’s Trauma: A Zionist Immigrant’s Journey of Love
I was raised on Zionism, or maybe it’s more accurate to say I drank the Zionist Kool-Aid—the big gulp doses served up by Bnei Akiva and other Zionist youth groups, especially during those lonely high...
View ArticleTrue “Achdut” (Unity) is a Marathon, Not a Sprint
The term “it’s a marathon, not a sprint” is a metaphor suggesting that more often than not, we need to focus on the long term and not always short-term results. It is often used when beginning a...
View ArticleThe Atom of Google
They want the atom. The world is already in their pocket—mapped, categorized, our faces, voices, and late-night searches exposing every frailty. But it’s not enough. Now Google, in its boundless...
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