Did you know that…… Jews are scared right now, more scared than they’ve ever been? That they’re afraid to display outward signs of their Jewishness? …Jewish college and university students don’t feel safe or welcome on their campuses, and many of them are being shunned, harassed, or threatened? That some have even been assaulted? Did you...
I shared this post about Kanye West last year. If you click the link, you’ll see thousands of comments that are: Showing him support Claiming he’s right Attacking people for calling him out or for condemning his hatredAntisemiticAttacking Jewish commenters We barely had time to catch our breath before Jew hatred became so much worse than it was then. I read an...
According to my Facebook Memories, one year ago today, I shared two posts about a rise in antisemitism – one having to do with Dave Chapelle’s SNL monolog and the other having to do with Swastikas spraypainted on a fence in Bethesda, MD. Two years ago today, I got sucked into an argument with a Dutch antivaxxer who believed that not being allowed to enter the Anne...
Somehow, our utterly delusional, useless, narcissistic prime minister still believes that he’s the only one who can provide security for Israel, despite the glaringly obvious evidence to the contrary (and despite the fact that even prior to this war, he’s never brought us security in the past). He has yet to take any responsibility for what happened on October 7th...
On the days when I work in the office, I stop at one of our local branches of Aroma to pick up a salad for lunch. Most of the people who work there are hip young Arabs who are unfailingly kind and friendly, and far cooler than I’ve ever been or could ever hope to be. Prior to the war, I would drive into work twice a week, and over time, our connection grew warmer and...
During my 32 years in Israel, my politics have shifted left, and, while I certainly have Israeli friends whose political leanings are considerably further to the left than mine are, I’m more to the left than quite a few of my friends here. I’ve never been afraid to call out and criticize the Israeli government, its policies, or military policy vis a vis the Palestinians. I’ve...
When your son comes home during a war…And you cannot control your joyOr the number of times you stand on tiptoeTo wrap your arms around his man-sized bodyAnd he lets you. When your son comes home during a war…For less than a dayAnd you gaze at him when you think he doesn’t noticeUntil he asks you to stopBecause apparently, “it’s creepy”. When your son comes home during a...
We are currently facing a watershed moment with regard to antisemitism. You don’t have to be in favor of what Israel is doing right now – you can be staunchly against it. You can be against the Occupation. Hell, you can even be against Israel’s very existence in any form (though I hope you’re not)! But if you aren’t taking a stand against the...
הלב מתכווץ והתקווה נעלמת ואין לי לאן לברוח כאב נרדף אחרי כאב ולנפש שלי אין מנוח אזעקות שוברות לנו את השקט וזקנים רצים לתפוס מחסה מרקטות הנופלות לנו בין הבתים ולעולם לא ממש משנה למרות הדמעות שלא מפסיקות לזלוג ולמרות הלב שלא מפסיק להתנפץ לרסיסים ביחד ננסה להתגבר על כאב שלא מפסיק לכאוב וביחד, בסוף, אנו ננצח ביחד נתחבק, נבכה ונתנחם נתאהב מול אור הירח נקים משפחה, נעשה אהבה וביחד...
It’s 5:59am as I begin to write this. I’ve been awake for an hour and twenty minutes, after sleeping for less than five hours. These are the hours when my thoughts and feelings are the rawest, and I am unable to filter. I’ve been having so many of both, of course – thoughts and feelings. They’re all over the place, running amok and leaving me depleted and exhausted, but also...