Yesterday, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, I saw a video showing a pregnant descendant of Holocaust survivors get dragged out of Ireland’s Holocaust Memorial Day state ceremony after protesting the president for trafficking in Holocaust inversion by using his speech to draw parallels between the Holocaust and Gaza. In another clip marking the day, I watched as the...
During the initial weeks and months after the war began, I had trouble collecting my thoughts. My feelings and emotions were too raw and overwhelming to put into words, and I often felt like I was simply unable to adequately convey the depth of what felt like a runaway train endlessly careening around inside my head. Our lives have changed forever. There is before October 7th...
In a comment thread that I engaged in recently, someone asked me what I think about the potential hostage deal. Here’s my response to that question, with a few edits: The conditions make me sick to my stomach, but I also believe there’s no other way to do this. I’m seeing posts from friends talking about cautious optimism, plus so many people have been in the...
Back in May of last year, I joined a Facebook group for women over 50 who enjoy traveling solo. Fantasizing about travel has always been an escape of mine, and I was inspired by so many of the posts. I even connected with an amazing Jewish woman from the town where I grew up who also lives in Israel, after we noticed one another in a post about Israel and I discovered that we...
Those of you who have spent the past 15 months demanding that Israel cease firing without criticizing Hamas or demanding that they release the hostages and surrender/stop firing at Israel – well done! In addition to contributing to unprecedented levels of Jew hatred around the world, you’re also helping to keep the war going and making the situation worse for...
If you ever wonder… Why Israelis aren’t “moving past” the atrocities of October 7th… Why it is still at the forefront of our minds… Why we are just as broken-hearted today as we were then… Why we are still so full of rage… Why I am perpetually feeling all of these emotions at the same time, to the extreme… It’s...
Just to give you an idea about what it’s like to be Jewish, Sesame Street posted several Christmas posts and the responses have overwhelmingly been heartwarming and sweet. They also posted this Chanukah post, and while there are many lovely responses from Jews and non-Jews alike, there are so many comments that are vile and hateful, and the post has more comments than...
This report by the Henry Jackson Society doesn’t come as a surprise to me. Perhaps the lengths to which Hamas went in order to obfuscate the truth are even more comprehensive than I’d imagined, but the bottom line is that the research conducted here serves to confirm what so many of us have known and been saying all along – the Hamas terror organization has been actively and...
In Israel, it is difficult—even close to impossible—to escape the realities of the war, and this is true no matter where you go. You simply cannot get away, and of course, the hostages are never far from your thoughts. There are reminders everywhere you turn – in workplaces and stores, in places of entertainment, in hospitals, at the airport… Everywhere. As you...
I’m glad that Hezbollah waited until I was out of the shower this morning, but obviously would have preferred if they had waited a few more minutes for me to finish drying off and get dressed! Needless to say, I’m definitely grateful that we have our own shelter, and that I didn’t have to run to a communal shelter and make small talk with neighbors while wrapped in a towel…...