Last Thursday, I wrote a post entitled “Symmetry,” and I began it as follows: ”Can you imagine– scores of armed men, who do whatever their leaders tell them to do, could kidnap or kill whoever […]
Month: August 2014
8 Snapshots from the Antiwar Demo Tonight in Tel Aviv
I arrive at the Bima Square for what I pray will be the last Tel Aviv demonstration against the ongoing “Operation Protective Edge.” I am told by a smug looking police officer that “there […]
30 Stories from this desperate July. A recap of the July Story Journal.
On June 30th, 2014, I publicly committed to telling or posting one story every day for the month of July (July Story Journal- Introduction). Things were tense then, but I did not and could not […]
A Conversation That’s Been Had (a story from a bus in Jerusalem)
[Preface: This is the final installment of The Leftern Wall July Story Journal (I know, it’s no longer July). It is a bit longer than usual, but worth reading every word. Thank you all for […]
The Orange Tree: An Israeli reserve soldier speaks about loss
Guest writer: Elazar Weiss On the 22nd day of your 8th Order* you get 24 hours off. All you want to do is run away, to some small island of sanity. Just for a few […]
The Leftern Wall 