I debated for a little while whether to turn my Facebook status from this morning, which I wrote in Hebrew, into a more filled out blobpost in English. Here’s why I hesitated: 1. It felt […]
Month: November 2014
“A Jewish Perspective on Reparations” (Religion Dispatches)
[Published in Religion Dispatches on November 21st] ”Most of the homeless people in Berlin are Jewish. Some of them wear tattered black yarmulkes, their matted beards clinging to emaciated cheeks. Their eyes are sunken and […]
If I were Prime Minister.
If I were Prime Minister of Israel, I would do my best to negotiate an end to the occupation. When it arose, I would embrace the opportunity, challenging as it might be, to try to […]
What Yehuda Amichai and Samih al-Qassim have to say about Tuesday
Guest writer: Sarah Stern Poetry has a way of saying things backwards so that feelings make sense. Facebook has a way of saying things frontwards so that feelings turn to nonsense. I decided to post […]
There is no such thing as a “Revenge Attack,” Updated.
This morning, two Palestinian men went on a rampage in a West Jerusalem synagogue in the neighborhood of Har Nof. Wielding an axe and a gun, they murdered four Jewish worshipers and injured many more. Immediately […]
Hundreds of Palestinians, Israelis protest collective punishment in East Jerusalem
[Originally published on +972 Magazine] In the midst of the heightened tension gripping much of Jerusalem over the past few weeks, over 800 people marched peacefully through the village of Issawiya Wednesday, calling for an […]
Meanwhile in the Ofer Military Court…
Everything outside of the Ofer Military Court was too-loudness. Too loud speakers, too loud crashing of metal doors, too loud buzzers to allow one through the spinning iron gates, too loud silence of the Palestinians […]
“Today you went into East Jerusalem?!?” (An aggressive interview with myself)
Are you crazy!?! According to the IDF I am… But seriously, you went into East Jerusalem today!?! In the midst of Armageddo- I mean- Intifad– I mean- you know what I mean? I did. I walked […]
5 Things the Jerusalem Municipality Should Not Do In Response to Today’s Attack
Reports are coming in right now that there was another violent attack against Israeli civilians in Jerusalem today, in which a driver intentionally ran over pedestrians near the Light Rail station in the neighborhood of […]
“Israelis demonstrate against collective punishment in East Jerusalem” (Interview)
Interview with by Sarah Levy, writing for MondoWeiss: ”About 80 Israelis rallied last Wednesday night outside of Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat’s house, chanting and banging drums in protest against the intensified attack on East Jerusalem […]
The Leftern Wall 