on this suffering October 15, 2023 This is not a statement, or an analysis. This is a keening, a screaming, a giving way. If you find, sweet friend, that you’re in a rush as you […]
Author: Moriel Rothman-Zecher
American-Israeli writer, poet and novelist.
Sunrise in Susiya (a poem)
reposting this piece from 7 years ago, today alongside an emergency social media call from residents of Susiya to take action: https://www.instagram.com/p/CzAHF0gLtY4/?img_index=1 Sunrise in Susiya (a poem) I woke in the middle of the night laughing […]
Down the Moral Ladder: Five Stages in the Collapse of Israeli Hasbara, by Idan Landau
Translated by Moriel Rothman-Zecher. Original post here. * As I write these words, the details of the horror in the al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City (during the night of the 15th-16th of May) are becoming […]
“Goddamn”
In the spirit of sharing new work related to Israel-Palestine via this older platform, here is a new poem, entitled “Goddamn,” published today in The Common Magazine. Particular gratitude to the brilliant Abraham Katz, who […]
Book Review: The Scholar and the Activist – David Shulman between south hebron and south india
While this blog is technically retired –insofar as I haven’t written new content here for a few years now, and don’t plan for this to be the forum for new writing– I did think (or, […]
Threats of Eviction (Silwan), Demolition (Susiya), and Deportation (African Asylum Seekers); Campaigns to Fight Back
A quick post about three crucial campaigns ongoing right now in Israel-Palestine. The Planned Eviction of the Sumarin Family by the JNF In the fall of 2011, as the JNF/KKL was preparing to evict the […]
“Guns and Onions” – for Ahed Tamimi (A short film by Aaron Rotenberg)
“Guns and Onions” — a must-watch short film by Aaron Rotenberg, released on the occasion of Ahed Tamimi’s 17th birthday. Aaron is a super talented filmmaker, a deeply decent soul, and a dear friend with […]
Sadness Is a White Bird – Book Tour (Feb-March 2018)
Upcoming events in Chicago, Cleveland, New York City, Pittsburgh, Ann Arbor and Columbus (Note that the Columbus event has changed from the originally posted date of March 15th, and will now be held on Wednesday, […]
Writing Fiction in the Shadow of Jerusalem (The Paris Review)
An essay on writing fiction in Jerusalem, on friendship in Jerusalem, on leaving Jerusalem, published today in the Paris Review’s The Daily blog: https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/01/18/writing-fiction-shadow-jerusalem/
On Watching Jerusalem Writhing From Afar
Here goes, then. As many of you know, this past October, my partner Kayla and I left Jerusalem –after spending the past 15 and six years there, respectively — and moved to Yellow Springs, Ohio […]
The Leftern Wall 