1. In this new year, may justice rain down like fish. Could also be a metaphor for activism… 2. In this new year, may we find reason to laugh a little more. Palestinian farmers and […]
Author: Moriel Rothman-Zecher
American-Israeli writer, poet and novelist.
4 More Suggestions for an American Jew Navigating Israel-Palestine During the Gaza Crisis and in General (Part 2 of 2)
Last month, I wrote a piece called “4 Suggestions for an American Jew Navigating Israel-Palestine During the Gaza Crisis and in General (Part 1 of 2).” I was responding to a series of questions emailed […]
Four Boys, 43 Ex-Soldiers, 5% Opposed to the War: Three Thoughts on Numbers, Sadness & Hope
1. Sadness: Four Boys on the Beach. I have been away from Israel-Palestine for just over three weeks. Something that has begun to sink in over this time was just how incredibly sad this summer was. I think, […]
Moriel Rothman-Zecher’s Speaking & Performance Schedule in the Bay Area, September-October
Hello, Bay Area. (Hello, Mori). I’ll be speaking and performing intermittently over the next month in the Bay Area area, and I will update here with new information (and new events). In the meantime, if […]
Painted Trees for Palestine in Oakland
This morning, I woke up and decided to start writing again. After a summer filled with words, with chaos, with death that simultaneously felt nearby and galaxies away, I left Israel-Palestine for familiar-unfamiliar shores: after stopping in […]
Off in Ohio
I am “off” for some days. That is to say: Last night, I woke up from dreams of explosions, and throughout the last days, my thoughts have flicked constantly, in the screen behind my eyes, to […]
Remembering Leibel Fein z”l
I have been struggling to find words to address the sadness I’ve felt in the days since learning that Leibel Fein passed away. I have deleted and rewritten and deleted and rewritten. I guess I […]
15,000 Protest for Peace in Tel Aviv: Results surprising, I think good
15,000 people protesting against the occupation and for peace in Tel Aviv. That is a lot of people. Not compared to other eras in Israeli history: some estimate that 400,000 gathered in Tel Aviv to protest the […]
4 Suggestions for an American Jew navigating Israel-Palestine discourse during the Gaza crisis and in general (Part 1 of 2)
”I come from an orthodox background, and the fact that I am no longer religious makes my opinions even more easily dismissable. Right now I’m just at ‘I refuse to take sides’ and ‘I don’t […]
“I believe very strongly that discourse shapes reality.” [Excerpt from an interview I gave to Al Jazeera]
[Excerpt of an interview given to Mya Guarnieri, writing for Al Jazeera English, called “Israel cracks down on anti-war protesters. Full article here]. Israeli police provide a security presence when Jewish-Israeli leftists protest against the […]
The Leftern Wall 