Lintels* This is the bread of affliction Raw: It catches in our throats and Alarm rings like a test but it is not a test Like a fork, a gold-wired ambulance Stopped at the border […]
Author: Moriel Rothman-Zecher
American-Israeli writer, poet and novelist.
A Definition of Oppression as Witnessed on a Sherut
On the “sherut,” the clunky, odd yellow transits that shuttle back and forth between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv (and elsewhere). It’s a trip it make often- I may have moved to Spring Hill, but I […]
Justice, Justice. Slide Show, Slide Show. Now, Now. Polite, Polite.
In the court with the jesters there are gestures for the guards subdue the angry man they say they say why is he so angry All tongues cluck We are discussing archeology Pretty slides Campy, […]
BREAKING NEWS: Hillel International Revises Campus Guidelines*
The student-led initiative Open Hillel was launched to question Hillel International’s “Israel Guidelines,” and has taken root on campuses like Swarthmore, Vassar and, most recently, Wesleyan, and is making additional waves on campuses around the country like Berkeley and […]
Oy Vey: The Days When The Right Wing and The Leftern Wall Align
So. I subscribe to a mailing list called World Jewish Daily Morning Update. Mostly for the right-wing Op Eds and the charming framing the WJD gives to current events, such as: Today, though, it was […]
“He Tried to Terrorize the Wall.” The Army Kills Another Kid.
This morning the headlines came in slow like a corkscrew twisting into my chest, each word another rotation, sinking in, and in, and then: Pop. Open. My God what is the name for this sickness: […]
An Inter-Action
8something AM. Rain. On a sherut. The guy behind me, to his girlfriend: “Everyone in Tel Aviv are faggots. They’re all cocksuckers.” I am caught off guard, it’s early. There’s rain. It takes me until […]
How can you tell that the Refuseniks are scaring the system?
[A version of this piece was published in +972 Magazine] This week, a group of 50+ Israeli high schools students and youth penned a letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu declaring their refusal to enlist in […]
“Jerusalem” on IndieFeed Performance Poetry Channel
A benefit of blobbing is that one can express here non-nonchalance, ie., chalance. — Chalance: I am so excited to announce that my poem, Jerusalem, was published today on theIndieFeed: Performance Poetry podcast and website! IndieFeed […]
Jerusalem of Softest Sidewalks: Moriel Rothman’s Solo Spoken Word Show
On Wednesday, February 26th, I had the honor and privilege of doing a one-hour solo spoken word performance at the Willy Brandt Center in Jerusalem. It was an incredible experience for me: although I’d performed […]
The Leftern Wall 