We are driving through the West Bank. It is Friday. The sun is glancing off of heavygreen hills. We arrive at a juncture, plastered with one of the ubiquitous red signs in Hebrew: Israeli! Do […]
Author: Moriel Rothman-Zecher
American-Israeli writer, poet and novelist.
Questions for Holocaust Memorial Day
Last year, I wrote a piece called “Detangling the Holocaust from Israeli-Palestinian Politics.” In it, I wrote about my initial reaction to the quick approaching Holocaust Memorial Day: a grim self-bracing for the deluge of […]
Five Actually Really Positive Points in Obama’s Speech (!)
(Palestine. Foreign Army. Anti-Violence. Pro-Nonviolence. Occupation and Expulsion). So. Huh. President Barack Obama just finished his speech here in Jerusalem, a few blocks away from where I am sitting. I want to get some thoughts […]
A Limerick for Obama on the Occasion of his Visit to Jerusalem
Hey there Barack Aren’t you in luck A Holy Land Vacation! As you run a amok Please don’t be that schmuck Who ignores the Occupation. PS. I have no idea what a limerick […]
Cracks in the wall: A glimmer of hope for Israel-Palestine
[This piece was originally published on +972 Magazine] I’ve been in the U.S. for almost two weeks now, and I’ve begun to see cracks in the “Despair-Wall” that I wasn’t seeing – or wasn’t able to […]
Four Haikus for Haiku Series Part Four
I. Things are really bad In the West Bank: People killed And we barely blink. II. I dislike Labor But Mairav’s speech is beyond just Decent: It’s crucial. III. Serious question: Better to be racist, […]
TLW Haiku Series: Omar Saad
One Omar Saad A young Druze man, will refuse. Strength, Omar, strength.
The Leftern Wall Haiku Series, Part II
I. Rabbi Froman: May His memory be a blessing. All should learn from him.
Introducing: The Leftern Wall’s Anti-Occupation Pro-Love Justice-Seeking Haiku Series
Yo team. My writing has slowed down to a trickle lately. I guess you could call it a Block of sorts. There’s a big question in writing, as in all art, as to how much […]
Good News from Sheikh Jarrah!
The Shamasneh family in Sheikh Jarrah expected to be evicted from their home tomorrow, March 1st. Today, we discovered that the Jerusalem District court has ordered the eviction process to be frozen until further discussion […]
The Leftern Wall 