In summer 2010, after much hesitation, I went with Breaking the Silence to Hebron. In retrospect, that trip was the final chapter in my personal process of transformation from a “liberal” to a “leftist” when […]
Author: Moriel Rothman-Zecher
American-Israeli writer, poet and novelist.
To Two of My Heroes, My Father and My Grandfather
I am so lucky to be able to say that everything I do- my activism, my writing, my search for justice- and everything I am has been deeply molded and influenced by two amazing men, my grandfather, […]
Photos of Power and Protest in Hebron: Women Walk on Shuhada Street
As reported on +972 Magazine, last week a number of Israeli and international women took part in a symbolic action intended to highlight the Israeli policy of segregation on H2’s infamous Shuhada street. Shuhada street has been […]
Lessons from Geneva
have one small rabbit-dog have many attention use the interwebs at young ages make protests at older ages
Operation Cast Lead. Death to Arabs.
Operation Cast Lead was the event that shattered many of my Perception-Illusions, and cha[lle]nged many of my core beliefs re: the conflict & Israel. I saw a graffiti- faded, old, maybe two and a half years?- on the bus last week […]
Jerusalem Poems That Already Are
Jerusalem Poems that Already Are: A political poem! that snarkily observes the rather un-Ironic Irony of an Oppressed People Oppressing People. A devotional poem! that undulates and ululates how Holy thy Stones and Widows […]
Video: A Brief Portrait of Daily Segregation in Hebron
Hebron. Every time, I am not prepared for it. As my friend Avner from Breaking the Silence once said to me, Hebron is like a constant absurdist play. Everyone plays their roles, every time. Here’s […]
Why You Shouldn’t Take This Blog Too Seriously
Because this picture was not staged.
10 Things I Really Like About Living in Israel (Note: This is Not a Sarcastic Title)
The other day, not long after I published a piece on a Palestinian child being arrested and abused*(see more on this at the bottom of this piece), I received an email from a friend: “you know […]
Everything I did for 21 days: A Statistical Analysis of My Life.
SLEEP: Average 6.4 hours a night. Just w/Friends*: Average 4.3 hours a day. Email/Facebook**: Average 2.13 hours a day. Transport***: Average 2 hours a day. Lecture or Meeting: Average 1.9 hours a day. Activist Action****: Average 1.7 hours a day. Writing*****: Average […]
The Leftern Wall 