One of the best people I’ve met in a very, very long time, a social activist and community organizer from the Shuafat Refugee Camp, Baha Nababta, was murdered three days ago by an unknown assailant, while fixing […]
Author: Moriel Rothman-Zecher
American-Israeli writer, poet and novelist.
21 Tweets on antisemitism, anti-Zionism, current UK discourse & more.
I’ve been asked to put some of my tweets on antisemitism, anti-Zionism, and current UK discourse around the issues together into a blogpost or article. I don’t think I have the time or spiritual/mental capacity to […]
6 Myths of the Left (by Idan Landau)
As some of you might have noticed, I haven’t been blogging much lately. This sort of blog-lag has happened a few times before, since I started this blog in 2012, and this time, it is […]
Oppression Does Not Ennoble
We were slaves in the land of Egypt. We killed all of their first born sons, the moment we had the chance. Today we are free to choose our own path, one not dictated by whips and […]
Reflections on bigotry, history and decency from Salonica, ke fue “La Madre de Israel”
Ten minutes after Kayla and I arrived at the AirBnb, I felt like I’d been punched in the gut. The owner of the house was a very sweet woman; she even brought us Greek pastries and oranges […]
50 Years of Occupation Book Project
Issa Amro & authors at an old entrance to Shuhada Street, Hebron. Credit: Oren Ziv/ActiveStills Since November 2014, I’ve been working with authors Ayelet Waldman and Michael Chabon and activists from Breaking the Silence on coordinating a book project […]
On Home
I have actively loved my home since April 1st, 1998. I am sure that before that, as a kid in Jerusalem and Haverford, I must have loved my home in an abstract, whelpy sort of […]
My latest in Haaretz, on Jinba and Evil
This piece was published in Haaretz on February 9th. *** Jinba, South Hebron Hills — “They came on Tuesday, and destroyed it. The Jews,” said the boy, Hamudi, holding a jagged block of concrete in […]
When the Cossacks Destroyed Plotsk to Create a Firing Zone
In the early winter of 1916, the Cossacks destroyed much of the Jewish shtetl of Plotsk. Plotsk had been home to around 80 people, pious poor peasants, many children, sweet, sad-eyed kids with dusty faces […]
Four Year Blobversary (reflections on it all)
Four years, huh? (Blobversary’s One, Two and Three, including explanations of what a Blobversary is). Kayla and I just landed last night, back in Jerusalem, after two and a half weeks in the Bay Area, mostly […]
The Leftern Wall 