“Guns and Onions” — a must-watch short film by Aaron Rotenberg, released on the occasion of Ahed Tamimi’s 17th birthday. Aaron is a super talented filmmaker, a deeply decent soul, and a dear friend with […]
Category: Guest Posts
As simple as water (by Udi Raz)
Guest post by Udi Raz* | Photos by Oren Ziv / ActiveStills These are hot, hot August days. I try not to be outside unless I have to, and keep refilling the water bottles in the […]
Karen Isaac’s Post on Cinema Hebron
[Guest author: Karen Isaacs. Photo by A. Daniel Roth]. This post was originally published on Karen’s facebook, here. #cinemahebron Yesterday I was detained for seven hours for refusing to comply with an order to disperse […]
Black Lives Matter
Originally posted on A Roots Search:
Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Laquan McDonald, Tamir Rice, Amadou Diallo, Eric Gardner, Trayvon Martin, Sandra Bland, Freddie Gray, Jamar Clark, John Crawford III, Walter Scott…and the count stretches back…
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 […]
The Same Sea (by Yuval Orr)
Guest writer: Yuval Orr* We gathered on the steps of Tel Aviv’s Cinematheque. As we waited for the bus to pull up, Diaa, one of the night’s stars, handed out popsicles to the twenty or […]
One Palestinian from Ramallah explains why he would vote for the Joint List — If he could vote.
Guest post: Mohammad J. Herzallah* I never had the chance to vote, ever, like in any elections, but today I am casting an abstract vote, if you will (as a Palestinian in the Westbank, I […]
What Yehuda Amichai and Samih al-Qassim have to say about Tuesday
Guest writer: Sarah Stern Poetry has a way of saying things backwards so that feelings make sense. Facebook has a way of saying things frontwards so that feelings turn to nonsense. I decided to post […]
“Following the attack on Gaza, it is as if I feel completely Palestinian.”
Guest writer: Sawsan Nashashibi I heard my phone ring, but I hesitated before answering. I thought twice before answering my phone on the train because it was packed with soldiers, and with Jews in general. […]
A Conversation That’s Been Had (a story from a bus in Jerusalem)
[Preface: This is the final installment of The Leftern Wall July Story Journal (I know, it’s no longer July). It is a bit longer than usual, but worth reading every word. Thank you all for […]
The Leftern Wall 