[This piece was originally published in Haaretz on July 23rd, 2015] AUGSBURG, Germany — I am indigenous here. I am indigenous-dispossessed here. I was born in West Jerusalem and raised mostly in Southwest Ohio, and […]
Tag: American Jewry
The Leftern Wall’s Top 14 from 2014
2014 was a heartrending year, filled with some devastatingly low lows and a few moments of decency shining between the cracks. There’s been substantial interest in the goings-on here in Israel-Palestine in general (especially in July-August, 2014), and […]
“A Jewish Perspective on Reparations” (Religion Dispatches)
[Published in Religion Dispatches on November 21st] ”Most of the homeless people in Berlin are Jewish. Some of them wear tattered black yarmulkes, their matted beards clinging to emaciated cheeks. Their eyes are sunken and […]
“Nonviolence, Dissidence and the Occupation.” A Public Talk at Kehilla Community Synagogue
As the final event in my Bay Area speaking tour this past month, I had the privilege of talking at the amazing Kehilla Community Synagogue in Oakland, CA. I wanted to share the video of […]
Remembering Leibel Fein z”l
I have been struggling to find words to address the sadness I’ve felt in the days since learning that Leibel Fein passed away. I have deleted and rewritten and deleted and rewritten. I guess I […]
4 Suggestions for an American Jew navigating Israel-Palestine discourse during the Gaza crisis and in general (Part 1 of 2)
”I come from an orthodox background, and the fact that I am no longer religious makes my opinions even more easily dismissable. Right now I’m just at ‘I refuse to take sides’ and ‘I don’t […]
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