Back in mid-2014, I ran into Mutasim Ali on the train. We didn’t know each other well, then, but well enough to say hello and sit down next to each other. I was heading to […]
Tag: Israel
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 […]
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 […]
Survive and be decent [A story from Jerusalem]
JERUSALEM — Early this evening, I walked back from the Central Bus Station, in the direction of Nahlaot, my old neighborhood in central West Jerusalem, to visit family. I’d just finished a really good and […]
It was incredibly good to spend today in the West Bank
I spent today in the West Bank. I did so noting the really reasonable hesitations of my parents (I’d hesitate, too, were I my parents. There is, as you’ve all probably heard, a lot of tension and fear and […]
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 […]
The Leftern Wall 