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 […]
Tag: Jinba
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 […]
The Leftern Wall 