All That's Left

Leigh’s Writing

  • Reality Undefined in Palestine

    I wonder if existential questions too hard to face, of the seemingly recurrent and inevitable human ability of heart-wrenching violence, suggest that perhaps there is something beyond what we can feel or see. Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA… Continue reading

  • Confessions of a Former Zionist: A Land Without A People

    By Leigh HoffmanIn the narrow streets of the Balata Refugee Camp, the noise of children playing and peddlers selling shoelaces and candy bags floats through the air. It is in Balata and in Haifa that I begin to explore Zionism, the… Continue reading

  • Jewish and Anti-Occupation

    By Leigh HoffmanJewish.Anti-occupation.These words together are no longer an anomaly; their co-existence is becoming more than just whispers in Jewish consciousness. The convergence of the identity of “Jewish” and the politics of “anti-occupation” is still met with disdain, exclusion, and… Continue reading

  • Conversations in Jerusalem

    By Leigh Hoffman “What do you think about the Arabs?” the old man sitting on the park bench next to me whispers, folding his body inward as he leans towards my ear, covering the empty space between us with his… Continue reading