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  • We Need to Talk About the Occupation

    The annual Jewish Federation of North America General Assembly (the GA) is taking place right now in Tel Aviv. It’s theme – “We Need To Talk” – addresses the Israel-Diaspora relationship, promoting conversation between Diaspora and Israeli Jews over growing… Continue reading

    We Need to Talk About the Occupation
  • For Whom Will the Bulldozers Roll?

    By Louis Frankenthaler For Whom Will the Bulldozers Roll? For Whom? For You ‘Good People’ of Kfar Adumin The Bulldozers will Roll Over Your Neighbor Khan al-Ahmar! For Whom Will The Bulldozers Roll Over Khan al-Ahmar? For Whom? For You Good… Continue reading

    For Whom Will the Bulldozers Roll?
  • Mare Internum

    By Taylor Miller   I boarded the plane livid 547 to Newark is cancelled. They’ll rebook you in Midway. Next flight out is in two days. TWO days. I could have stayed in Tucson. No carry-on bags, right? The frustration,… Continue reading

    Mare Internum
  • A Freedom Seder in Hebron

    #FreedomSederHebron Fifty years after the first settlers began the process of dispossession of Palestinian land and homes under occupation in Hebron, members of All That’s Left: Anti-Occupation Collective stand together with the Hebron-based Palestinian group Youth Against Settlements and people… Continue reading

    A Freedom Seder in Hebron
  • Between the silence and the shouting

    by Ariana Solodar-Wincele Last week, I took a tour of Hebron with Breaking the Silence (שוברים שתיקה). Breaking the Silence (BtS) is an organization made up of veteran Israeli soldiers who served in the West Bank and Gaza and who… Continue reading

    Between the silence and the shouting
  • The Politics of Belonging in Israel

    By Jocelyn Goldberg I spent a lot of time last year talking with a close friend about what it means to feel at home. Even for those who grow up in one place, a sense of belonging in not guaranteed.… Continue reading

    The Politics of Belonging in Israel