I will always remember my grandmother sitting at the piano. She would be studying the sheet music, hands fluttering on the keyboard, her ears…
No Gender Revolution in Israel Yet
Israel almost had the makings of a gender revolution in politics recently. Things were looking up for women in the lead-up to the April…
Shame on you Scott Morrison!
Australia has a history with the Jews. The most famous quote from the failed 1938 Evian Conference, convened to rescue the Jews from Hitler,…
Where is the Outrage?
It was incomprehensible. Though I understood the words, I could not understand the announcement being made. The Hand in Hand school was on fire?…
Israel At 100: Where Will We Be?
Israel. From all corners of the world, Jews come, like birds guided only by some internal instinct. An instinct to see, to touch, to…
Unlocking the Past
My sister and I never expected to find Naomi’s diary. Indeed, for many years, we did not even know of its existence. A non-descript,…
Days in the Dates
5:30 AM, my alarm goes off. I rush to get dressed in my dirty, ripped trousers, fumble around for my work boots covered in…
What the Rabbi Didn’t Say on the High Holy Days
I found myself staying in California near a large Conservative synagogue where I attended High Holy Day services. Though it’s a place where it’s…
Matriculation
I learn you again, after long separation. Time, space — matrices that germinate knowing. My loss becomes gain after patient gestation. Home study – is it work, or vacation? Unwanted confinement, or respite from going? You reclaim me after long separation . Since your bar mitzvah I’ve been a way-station, A hot meal bolted, a quick
Protesting inequality in the Israeli army
On the 1st of December, 2016, Ofek Buchris, one of Israel’s most decorated military officers and former head of the Golani brigade, signed a…