Shabbat Zachor is the Sabbath of remembrance. It is a reminder of the deeds of Esther and the story of the festival of Purim.…

I will always remember my grandmother sitting at the piano. She would be studying the sheet music, hands fluttering on the keyboard, her ears…

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…

Her eyes light up with joy as I begin to sing, arum dem fayer (around the campfire). She squeals with delight as I begin…

Readers often ask what compelled me to write a novel about the Holocaust. After all, I am not the child of survivors. In fact,…

My youngest daughter Zoe became a soldier in the Israeli army today. From the dizzying number of options available for her service, she chose…

In the winter Christmas was a celebration Celebrated somewhere else. Ellery ran wild with the dogs and Miriam Was counting candles lit on the…

Australia has a history with the Jews.  The most famous quote from the failed 1938 Evian Conference, convened to rescue the Jews from Hitler,…

It was incomprehensible. Though I understood the words, I could not understand the announcement being made. The Hand in Hand school was on fire?…

Last Friday I was stopped at Sydney airport and denied my democratic rights. I was almost in tears at the counter when the airline…