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Daddy Is Listening to Queen Again

As I write this, I’m listening to Queen. “Too Much[…]

Would the Last Jew Please Turn Out the Light?

To every Jew who says: “I’m a Jew. Not in[…]

The Deal

“The deal. The best deal. There has never been a[…]

The Lies, The Labels and the Facts

Lies & Facts

We’ve been called all of these things and more. Some[…]

Israel: A Million Threads of Light

There are places in the world that are beautiful because[…]

Revolutionary Rhymes by Useful Idiots

There is something almost heart-warming about the modern anti-Israel chant.[…]

The Friday Night Reset

There is a moment every Friday evening when the week[…]

Choose Life. Add Cake If Necessary

Some days arrive wearing grey. Not dramatic storm-cloud grey. Not[…]

I Am Guilty. I Forgot.

Teaching our Children

I’m guilty. I admit it. I did it. Actually, that’s[…]

The War We Forgot to Fight

Behind the Curtain

A few months ago, before Israel and Iran were openly[…]

Antisemitism Is a Shape-Shifter

Antisemitism is clever. Not intelligent. Not wise. Not moral. Definitely[…]

The Land Keeps the Receipts

There are places in the world where you dig a[…]

We Don’t Need Taller Walls. We Need to Put Out the Fire.

There comes a point when “security” stops feeling like protection[…]

“You Don’t Look Jewish!”

There are some sentences that tell you far more about[…]

Noah, the Ark and a World That’s Lost Its Bloody Mind

I’ve been re-reading my Noah story from Legends of the[…]

Israel at 78: tiny dot, giant pulse

Seventy-eight years old. Not bad for a country that began[…]

The Map Never Sat Still

A world built on partitions, amputations, renamings and refugees somehow[…]

Friends, Distance and the Things They’ll Never Feel

conversation with friends

There’s a particular kind of loneliness that only arrives in[…]