Posts in Israel

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[…]

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[…]

“You Don’t Look Jewish!”

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

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[…]

Nothing to See Here. Everything is Normal

I’m writing this while my body is crashing. A T1D[…]

Pesach: The Original Escape Story

There are holidays – then there’s Pesach. Pesach isn’t a[…]

The Nachbah. The truth they do not tell

The world has learned one word. Nakba. It is spoken[…]

They came for us. Again. And again. And again.

Am Yisrael Strong

Not once. Not in one place. Not in one lifetime.[…]

Finding My Way Back to the Light

There’s a particular kind of silence that comes with being[…]

When “Critical Thinking” Forgets to Think Critically

My daughter is in a really good secondary school. The[…]

The Strangest Feeling, The Strongest Pull

Israel - the reality

There’s a feeling I’ve never quite been able to explain.[…]

Remember Who We Are: The Strength of a United Am Yisrael

Spend enough time around Jews and you’ll quickly notice something[…]

The Unexpected Return

A secular Jew, a rediscovered identity and the enduring meaning[…]

If Israel Is Such a Deadly War Machine… Then Why Show Such Restraint?

IDF power & restraint

Some phrases appear constantly whenever Israel is discussed. “Israel is[…]