New Story
Bad Karma
‘Fifteen shekels a month can guarantee your daughter one hundred thousand in the event of your death. Do you know what a difference one hundred thousand can make to a young orphan? It’s exactly the difference between life as a lawyer and as a receptionist in a dentist’s office.’
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Through the Looking Glass
A few weeks ago I stood by the tomb of Abraham in Hebron hearing the recitation of the amidah, the rhythm of those familiar words of prayer suddenly accompanied by those of a Jewish poet that came to my mind in that... [Read more]
Bil’in, My Village
It was mid December 2004 when the bulldozers first showed up in my village Bil’in. Without my knowing it, this was the opening salvo for what would become one of the longest and most influential grassroots campaigns... [Read more]
Literature
Why, Let the Stricken Deer Go Weep
By Elena Shvarts Translated by Sasha Dugdale Queen: If it be, why seems it...
On the Track of Family History
There are some documents that, as a conscientious writer, I am glad to have read...
Opinion
Towards Democracy
As a British-born Israeli who works to overcome internal divisions within Israeli...
Delegitimising the Delegitimisers
I first recall hearing the term ‘delegitimisation’ applied to Israel six or seven...
