I’m writing this at about the same hour I woke up three years ago. That Saturday morning the walls of my apartment in Jerusalem started shaking from booms, and at 8:15 the sirens went off. It...
Tag - Simchat Torah
While We Were Off, Part 2: Dancing at the Nova Site
Simchat Torah 2023 is the day the music stopped at Nova. Hamas murdered 378 people at the rave in the Re’im Forest and dragged 44 more into Gaza. Three years later, this past Saturday, dozens...
Thank God for Rude Israelis: Everything We Know About flydubai Flight FZ1073
Let’s be honest about something. Israelis are terrible on airplanes. I say this with love, as someone who has flown in and out of Ben Gurion more times than I can count. The plane hasn’t...
Occupy Genesis: Rewinding the Torah, Repairing the World
(Cross-posted on Huffpost.com) The story of creation begins again this week in synagogues around the world. The Jewish people make a global reset and roll-back our Torah scrolls. Fresh and new, our...