Today, 2 years ago, Israeli civilians were attacked, kidnapped, and murdered. Children were traumatized, families torn apart. Two years later, Gazan civilians are attacked, starved, and murdered. Children are traumatized, families torn apart. Only now, the scale is unfathomable. Entire bloodlines wiped off the map. Babies withering away. Genocide. I reflected on all of this…
76 years. Today marks 76 years since the displacement, depopulation, and despair of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians, otherwise known as the Nakba, meaning “the catastrophe.” 76 years later and effectively nowhere, and no one, in Gaza is safe. Airstrikes are intensifying, thousands are yet again fleeing, and aid delivery is disrupted. Aid workers in Rafah…
The story of Hanukkah is one of the Jewish people fighting against a tyrannical ruler for the freedom to practice their religion. The Jews then rededicated their holy temple and witnessed a small amount of oil – meant to light the temple’s menorah for just one night – miraculously last eight nights. On this holiday,…
