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…
Tonight marks the first night of Passover – a celebration of the Biblical exodus of the Jewish people out of slavery and into the Promised Land. Passover happens to be my favorite Jewish holiday, as I have always found strong connections between the exodus of the ancient Israelites and the forced flight of so many…
