Political Violence (part 1) It took place in an off-the-beaten path classroom, not a modern lecture hall. We were maybe 30 students, and the few times we had met before – maybe it was two? Three? – we had already covered some ‘basics’: what peacebuilding is, Rwanda, a bit of Bosnia. When I registered for... Continue Reading →
Everything feels stuck. Every post on my feeds is "hoping for the best, but..." "I didn't know what to do, so I just..." "well, nothing's going to make a difference, so..." I sense the stuckness in the street, I sense the stuckness at work, I am pounded over the head with the stuckness over social... Continue Reading →
Deep down, didn't we all know the outcome? Why is anyone surprised that on a country-wide level, the collective of citizens of the modern state of Israel are becoming more torn apart, more magnetized by extremes, more confused, more upset? Why should it be any different than what so many other countries are going through?... Continue Reading →
It can be so hard to be Israeli. It's can be so hard to get shit all the time, from every direction. To never be able to 'choose' a side because the game is always changing and anyway, there is no side to choose; you're at the center of it by existing where and when... Continue Reading →
An expat is neither here nor there, not completely. An expat has their heart in two places. An expat has passports updated, ready. An expat's fomo is just another part of the gig. United States of America: I don't know if it's an apology I owe. It's an acknowledgment, at least. Over the last five years... Continue Reading →
The first time today I was able to really consider it all - how to verbalize the anger and frustration and loss - was after I passed a couple male colleagues in the hall, after a joke was cracked, and I lashed back that this was not the time to speak to me about elections.... Continue Reading →
Before I share this: I'm a classic American millennial unregistered independent. I'm also an expat. My dog in this fight is a different shade than an American resident's. That said, I did have opinions, I did have a worldly view, I did have a dog nonetheless. Federal elections are my SuperBowl. This one was a... Continue Reading →
Recently, I made a conscious decision to give up. It was a few weeks into my return from maternity leave, talking with younger mothers at work who were looking to me for answers. I didn't really have many. I gave some tips, some words of advice. I thought, maybe I could just be the Mother... Continue Reading →
This, an hour after listening to the recent This American Life podcast on the way home from work; the one titled, #570: The Night in Question, the one about the Rabin assassination and associated conspiracy theories. "Listen, I want to talk to you about some stuff. Do your friends talk about Arabs in school?" "[My... Continue Reading →
In a total understatement, there's been a lot going on in Israel lately. People say it's the start of the third intifada (again), while other people call for the third intifada. Stabbings, shootings, stonings, molotov cocktails. Lynch mobs. And the beat plays on: the same media headlines, the same talkbacks, the same Facebook statuses. The... Continue Reading →
'Why do we have parades?' My 6yo kept puzzling over that one. 'We have parades to say something.' He wanted to know what we're saying now. 'We're saying that love is good, everyone can love whoever they want.' 'Why are there rainbows?' 'Because there are so many kinds of love.' The kids will probably remember... Continue Reading →
Since becoming a mom, everything has gotten harder to swallow. I don't read the news as much. Especially local evening news from New York. I can't stomach certain facts of life. And I've distanced myself from my cultural ties with Holocaust education and remembrance. Which is getting easier to do - less voices, more distance... Continue Reading →
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