Peer reviewed papers on national memory politics in the Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs
During the course of reporting on contemporary European antisemitism for the Jerusalem Post, I became interested in the issue of memory...
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JTA- I’m a reporter. I left my synagogue because of attacks on the media
(JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY) “What do you think of Jim Acosta?” Shlomo asked me several weeks ago as we stood outside the synagogue...
JTA- Dropouts from ultra-Orthodox life battle extremists in a divided Israeli city
(JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY) Built in the 1990s in part to ease crowding in haredi Orthodox neighborhoods elsewhere in Israel, Ramat Beit...
JTA- A soldier’s death brings grief to Israeli army’s fervently religious battalion
(JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY) “Yosef! Yosef!” wailed Rabbi Eliyahu Meirav, calling out the name of his stepson lying covered in a shroud on...
JTA- Are Israeli media too soft on the country’s popular military?
(JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY) Like citizens in democracies around the world, Israelis are losing trust in their state institutions. In a...
JTA- Rocket alert apps save lives — and spread anxiety
(JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY) Four years ago, on the eve of the Israeli military’s Gaza operation known as Protective Edge, a private...
JTA- Israelis are blunt and rude. You got a problem with that?
(JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY) A couple of months ago I was waiting to use an ATM near my house, flicking through Twitter as the line inched...
The Forward- Among Israel’s Ultra-Orthodox, ‘Civics’ Takes On A Very Different Meaning
(THE FORWARD) “We don’t discuss politics, gossip or slander,” declared the billboard, located on a busy thoroughfare in the...
Open Democracy Russia- Ukraine’s little known memory war
(OPEN DEMOCRACY RUSSIA) Earlier this year, more than 50 members of US Congress issued an open letter demanding American pressure on...
JTA- Fiery ‘terror kites’ shake southern residents, but not their resolve to stay put
(JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY) Dani Ben David fiddles with his radio, switching between it and his cellphone as he drives through the Beeri...
The Jerusalem Post- How many European Jews are there? It depends on who you ask
(THE JERUSALEM POST) People are progressively growing more and more aware of the increasing level of anti-Semitism facing European Jewry...
The Jerusalem Post- Budapest conference highlights Jewish battle over communal authority in Europe
(THE JERUSALEM POST) Who legitimately represents European Jewry? Deep-seated divisions over the issue of who speaks for the Jews of the...
The Tower- Introducing the New, Improved Haredim
(THE TOWER) Some things are so universal that we tend to think of them as natural to every people and culture. People, no matter their...
The Jewish Chronicle- Ukraine’s leader in the fight against Jew-hate bends Holocaust history
(THE JEWISH CHRONICLE) Last week, a statue went up in Kiev. Such an occurrence would not normally be worth noting but, in this case, the...
The Jerusalem Post- Ukraine backtracks on Babi Yar plans amid accusations of Holocaust revisionism
(THE JERUSALEM POST) The Ukrainian government is facing allegations of historical revisionism after announcing plans to revamp the Babi...
The Jerusalem Post- For Kiev’s Jewish refugees, little thought about tomorrow
(THE JERUSALEM POST) The ankle-deep mud sucks at my boots as I slog through it, ducking under the cement mixer’s chute just before it...
The Jerusalem Post- Covering a terror attack in my own neighborhood
(THE JERUSALEM POST) The first sirens sounded while I was standing next to the sliding glass doors of my apartment’s balcony, overlooking...
The Forward- Rockets Or No, Chabad’s Mitzvah Tanks Still Rolling In Israel’s South
(THE FORWARD) The atmosphere was deceptively quiet in the small moshav of Netiv HaAsara, only four hundred meters north of the Gaza...
JTA- Why most new immigrants to Israel aren’t considered Jewish
(JEWISH TELEGRAPHIC AGENCY) For the first time, Israel announced that Jewish immigrants to Israel were outnumbered by non-Jewish...
The Jerusalem Post- The forgotten Jews
(THE JERUSALEM POST) Our car decelerated and pulled over to the side of the highway after passing the final checkpoint on the road...