Israel and Palestine

When people are traumatized or fearful, they cannot hear another person’s perspective until their fear and trauma have been heard.

The traditional prayer for the state of Israel, more literally titled A Prayer for Peace for the State, made no distinction between peace, survival and victory. It is time to make such distinctions.

In a situation that was already so broken, trying to avoid breaking something by “threading the needle” doesn’t work.

That day, I took off from work to play soccer with the brothers of the Bedouin girl who was injured in Iran’s missile attack.

The personal role of Benjamin Netanyahu in implementing the ideology of the Nationalist Right cannot be overemphasized.

The Maccabees, at least in their early days, were standard-bearers of the fundamentalist camp.

Covenant is an ancient Jewish concept that puts relationships at the center.

With broken hearts and voices ravaged by tears, we call for the embrace of the value of life over the celebration of death.

I didn’t want to face what we are culpable for, nor did I want to acknowledge what we were capable of.

What is the prayer that penetrates the body and mind to awaken to the Power that makes for Connection?