Jewish woman escapes from the Palestinian Authority
After seven years living as a Moslem in a village north of Ramallah, and seven months in a battered women’s shelter in Israel, Efrat (not her real name) is returning to Judaism, bringing her...
Israel Diaries Blog
Good thing the Knesset isn’t only preoccupied with justicial reform
With all the noise on the streets and in the mainstream and social media, you would think that our elected officials are concerned at this time with nothing other than judicial reform. And I...
Here’s how to bring down a thriving country
Journalist Amit Segal posted the following short clip on his Facebook page. I am translating it into English below the original post. He put much better what I thought when I originally heard about...
President Herzog must use his trip to Europe to address this most important issue
President Isaac Herzog landed in Belgium mid-morning January 25th on an official visit to the European Union (EU) where he will speak on behalf of the State of Israel before the European Parliament on...
Elie Joseph says he is fighting for the soul of Israel
Born in Egypt, raised in England, and living in Israel his whole adult life, Elie Joseph, 67, has been arrested in Israel and detained in Russia. He has been thrown out of political meetings...
Ilana Shemesh: Israeli homebirth pioneer founds birthing center for Ugandan Jews
This is the story of a timid child who grew up to brazenly fight the Israeli medical establishment and then trot off to Uganda to set up a birthing center under dauntingly primitive conditions....
Uzay Bulut: Interview with exiled Turkish non-Jew against antisemitism in Turkey
A highly successful journalist and political analyst in her 30s, Uzay Bulut was in Israel studying toward her second MA at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, her first MA having been in Media...
Merav Levi: I thought I would die a prostitute — Interview
Photography has provided a platform for Merav Levi, 44, to share the story of her journey from prostitution and substance abuse to her new dream of becoming an art photographer. A collection of her...
