first published by https://justworldeducational.org/2017/01/alice-rothchild-crisis-in-west-bank-agriculture/ My alarm is dutifully set for 6:15 am and the evening before, I doze off dreaming of awakening in the elegant,… Read More »For the Love of the Land: Building Food Sovereignty
For weeks I obsessed and planned and strategized about what may happen in Israel when I enter with three other women to explore partner organizations… Read More »I’m OK you’re OK – January 3, 2017
originally published by Mondoweiss Those folks who are advocating, “Let’s just wait and see” or “Every president moves to the center,” or “Give him a… Read More »Why ‘give him a chance’ is not an option – November 22, 2016
first published by Just World Educational at: https://justworldeducational.org/2016/11/no-limits/ There is a well-known expression in Israel: “shooting and crying.” This phrase stems from a comment by… Read More »No limits – November 5, 2016
Here are the facts. I will leave you to feel the outrage and hopefully be moved to action. The No Way to Treat a Child… Read More »No Way to Treat a Child, Any Child – September 24, 2016
Yesterday sickening news screamed across social media, emails, and airwaves: a second African-American man was brutally killed by police this week. In Minneapolis, Philando Castille,… Read More »Modern Day Lynchings: An International View July 8, 2016
My May 8 op ed in support of resolutions being considered at the United Methodist Church General Conference in Portland, Divestment an appropriate response to… Read More »Greetings from Zimbabwe – May 11, 2016
Reading The New York Times without developing chest pain can be challenging, but this morning I felt particularly provoked. First there was Matthew Rosenberg’s article,… Read More »The New York Times: Read at your own risk – April 30, 2016
In February I received an email from an Israeli TV editor and Ethiopian civil rights activist working for Channel 10, a mainstream Israeli TV outlet.… Read More »Into the fray: Another interview on Israeli TV – April 18, 2016
At first I didn’t watch the video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8WK2TgruMo) because I didn’t think I could stand it. “Israeli soldier filmed executing wounded Palestinian man.” I finally… Read More »The Execution March 25, 2016
I feel compelled to comment on the frenzied political dance that has engulfed the 2016 AIPAC Policy Conference. The Presidential wanna bees are buzzing the… Read More »Trump Bellows, AIPAC Squirms March 21, 2016
Word is out, Hillary Clinton will join the list of prostrating luminaries at the March 2016 AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) Convention, a love… Read More »The danger to Hillary – March 14, 2016
I was recently asked (for perhaps the thousandth time) if I am a “one stater” or a “two stater,” ie., do I support a one-state… Read More »The state of two states – February 14, 2016
I was planning to reflect on the last few months during which the international community has awakened to the horrors of the war in Syria,… Read More »Banned from Boston, December 3, 2015
Dear JK Rowling, To be honest, I am probably one of the few people on the planet who has never read your books. But I… Read More »With all due respect to Harry Potter, November 4, 2015
