first published in Mondoweiss This past year, the isolated loneliness of being a writer has been magnified by the cruelties of the pandemic. Spending five… Read More »‘Writing for the sake of collective survival’ — the emotional brilliance of the Palestine Writes Festival – December 9, 2020
First published in Mondoweiss Much of the analysis of COVID-19 and Palestine examines the pandemic through a political lens. Palestinians in Israel and the territories… Read More »The pandemic’s savage political revelations, from the U.S. to Palestine – August 8, 2020
First published in Mondoweiss On June 25, 2020, the Jewish Voice for Peace Health Advisory Council cohosted with founding members of the Palestine-Global Mental Health… Read More »The twin challenges to Palestinian mental health of occupation and pandemic – July 7, 2020
There is a Yiddish folktale about a man who lived with his wife, eight children, mother, and father?in?law in a one?room house. He was miserable… Read More »With Apologies to Sholem Aleichem…An Old Rabbinic Tale (truly) – September 23, 2020
First published in Mondoweiss. Focusing on the COVID-19 pandemic as it impacts Israel/Palestine provides us with a unique case study of the realities of health… Read More »Who Matters? Pandemic in a time of structural violence – May 5, 2020
First published in MOndoweiss The announcement that nine cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Gaza filled me with a new level of anxiety and… Read More »Forward global thinking on Covid 19
first published in The Seattle Times Special to The Times As an obstetrician-gynecologist and member of Physicians for a National Health Program, I have long… Read More »Coronavirus: A good argument for Medicare for All – March 18, 2020
first published in Mondoweiss The Trump administration plan for Israel/Palestine, ironically titled “Peace to Prosperity: a vision to improve the lives of the Palestinian and… Read More »Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ is a flawed, ahistorical plan with major health consequences – February 27, 2020
First published in Mondoweiss I was recently passing through customs where I popped my US passport face down on a little machine which then opened… Read More »A hierarchy of vulnerability – February 1, 2020
