JEWISH WOMEN'S STORIES, SPIRITUALITY, & WELL-BEING

You would barely know that Iran is having a revolution if you didn't have social media. You would never know about the injustice happening in the streets as people protesting are being gunned down by their government. The celebrities who have been screaming for Palestinians are silent. The social media accounts are silent. The protesters on college campuses and all over the world- silent. All while the Iranians are fighting for their lives. For their freedom. For their countr

The IRGC is threatening to attack Israel if either the USA or Israel gets involved in the current revolution. Earlier, I said that the destiny of the people of Israel is tied to the Iranian people. We're tethered for many reasons- but one of the loudest reasons at the moment is that the in the geopolitical calculations of whether the USA (or Israel) should help the people, the risk is that the people of Israel will suffer the consequence. Today, the Iranian government said, “

If you believed the news or social media, you would think that the world was a horrible place. I won't deny it. It can be unbearably harsh, cruel, and full of injustice. But I think it's important to remember that even though we don't often see it on our feeds, there is a tremendous amount of love in the world, too. I know hospitals can be horrible places. I'm sitting with my father as he recovers (BH!), and we are really enjoying our time together, even though we'd rather be

If anyone tells you that Israel is an apartheid state, has clearly never been in an Israeli emergency room. I don’t have so much headspace right now as I’m sitting with a loved one, but I’ll say this. The emergency room is where the true face of Israel comes alive. Arab and Jewish doctors and nurses working side by side, treating patients from all religions and nationalities together. I saw an American volunteer handing out lunch “to work on her Hebrew.” A Jewish nurse with a

Antisemitism is a strategy. People who want to distract you pitch you a hatred so intense that reality becomes optional. People can be starving, imprisoned, or suffering. A country can be collapsing under corruption and brutality. And still, the answer offered is imaginary: Blame the Jews. Blame the Zionists. Everything will be fixed. So now we have a situation with the US bombing and kidnapping the "President" of Venezuela, who stole the presidency and the lives and liveliho

The moral compass of the world is upside down. Inverted. Twisted. Lost in its own lack of logic. I understand why political leaders are condemning what is happening in Venezuela and with their President Nicolas Maduro. I really do. It terrifies them. It sets a precedent that a power greater than themselves can enter a country, seize its leader, and hold him accountable. That borders are not impenetrable. That sovereignty does not automatically protect those who abuse it. That

On January 1, people often talk about being "new in the new year." We talk about resolutions and goals, but most of them we rarely think about past February. I don't celebrate New Year's, but I always appreciate the reminder that we can be changed if we choose to let ourselves. Every day has the potential for real change- one could say, "people don't change" or "things don't change," but then, one day you do. Lots of things have happened to me this year. I made a lot of BIG c

Everything on my feed is fake. Fake images and videos, fake people (bots), fake stories, fake information. I love AI, and use it all the time. But it's taken over social media in a frightening way. Every day when I post real stories of real life here in Israel, my posts get spammed by accounts that tell me I'm the fake news. That these stories aren't real. That Israelis lie. And in these comments, they lie to me: That nothing has ever happened to a Jew. We are the problem whe

The economy in Iran is collapsing. The currency has lost its value. People can’t afford food or medicine. Shop keepers have shuttered their stores. People are still being beaten, arrested, silenced. Fear isn't a deterrent the way it used to be. They have already lost too much. Iranians are protesting in the streets. Pushing back against their government, shaking the base, waiting for it to fall. They are chanting, "No more poverty! No more tyranny!" “This is the final battle!

Former hostage Elkana Bohbot  is asking for support. I would tell you his story myself, but he has written so beautifully that it is best to hear it directly from him: For 738 days, the terrorists tried to drive me insane. Every night, I check that Rivka is breathing and that Re’em is still beside me. My name is Elkana Bohbot. I’m the husband of Rivka and the father of Re’em. Even writing these words triggers me. For hours on end, Hamas forced me,on camera, to say sentences t