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

Former hostages Matan Zangauker and Ilana Gritzwesky getting engaged defines what true victory looks like. They both were taken on Oct 7th from Nir Oz. She said about her abduction, “They grabbed me by the hair, hit me in the stomach, causing me to lose my breath. They dragged me across the floor, lifted me, and threw me against the wall. They pointed guns at me, hit me, and tried to film me with my phone. " “I remember the g*n pressed against my head, I remember them laughin

Romi taught something to the whole world when she said, "Until you are in this situation, you cannot understand what happens to the body." "Fear paralyzes, and I was paralyzed. Nothing went through my mind in those seconds except that I am afraid and that I am disgusted." In describing what it was like after one of her s*xual assa*lts, Romi explained somatically what happened to her body. She told us about the ringing in her ears, the sensation of the world spinning. She desc

I have a message for the ant*semites who deny the s*xual abuse of the Israeli h*stages when they were in G*za. I have been holding my tongue for a long time, watching the v*le comments you write roll in on my posts, but after posting about dear Romi, I have had enough. Here is a message from the daughters of Israel for you: One day, in this world or the next, the truth will be revealed to you. And you will find yourself on your knees before the people you have lied about, and

Romi- while reading your story, my heart couldn't stop skipping beats. I forgot to breathe all the way through. We see you standing in that filthy bathroom, feeling the weight of all that was being done to you, looking through the crack of the window to the blue open sky, the chirping birds and recognizing "the dissonance of the beauty of life and the filth in the bathroom." Former h*stage Romi Goren went on to say in the interview about her time in G*za, "I'll never forget i

There is something uniquely cruel about taking Anne Frank, a little Jewish girl who was m*rdered in the Shoah, and hijacking her image and story, for the purpose of expressing antiZ*onism. In recent days, an artwork exhibited in Germany has ignited outrage within Jewish communities and beyond. Created by an Italian artist, Constantino Ciervo, and displayed in a museum in Potsdam, the painting depicts Anne Frank wearing a keffiyeh, presented as part of an exhibition framed as