Op-Eds, Politics, and Think Pieces

What does community mean to you? Maybe this is really just what being young and on a quest for “the life that fits” is all about — but how do we find it?

At the Edinburgh Fringe Festival – Review of Trans Scripts, a compelling and award-winning performance that centers around the lives of six trans women

Wondering whether this freelancer life is really worth all the trouble. What are we doing to our world, to ourselves? Is it all worth it?

On Saturday, I joined over 5000 other demonstrators in Berlin to protest the recent anti-gay laws that have been enacted by Vladimir Putin’s government in Russia. Organized by the Enough is Enough group, the goal was to raise awareness of the human rights abuses taking place in Russia. If you don’t know, Putin’s government recently …

When staying in Jerusalem a few months back, I had a few goals in mind for my return trip to Israel. One of them was to finally visit Hebron—a city in the West Bank predominantly Palestinian. The city’s history is one of the most complex and controversial in Israel, Palestine and the West Bank and has long …

The Bethlehem wall, built by Israel & covered in graffiti by Palestinians and international supporters, is a symbol of nonviolent protest in the West Bank.

Hi, If you follow along on Facebook or Twitter, you’ll probably have noticed I’ve been sharing and tweeting a lot about the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York. If you’ve read a few of my posts from the past few months here on this blog, you’ll probably also have noticed a certain amount of …

Breaking the Silence is a group of soldiers who are Israeli veterans from the West Bank. The group’s main goal is to expose the true reality in the occupied territories, and to promote a public debate on the moral price paid by Israeli society. They offer tours to the West Bank for internationals and Israelis …

Remember how some dude said something about “the only thing to fear is fear itself?” (I’m being intentionally glib, fyi, so don’t give me too much trouble.) Well, today I actually thought about what that means. Why? I’ll tell you. Early this morning I left the comfort of my Tel Aviv flat and took a …

Just discovered that there’s going to be a flash mob in Israel next week. As a hipster, there’s little to no reason for me not to go. As someone interested in peaceful protests, I’m there! And it’s for a good cause. When I studied abroad in London for a very quick and way-too-short four months, …