By Shifra Epstein and Clare Kinberg Last month, my friend Shifra Epstein, an Israeli folklorist and longtime Ann Arbor resident, sent me a series of messages about Kibbutz Nahal Oz, which was among the first communities in the Otef Azza/Gaza Envelope to be invaded and brutalized by Hamas on October 7. Shifra wrote me, “In…
By Micah Sweet and Matan Berg October 7, 2023, was a day that neither of us expected. As we woke up that Saturday morning, we were horrified by dozens of news notifications of an unprecedented terrorist attack on the Jewish people. We were sad, shocked, angry, and confused all at once — more than anything…
Reviewed by Amiel Handelsman The turmoil in Israel around judicial reform is tearing apart the country. Hundreds of thousands of citizens, fearing the demise of Israeli democracy, protest in the streets. Former Prime Minister Ehud Barak calls Netanyahu’s project the “assassination of the Declaration of Independence.” At stake is the state’s very reason for being….