By Leonore Mohill Gerstein Ann Arbor friends of Torat Tzedek’s Rabbi Arik Ascherman invite the community to learn about his current projects on Sunday, January 25. Rabbi Ascherman will join us on Zoom. In recent months, our anguish over the catastrophic events of October 7, 2023, and the subsequent years of war in Gaza has…
Haviva Ner-David and Grace Sherman interviewed by Michael Appel Haviva Ner-David and Grace Sherman live in the Jezreel Valley region of northern Israel and are active in the Israeli protest movement. When I learned of their regular presence at the Tzomet Nahalal (Nahalal Junction) protest site, I reached out to interview them. Moshav Nahalal is…
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….