Finding my Israeli identity in Hebrew

Becoming an Israeli citizen was the easy part. It happened in about an hour and a half after…

The irony of South Africa’s ruling party siding with terrorists

I was born in South Africa during Apartheid. I wasn’t exposed to the darkness outside daily life (how many parents would want to expose their kids to that?) but I became more aware of it as I grew older. It was abhorrent…

When not knowing more Hebrew than your kids do can hurt them

Last night my son asked me to explain terrorism

The Israel-Palestine conflict is easy to explain

The story of Israel goes back millennia

In the broader context, Palestinian Arabs are the latest in a…

Becoming Israeli is the hard part

Becoming an Israeli citizen was easy. Becoming Israeli is the hard part.

Finally home in Israel where we belong

Facebook’s well meaning year end round-up isn’t appealing to everyone. It is supposed to present an upbeat summary of a positive 2014 but 2014 wasn’t a positive year for many people. It was a terrible year for me in many respects and were it not for my family…

Religious intolerance threatens Israel’s survival

Our Holocaust and ancient spirituality

My mother arrived for her first visit to Israel and I took her to Jerusalem. Our first visit…