Hello, friends. As you can imagine, it’s not easy to find the words to describe what we’re going through these days as a country and as a people. This Friday afternoon, I finally found a few. I tapped out the following poem on my phone as I finished preparing for Shabbat, and posted it on […]
Checking In
Hello, lovely friends. I know it’s been forever. I just wanted to check in to let you know that my family and I are safe, and to share a few thoughts. Three years ago I published a novel called Disengagement that explores an important and often overlooked event in Israeli history. In my author’s note, […]
Video of Maqlooba Ceremony from Scarf Sisters!
A few months ago I shared a short story of mine, Scarf Sisters, about an Israeli settler who bonds with a Palestinian woman over their identical headscarves. When I read the story to an audience in Jerusalem, I was asked by several people it was based on a true story. It wasn’t, but there were elements […]
Scarf Sisters – Short Story
Last week, I participated in a launch event for arc 25, literary journal of the Israel Association of Writers in English. Around 100 people turned up–a lot more than expected!–and it was awesome to meet the faces behind the wonderful poetry and prose that appears in the journal. I had a great time! You can […]