Fragments of a memory stretching from 1975 to 2023. A woman narrates; a “Tower” refuses to remain silent. Where Mazal believes she is telling her own story, she begins to uncover the traces of others. Lost memories, forgotten sorrows, and intimate reckonings… Am I in this story?Perhaps… But even within what I thought was my own story, there are the imprints of others. I am only a single line in this tale.It is the others who carry the weight of the narrator.                 

Elie Wiesel said in his Nobel Peace Prize speech: "Whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation, I swore never to remain silent… Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. I will never remain silent wherever people suffer." Hello dear friends, Today, as I sat at the keyboard, the first thought that came to mind was this: why do we, as thinking beings, sometimes—or even most of the time—stay silent? Why do we hesitate to speak out against injustic

This date coincides with the weekly Torah portion Vayeishev . Vayeishev explores themes of jealousy, patience, inner reconciliation, and self-expression through the story of Joseph. His relationships with his brothers and the challenges he faces symbolize the ways we confront our fears and our past.   Hello dear friends,This year, I blew out another candle of life and continued moving forward… And this time, I did something I hadn’t done for years: I shared a birthday post wi

I came to Israel as a fledgling ole hadash from the USA where I went to study, shortly after the Lebanon war in the 1980s. My naivety, ignorance, the influence of the society that I lived in, and the fact that I have a "leftist" and humanist inclinations, formulated my approach to the Israel-Arab conflict along the lines of "Israel has enough land, if we end the occupation and dısmantle settlements, give the Palestinians hope for a peaceful future, then there will be peace".

I am sick and  tired of writing on the same subjects.   I would have preferred this week's article to be about the mystery of life at the...