An Illusion of Change
On the plane from Dubai to Houston, there is news a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah has been reached. There are the compulsory...
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Gordon Education
6 days ago7 min read
Under the Influence
And if one only hears a singular ideology, when an alternative point of view is presented, there is no context in which to accept it or even
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Gordon Education
Nov 275 min read
Tidhar: No one thinks about other people when their life is on the line.
I met Tidhar in New Haven, CT in August 2023, and just saw him again, November 2024 in Jaffa, a neighborhood outside of Tel Aviv.
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Gordon Education
Nov 242 min read
Tevel, Yousef, and Nikol
I first met Tevel, Yousef, and Nicole in Navasota, Texas as part of the Jerusalem Peace Builders program.
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Gordon Education
Nov 242 min read
Is Israel a Democracy?
I was talking to an Arab Israeli man and we were talking about the Israeli government’s action during the current Gaza war. He was saying...
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Gordon Education
Nov 223 min read
A Socialist Utopia in 1938 / A Capitalist Reality in 2024
The last time I set foot on Kibbutz Ma'ayan Tzvi, I was 8 years old, my sister was 12. She was in preparation for her Bat Mitzvah. And to...
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Gordon Education
Nov 221 min read
Sound of Missiles with Morning Prayers
Last night I woke up in Givat Ela to the sounds of missiles being intercepted in Haifa, a 30 min drive away from where I was spending the night. And amidst these missiles tearing through the skies, I hear the morning prayer at the local mosque ring out.
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Gordon Education
Nov 213 min read
A View of Gaza from Nova
How can you humanize a people you are fighting?
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Gordon Education
Nov 202 min read
An Education System / Divided
Today I had the pleasure of watching my cousin teach a course at Sapir college, just outside of Gaza.
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Gordon Education
Nov 191 min read
Demonstrations in front of the Ministry of Defense
Like Americans, Israelis have a diversity of thought and opinion, often nuanced from one person to the next.
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Gordon Education
Nov 191 min read
Generational Bonds
My mother traveled to Israel in 1973 and connected with her 2nd cousins forming lasting bonds that she kept up her entire life.
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Gordon Education
Nov 191 min read
Is there a holiday or something? No, there’s a war.
Not an empty seat from NYC to Dubai, and a nearly empty airplane from Dubai to Israel.
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Gordon Education
Nov 181 min read
Recalibrate
I arrived into Dubai and checked Google news for Tel Aviv where I will be landing in just a few hours.
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Gordon Education
Nov 186 min read
Scratch Notes - Somewhere over Europe way up high.
I was feeling nervous the entire day (more like entire week) leading up to my departure to Tel Aviv from Newark airport. It conjured up many emotions and as take-off drew near. But, in the last few hours before I left, I grew more and more quiet, alert, focused.
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