On the plane from Dubai to Houston, there is news a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah has been reached. There are the compulsory...

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

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.

I first met Tevel, Yousef, and Nicole in Navasota, Texas as part of the Jerusalem Peace Builders program.

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...

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...

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.

How can you humanize a people you are fighting?

Today I had the pleasure of watching my cousin teach a course at Sapir college, just outside of Gaza.

Like Americans, Israelis have a diversity of thought and opinion, often nuanced from one person to the next.

My mother traveled to Israel in 1973 and connected with her 2nd cousins forming lasting bonds that she kept up her entire life.

Not an empty seat from NYC to Dubai, and a nearly empty airplane from Dubai to Israel.

I arrived into Dubai and checked Google news for Tel Aviv where I will be landing in just a few hours.

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.