On Sunday, four Israeli soldiers were murdered in a terrorist attack in Jerusalem. Behind memorial photos of their smiling faces, each one of them had a story, and this is the story of one of the soldiers, Erez. Erez Orbach was the son of Uri and Keren, two immigrants to...
Public Speech Without Accountability at Vassar
Jasbir Puar, an associate professor at Rutgers University, recently appeared at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. During her Feb. 3 talk, she made a number of outlandish accusations that were recounted by Professor William A. Jacobson at his website, Legal Insurrection. Jacobson reported that “Puar’s appearance amounted to an...
Israel’s Global Affairs Inaccurately Depicted
In his article, “Israel’s treatment of African refugees reveals racism,” Jose Sanchez asks if black lives matter in Israel. As someone who has spent over two months in Israel total, I can answer his question in capital letters: YES, black lives do matter in Israel. Israel is a multiethnic, multi-religious democratic...
Understanding a Terrorist
On October 22nd, Israel was rocked with yet another attack on its citizens. A Palestinian man rammed his car into a crowded light rail stop, killing two people: a 3-month old American girl and a Ecuadorian woman who had recently moved to Israel to finish her conversion to Judaism. I...