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It's been 25 years since my forehead and palms touched the smooth limestone of the Kotel (Wailing Wall) in Jerusalem.

They say never meet your heroes, because they may disappoint you. I'm sure it happens, but the idiom couldn't be further from the truth when I met Alon.

The nice thing about songs is that you can make them your own, and these lyrics by Graham Nash swirled through my head while listening to students discuss their experience at Alexander Muss High School In Israel (HSI).

Yahalom, or diamond in Hebrew, is the special combat engineering unit of the Israel Defense Forces.

I've educated myself a lot on Israel over the last year, and I thought I knew all the nuances of October 7th. Then I stepped foot in Re'im Forest.

The residents of kibbutzim along the Gaza Envelope have traditionally identified as peaceniks. They live modestly, and their communal lifestyles are the result of relying on each other, building, farming, harvesting their yield...

The horrors of October 7th reverberate here as it does throughout all directions of the State, and ground zero for sitting vigil is Hostages Square, originally located at the IDF Command Center HQ a few streets down

The residents of most kibbutzim, especially along the Gaza Envelope, are peaceniks and were known to not only employ Gazans but also assist them with everyday activities, like driving them to doctor appointments and helping them with grocery shopping.

To commemorate the one year anniversary of October 7, I am releasing a series of blogs that capture my April Jewish National Fund volunteer mission to Israel.

I’ve been very open about my own mental health on this blog and in general when I find it appropriate to discuss my experience. I live with depression, anxiety, and symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
They’re no picnic.

On Sunday, December 31, nearly three full months since Hamas terrorists rampaged through Southeast Israel, committing murder, rape, and kidnapping, The New York Times published a frontpage story called ‘Screams Without Words’: Sexual Violence

It’s time to talk about the “ Z word.”
If there’s one term in the global conversation that gets people most hot and bothered, it’s “Zionism.”

28 years ago, I was a sophomore at The University of Miami, walking to class through the breezeway outside of the Student Union on our beautiful campus in Coral Gables. 

Last night, my synagogue hosted a Moment of Community and Connection. A group of us sat in a circle with our clergy, and our senior rabbi picked up his acoustic guitar and played the first chords of a song he wrote.