Democrats, don’t lose me
I have always been a progressive. In November of 2016, devastated by Trump’s victory, I booked a flight to DC for the Women’s March long before the movement spread to cities all over the world. That...
View ArticleBombs over my hometown
When you take your kids to soccer practice this weekend, remember that Ukrainian kids played soccer last weekend. Don't look away - that's how the dictator wins
View ArticleUkraine and “Us”– It’s Complicated
Growing up in Soviet era Ukraine, it was crystal clear to me that I was not Ukrainian. I had many things in common with my classmates and neighbors. We looked alike, wore the same school uniforms,...
View ArticleChicago to Mariupol: A network rescues Ukrainians
For Many Soviet immigrants in America, the War in Ukraine is “Go Time” One morning in 1990, when I was 8 years old, I got out of bed and doubled over in pain. I looked down to find a marble-sized lump...
View ArticleEt tu, Chappelle?
Embed from Getty Images The Dave Chappelle SNL opening this past Saturday upset me so much more than any of Kanye’s rants in recent weeks. It threw me into a funk I can’t seem to shake. I keep doom...
View ArticleOutnumbered at UCLA’s Pro Hamas Rally
It was a proud day on UCLA’s campus. Hundreds of students, high on vicious self-righteousness, rallied in Bruin Plaza on the afternoon of October 12 to show their support for Hamas. They came together...
View ArticleI Won’t Take Off My Jewish Star
I took my daughter shopping this weekend. We stopped at a kiosk in our local mall in West Los Angeles. As I was browsing, the saleswoman approached me. With a lowered voice, her hand on my forearm, she...
View ArticleThe Year I Learned to Find Light in the Dark
One thing Jews and our enemies agree on is that we, Jews, treasure life above all else. No period in my life has illustrated this more clearly than 2023, a year that brought with it a surreal...
View ArticleJewish artists won’t be silenced
With art, we express defiance, process loss, and achieve freedom, like the captive girl's drawings found underground -- of mountains, houses, and a sunny sky
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