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Israel

Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

It’s about time to talk about shadows

Lior Maayan
October 31, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Mak­ing Choco­late for My Son

Sarah Sas­soon
October 31, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

“Let­ters From the Desert”

Jan­ice Weizman
October 30, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Books of the Dead

Haim Watz­man
October 27, 2023
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Octo­ber

Anat Levin, Shoshana Oli­dort
October 26, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Why Am I Enraged?

Helen Joyce
October 26, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Speak­ing Hebrew in Secret: Being an Israeli Abroad

Maya Tevet Dayan
October 24, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

“Take us to see the Mona Lisa, Uncle Moshe!”

Moshe Sakal
October 23, 2023
Fiction—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Cold Water

Haim Watz­man
October 20, 2023
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

The Israeli-Arab Gardener

Luca M Damiani
October 20, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

My Two Lost Epiphanies

Edna Noy
October 20, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Nobody Knocked on Our Roof

Lali Michaeli
October 19, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Jerusalem Diary

Ilana M. Blumberg
October 19, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Songs in Closed Rooms

Joan­na Chen
October 19, 2023
Poetry—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Again

Adi Wolf­son
October 18, 2023
Essay—Witnessing: Post Oct. 7

Bread, Books, and Perseverance

Jonathan Yavin
October 18, 2023
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