I’m half-Jewish and half-Christian, or at least that’s what I’ve always said. My mother is Unitarian and my father is Jewish, although neither one is particularly religious. I grew... Read more >>

Rachel Levy was born in Israel in 1984, and spent her early years in Los Angeles, California, returning to Israel at the age of nine. She was somewhat reserved and a good student. Read more >>

Hilla Medalia: Growing up in Israel, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is something you live and breathe every day. Read more >>

This is an old and true story, describing how we can view our connection to the Eternal (blessed be she/he) and to the Scriptures. It happened some years before B.C. turned to C.E., the... Read more >>

To Die In Jerusalem examines the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the eyes of two mothers who have lost their daughters in one deadly act of violence. Read more >>

On March 29, 2002, seventeen-year-old Israeli Rachel Levy walked into a grocery store in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Kiryat Yovel to purchase ingredients for Sabbath dinner. Read more >>

I have always loved the work of Banksy and have often agreed with his political statements and societal observations. I recently made my way back to the Occupied West Bank to visit family in our... Read more >>

While working on my master’s degree in film and television at Southern Illinois University, I read a newspaper article about a bombing in Jerusalem. Read more >>

A bombing, a missile attack, loved ones lost, many wounded—and in response politicians take to their podiums pouring condemnations on the fire. Inadequate. Dangerous when their words inspire or... Read more >>