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On Eretz Nehederet, three performers as half-human, half-snake sirens on a sand dune, one singing while two applaud.

And We Hold Our Breath

What Israel's election isn't about, and why the hard conversations are the only way out.

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The stone ruins of the depopulated village of Lifta on a green hillside below Jerusalem, framed by pine branches.

Israel-Palestine

Eleven essays, 2012 to 2017. The one-state case, BDS, and what antisemitism does and doesn’t mean.

A laptop on a blood-red background, its screen showing a black-and-white photograph of a man shouting, seen through shattered glass.

Circumcision

Seven essays, 2012 to 2022. The case against infant circumcision, and how not to make it.

A hand holding a closed white AirPods charging case next to a container of dental floss, showing how small the case is.

Technology

Twelve reviews, 2012 to 2017. Apple hardware and software, read as arguments about design.