Had a great time being on a panel with Gideon Raff, creator of Prisoners of War, Homeland, Dig and Tyrant and Jennifer Teege, author of  My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me: A Black Woman Discovers Her Family’s Nazi Past. This was part of the Sydney Jewish Writers Festival.  

***Given the news that Jonathan Pollard will be released soon by the Obama administration, I am re-publishing a 2006 essay from my book Flashpoints: Israel, anti-Semitism and the Holocaust about Pollard.*** Jonathan Pollard, prisoner 09185-016: now here’s a name you don’t hear very often. Yet, in 2006 (this month marks 20 years since Pollard pleaded guilty) the continued drumming for…

Recently, I have been reflecting a lot about the 10 year anniversary of the unilateral pull-out from Gaza. The despair I have been feeling has been compounded by the murder of Ali Saad Dawabshe and the injuring of his family. Back in 2005, despite huge misgivings, I cautiously backed Sharon’s plan. I thought it was…