A moving Arab/Jewish story set in the aftermath of the 1948 war. The stone house in Ramle at the centre of this true story is now managed by the Rossing Centre. Chris and I visited the property and heard more of the work amongst women and children. Sarah Bernstein, the Director of the Rossing Centre reported recently, "The Women's Group at the Open House in Ramle also continued its shared learning process throughout the month. Participants explored stories of Ethiopian

Critics of Netanyahu's right-winged government highlight the number of Palestinian media deaths. The government's response is that the IDF does not intentionally target journalists, and attributes the high casualty rate to the inherent dangers of reporting from the front lines of a conflict, where Hamas operates within civilian infrastructure. The IDF has frequently published intelligence briefs, captured documents, and payroll logs, alleging that certain slain reporters held

Nadav Lapid is an internationally acclaimed Israeli filmmaker and writer known for his formally bold, fiercely uncompromising explorations of national identity, masculinity, and the absurdities of state-sanctioned violence. After studying philosophy and history at Tel Aviv University, Lapid pivoted to cinema, making a major splash with his award-winning debut feature Policeman (2011) and the psychological drama The Kindergarten Teacher (2014). He solidified his standing

Welcome to the winter solstice, the day your morning coffee and your evening glass of wine occur in what feels like the exact same fifteen-minute window of daylight. Today, the sun wakes up late, takes a look around at the shivering populace, and decides to leave early, around 4:53 PM, leaving us to navigate the pitch-black abyss of the late afternoon. It’s the one day of the year where "sleeping in" until 8:00 am means you’ve successfully missed a solid quarter of the da

Illegal Israeli settlers set fire to land belonging to the village of Taybeh, the last of the West Bank’s ancient Christian-majority communities, on 9 June. The attack escalated into assaults on individuals when the settlers impeded locals’ efforts to extinguish the fire. Taybeh residents have reported increasing violence and intimidation in recent months months, and the parish priest of the Latin rite Church of Christ the Redeemer, Fr Bashar Fawadleh, said this latest atta

Today June 17 is the anniversary of the event that caused the creation of the Taj Mahal. On June 17, 1631, Empress Mumtaz Mahal died from complications while giving birth to her 14th child (a daughter named Gauhar Ara Begum) in Burhanpur. Her husband, Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, was so completely shattered by her death that court chroniclers noted his hair turned white from grief within months. To channel his sorrow and honour a deathbed promise to build her a monument of unma