Shoshanna Keats-Jaskoll is the co-founder of Chochmat Nashim, an Israeli NGO dedicated to battling extremism and raising the voice of women in the Jewish conversation. Follow her on Twitter, @skjask
Shoshanna Keats-Jaskoll
By Shoshanna Keats-Jaskoll
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Opinion Terrorism – and the Palestinian Authority rewarding it – was behind this week’s attack
The circumstances of Ahmed Erekat’s killing are in deep dispute. This is one of a number of pieces The Forward is running on his death. For another point of view, click here. In Israel, announcements of terror attacks and attempted terror attacks at checkpoints come at a disturbing frequency. Between rock throwings, stabbings, and car…
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Opinion Israel is ready to reopen. I’m not.
Last night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced an easing up of restrictions. No longer confined to 100 meters, we can go out for the first time in ages. National parks are reopening and even malls will open later in the week. Nearly one in four Israelis are unemployed, up from a record low of…
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Opinion This Passover will be different from all others — and there’s freedom in that
BG IMG LINK Previous Article Next Article Passover is the birthday of the Jewish people. We went down to Egypt as a family, but we left Egypt as a people. For thousands of years, we have celebrated that birthday, but this year’s Passover will be different from all other Passovers. During the original Passover, Jewish…
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Opinion The ultra Orthodox leadership’s shameful abdication of its responsibility
“Stay at home,” we were told yesterday. Other than for instances of critical need, Israelis are not to leave the house. Many of us have already been here, as schools were cancelled last week after three days of Purim vacation. For my family, that came on the heels of already having been quarantined in home…
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Opinion Sorry, Anti-Zionists: Israeli Democracy Is Alive and Well
We Israelis hear it all the time: Israel is a racist endeavor. It’s an Apartheid state. It’s a joke of a democracy. These claims are a mainstay of the movement to boycott Israel, and they are repeated like mantras at protests and on social media. Well, haters, I hate to break it to you, but…
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Opinion This Election, Israelis Are Choosing Between Our Hopes And Our Fears
The elections set to take place in Israel on Tuesday are historic, the first time in Israeli history that the Prime Minister failed to make a coalition, sending us back to the voting booth just five months after we voted last. But in another way, the election could not be more typical of what it’s…
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Opinion I’m Israeli. Netanyahu Is Wrong. He Should Let Ilhan Omar And Rashida Tlaib Visit
This morning, it was reported that Israel would be denying entry to two U.S. Congresswomen, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, who sought to visit the West Bank and Jerusalem — this after Ambassador Ron Dermer said that they would be allowed entry. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has apparently bowed to pressure by President Trump…
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Opinion How IfNotNow Lost Its Way
Lies come in a number of forms. You can lie by telling an outright falsehood. You can lie by distorting the truth. And you can lie by omitting crucial context. Lying by omission is uniquely nefarious, for it involves taking something that is true in its complete form and altering it such that it still…
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