Why We Fight for Zionism

The words flashed on my phone. I stared at them in disbelief. My friend Sean was dead. Just around my 18th birthday, I was drafted into the IDF. My base, Michve Elon, was in northern Israel. My friend Sean and I shared a room as well as our philosophies, life views, and histories. The transition More »



A Buckeye’s Connection to Israel

This summer marked my second visit to the State of Israel. I’m sure you already know all about my first trip–good old Birthright, they call it. But this time around, I was there for a two-month internship in Jerusalem at The Michael Levin Lone Soldier Center through the Onward Israel program. To give you a More »



Intolerance at Brandeis University

From Princeton’s Nassau Hall and Dartmouth’s Baker Library to the streets of Claremont McKenna and Yale, American colleges across the country have witnessed protests of racial injustice that silence dissent and opposing viewpoints. Deans, presidents, faculty members, and student leaders have all been forced to apologize and even resign for the mere crime of saying More »