From ‘orange youth’ to IDF warrior in reality and film Israeli-American actor Yadin Gellman staves off PTSD through fatherhood and storytelling. Orit Arfa Dec. 27, 2024
Leave Europe, dedicated Zionists warn! I think differently: It’s time to stay and fight with the help of our allies. Orit Arfa Dec. 6, 2024
Deborah Feldman, extremist Perhaps she hopes that she’ll be given a reprieve from Jew-hatred by becoming the darling of activists who loathe the idea of Israel fighting back. It’s as if she pleads: “I’m not one of those ‘blood-sucking’ occupiers!” Orit Arfa Nov. 21, 2023
Globalize Gush Katif What is left of Gaza must include Israeli forces and residential communities on both sides of the “border.” Orit Arfa Oct. 31, 2023
Don’t cry over us Jews, Germany Why is the “chosen people” always depending on permission from “The World” to fight for our lives, to save them, to give a damn? Orit Arfa Oct. 24, 2023
In wake of Oct. 7, Jewish Berliners teeter between fear and defiance “The atmosphere is very tense and scary,” a Jewish mother told JNS. “I don’t feel safe. It’s really heartbreaking.” Orit Arfa Oct. 17, 2023
German taxpayer funding for Palestinians focal point of pro-Israel rally in Berlin “It is imperative that all funding from the German Foreign Office and the Ministry of Development be put to the test,” said German politician Christoph Meyer. “An immediate halt to German funding of E.U. and U.N. programs for Palestine must also not be taboo.” Orit Arfa Oct. 9, 2023
This Sukkot, Sarah Sassoon will celebrate in an Iraqi sukkah with Czech candlesticks The Israeli writer, who comes from a prominent Iraqi family, is working on two new books about Jews of Babylonian ancestry. Orit Arfa Sept. 21, 2023
Is Barbie liberal or ‘Kenservative’? It’s woke and not woke, it’s true and false, it’s politically correct and politically incorrect, it’s feminist and unfeminist … Orit Arfa Aug. 10, 2023