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Jun 20, 2018, 12:22 AM

We are Og: Turning the Tables on World Refugee Day

Wednesday, June 20, 2018 is World Refugee Day. At the end of 2017, 68.5 million people in the world had been forcibly displaced from their countries. Of those, 16.2 million were displaced during 2017. At the end of this week, on...

May 10, 2018, 5:55 PM

And the tolerance capital of the world is… Jerusalem!

An Israeli soldier stands in the City of David (Ir David) in East Jerusalem, next to the Arab neighborhood of Silwan (Matanya Tausig/Flash90/File)

In complex Jerusalem, almost nothing is what you think it is and almost no one is who you think they are

Apr 24, 2018, 9:53 AM

Happy Birthday, Israel. I got you a tent. I hope you like it.

It’s not always easy to celebrate birthdays, and I’m not just talking about ticking clocks and time’s wingèd chariot. Ten years ago, two days before my 48th birthday, my husband Peter, zichrono livracha, may his memory be for a...

Feb 9, 2018, 10:48 AM

An urgent national security question for your rabbi

If you are an Israeli synagogue-goer whose rabbi recognizes the Jewish state (Satmar Hasidim and Netorai Karta can stop reading here), I urge you to speak urgently to your rabbi about our government’s involvement in what is surely a...

Jan 1, 2018, 11:41 AM

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Imagine if an app got us to pay attention to all the gory details about food production... Oh wait, Judaism can do that

Nov 19, 2017, 8:20 PM

Eviction (part 5 of 6): The Mayor of Jerusalem

Following years of dedicated work, the Israel Land Fund succeeded in evicting a three-generation Palestinian family from its East Jerusalem home of more than 50 years. Other evictions are in the works. A few months ago, I attended the prize-giving...

Oct 21, 2017, 9:08 PM

Eviction (part 4 of 6): Homeless

Following years of dedicated work, the Israel Land Fund, succeeded in evicting a three-generation Palestinian family from its East Jerusalem home of more than 50 years. Other evictions are in the works. Almost exactly ten years ago, my husband, Peter...

Oct 4, 2017, 12:50 AM

Eviction (part 3 of 6): A cry for compassion

Almost exactly a month ago, following years of dedicated work by the Israel Land Fund, a three-generation Palestinian family was evicted from its East Jerusalem home of more than 50 years. Other evictions are in process; several families in...

Sep 15, 2017, 2:16 PM

Eviction (part 2 of 6): If 60 is the new 40, and orange is the new black, who is the new Jeremiah?

Last week, following years of dedicated work by the Israel Land Fund, a three-generation Palestinian family was evicted from its East Jerusalem home of more than 50 years. Other evictions should follow soon; several families in the neighborhood have...

Sep 8, 2017, 2:17 PM

Eviction (Part 1 of 6): The Law Is an Ass

This week, following years of dedicated work by the Israel Land Fund, a three-generation Palestinian family was evicted from its East Jerusalem home of more than 50 years. Other evictions should follow soon; several families in the neighborhood have...

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About Me

Diana Lipton has been a Fellow of Newnham College, Cambridge; Reader in Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies at King's College London, and a lecturer in Bible at Hebrew University's Rothberg International School. She is the very proud mother of Jacob and Jonah, and lives in Jerusalem with her husband Chaim. Her latest book, 'From Forbidden Fruit to Milk and Honey: A Commentary on Food in the Torah', is in press.