It's time to read Goddess of Battle.
As President Trump prepares to issue his "deal of the century," intended to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it's time to delve...
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There is always hope when people are willing to sit together, talk together, mourn together.
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Interview on i24 TV Had the honor of talking about Goddess of Battle on i24
https://www.facebook.com/theemilyfrances/videos/10156489272754305/?t=1
Reading in Jaffa
Reading from Goddess of Battle in the most appropriate venue possible: Yafa book store in Jaffa, a Jewish-Arab suburb of Tel Aviv. Thank...
Fences and Neighbors: My interview on TLV1
https://tlv1.fm/the-tel-aviv-review/2017/10/02/fences-and-neighbors-a-story-of-friendship-across-the-divide/ (Photo by Heidi Levine)
Just Beer
I stopped in a boutique downtown Jerusalem wine and beer shop yesterday. It's a landmark in downtown Jerusalem, a store that's been...
When a Better Life Means I Might Not See You Again
A good friend of mine from Gaza, an amazing man who tries to maintain sanity and objectivity in an ocean of insanity, sent his son to...
Never the Whole Story
When I watch or read news coverage on Jerusalem, what I see is a conflict-driven city where Palestinians and Jews argue over control. But...
Breastfeeding a Baby
The media rarely deems stories of people reaching across the conflict news worth covering. But when a Jewish nurse at a Jerusalem...
Believe
In a class I took last semester as part of a masters degree in creative writing, I did a presentation on the wise women of the book of...
No Mother Should Suffer
This post is dedicated to a courageous, brave and beautiful woman I heard speak at a meeting between Jewish and Muslim women in a town in...
Horror Breeds .... Courage
Recently I had the honor of meeting a Jewish woman who lost her son who was killed when he went out for a hike with a friend, just a walk...
Women Wage Peace
I just realized that the publication of my book coincides with 50 years of Israeli occupation of the West Bank. Half a century. A long...
Small Gifts of Humanity
During the last war with Gaza, my youngest daughter, still in elementary school, spent classes packing care packages for the southern...