To me, the D-Day landing sites seemed like the most tangible expression of wartime bravery and sacrifice. Published in The Canadian Jewish Jews. As a lifelong Second World War buff, I’ve always dreamed of visiting the beaches of Normandy. To…
With so much at stake, how could no clear verdict have been delivered? Published in The Canadian Jewish News Bewildered? Dejected? Enraged? Perturbed? Or perhaps, ultimately, cautiously optimistic? Coming up with adjectives to describe the wave of emotions following last…
‘There’s a sense of energy and urgency that this time it really matters, that the very soul of the nation is on the line.’ Published in The Canadian Jewish News. Campaign posters are plastered across street corners and buses in…
Make no mistake, this election is not about right versus left. It’s about right versus wrong. Op-ed published in The Times of Israel. Judging by the ads and banners flooding our neighborhoods, websites and inboxes, one might think that the…
Published in The Jewish Book Council. When people think about the Jewish experience in World War II, there’s only one thing that immediately comes to mind: the Holocaust. But there is another side to the story, that of the 1.5…
How politics, fear, and quiet boycotts are narrowing the space for Israel-related voices in the literary world. Published in The Jerusalem Report. In the decade I spent pitching my debut book proposal to prospective agents and publishers, I faced repeated…
We must remember not only the recently fallen, but also on whose shoulders they stand. Op-ed published in The Times of Israel. Unlike Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is focused squarely on our painful past, the country’s annual Memorial Day…
Published in The Canadian Jewish News. The official name of Israel’s annual Holocaust Remembrance Day is Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day. It’s a nod toward not only the victims of the genocide but also the resistance fighters who valiantly fought…
Published in The Canadian Jewish News Nearly a month into the war with Iran, it’s safe to say that much of what we have been experiencing in Israel has been unprecedented. It’s the first fully joint American Israeli military operation….
Five years before Brooklyn Dodgers legend Jackie Robinson famously broke baseball’s color barrier, becoming the first African American to play in the Major Leagues, another future Hall of Famer scored a similar, though far less publicized, breakthrough. In 1942, chemical…
For the 1.5 million Jewish soldiers who fought in World War II victimhood was not the only story. Op-ed published in The Times of Israel As the world commemorates the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on Tuesday on…
Before turning off your QLED TV tonight, or the bedside lamp powered by electricity generated from sunlight captured in solar cells, please take a moment to remember Louis E. Brus. These everyday amenities would not be possible without his groundbreaking…
Published in The Hamilton Jewish News. It was a routine Associated Press reporting assignment. I was dispatched to a security conference in May 2015 to listen to panels of experts discussing Israel’s looming security threats. It was only when I…
Published in The Jewish Book Council My grandfather, Mickey Heller, served four years in the Royal Canadian Air Force, including two years in Europe as a navigator in Bomber Command. But that’s all I, or anyone else in my family,…
The year 2025 marks the halfway point between the 5G and 6G eras of wireless communications. It’s a milestone symbolizing the bridge between the groundbreaking 5G technologies that were unleashed at the start of this decade and the promise of…