HeyJaredBetween Despair and Determination
A personal exploration of forging hope and change for Israelis, Palestinians and beyond.
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Where Are You From? (opens the original)
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Over a breakfast burrito and mediocre coffee, I found myself fighting back sudden tears. I suppose I should have been prepared. We’d just landed in Los Angeles from Tel Aviv, and were having breakfast with a friend whom we last saw in May 2023, and this happens to me every time I see someone I haven’t seen since “before.” Before October 7th. Before Hersh’s captivity and murder. Before this ever-evolving war.These moments of piercing dissonance between the world as it was - when things were still
Between Voice and Exit (opens the original)
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The stories come in a steady trickle.“There’s no future for him here,” my tax consultant just told us about his son. “He joined his brother in LA. Now all the kids and grandkids are there, and my wife and I are alone here.”At a recent shabbat dinner several friends, all with adult kids, also bemoaned the departure or pending departure. A third friend just decided to pack up her family and move back to America. Thailand, I’ve heard, seems to have a growing Israeli expat community. As might Spain,
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