Benjamin Koatz is a graduate of Brown University and a half-Ashkenazi, half-Sephardi, first-generation New Yorker.
Community Why I Used My Tallit to Disrupt a Christian Zionist Jubilee This story hits its crescendo as I am manhandled out of a church, gripping my tallit (prayer shawl) and kippah to remain steady, surrounded by the dissonant chorus of hundreds of Evangelical congregants chanting “Am Yisrael Chai” (“Long Live the People Israel”) to disperse Jewish protesters from their midst. Twisting those words of our faith… By Benjamin Koatz Jun 12, 2017 | 5 min read
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