Libby Lenkinski
By Libby Lenkinski
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Israel Therapy Israel Therapy: Should I leave my home in NY to be in Israel with my grieving family?
Ask your relatives what they want. And remember: Travel is reversible
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Israel Therapy Israel Therapy: Should I join a boycott of a summit run by a friend who posted anti-Israel content?
There may not be a right answer. Make the best decision based on the facts — and feelings — available
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Culture Undeniably, a great film — but is it Israeli? Or Palestinian? Or both?
“Is the film Israeli? Or is it Palestinian?” This is the question I’ve been asked more than any other as I’ve shared my excitement about Eran Kolirin’s film “Let It Be Morning,” based on the novel by Sayed Kashua. It tells the story of a fictional Arab village in Israel that goes under lockdown at…
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Opinion Israel Is Deporting Critics Like Omar Shakir. But It Can’t Hide The Occupation Forever.
In the next few days, Israeli courts will decide the fate of Human Rights Watch’s Israel-Palestine Director Omar Shakir. They will decide whether to allow him to stay and continue his work reporting human rights abuses or to adhere to an anti-democratic law and deport him. Whatever the court decides, one thing is clear: Omar…
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Opinion Netanyahu And Trump Are Xenophobic Tyrants. We Must Resist Them – Together.
For American Jews, the recent resurgence of American nativism recalls the worst moments of the last century. American nativism brought us the Immigration Act of 1924, a racist law that closed America’s borders to Jews and other “undesirables,” and that ultimately barred our forebears from escaping the Nazis and finding refuge in America. Jews then…
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Letters We Need NGOs To Secure Our Civil Rights
In 1951, thirteen parents from Topeka, Kansas filed a class action lawsuit to allow their children to attend public schools closest to their homes. The result was a landmark Supreme Court case we now know as Brown vs. Board of Education, which overturned the doctrine of “separate but equal” – a principle of American law…
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