bereavement

Family of Cpt. Ziv Daos mourn during his funeral in Holon Cemetery, March 18, 2018. Daos was killed vehicle-ramming attack near the West Bank settlement Mevo Dotan. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
In Israel of 2018, bereavement is a ‘lifetime achievement’
Israel awarded its most prestigious prize to Miriam Peretz, whose two sons were killed in combat in Lebanon and Gaza. Here are three Palestinians who lost their children, but won’t likely be recognized for their grief. By Orly Noy In the days of the Iran-Iraq War, before Iran sent out young — and often very young…
By Orly Noy March 19, 2018
File photo of Jewish Israelis mourning at a funeral for murder victims. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Searching for hope on days of unconscionable tragedy
The only thing that can stop the killing, that can turn desperate people from violence, that can stop the creation of new orphans, is hope. Unfortunately, it’s nowhere to be found. The most tragic part about the violence that strikes civilians in Israel and Palestine is that it is largely preventable. That is not to…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man October 3, 2015
A homage to David Grossman, to mark his new novel
I’d like to step away from the relentless discussion of Grossman’s activism and to explain why he hold such a tremendous place for me and many more as an author – and what his last novel to appear in English tells of this country’s future. David Grossman has a new book coming out today in…
By Dimi Reider June 15, 2011
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Memorial Day: The book of lost lives
I published this post on last year’s Memorial Day, on my old blog. Somehow, it feels only fitting to repost it again – so little has changed. Some years ago, a team of authors released a book: The book documents, without exception, every single human being who died in that conflict. The order is chronological,…
By Dimi Reider May 8, 2011
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