Elisheva Goldberg

Mar 12, 2024 | jewishcurrents.org | Elisheva Goldberg |Maya Rosen

(This article also appeared in the Jewish Currents email newsletter; subscribe here!)On March 7th, President Joe Biden announced during his State of the Union address that the United States would establish a temporary, floating sea pier through which to deliver humanitarian supplies to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, an increasing number of whom are starving.

Feb 7, 2024 | jewishcurrents.org | Elisheva Goldberg

On January 29th, The Nightly News with Michal Rabinovitch—which airs on Israel’s public broadcaster, known as Kan—ran a series of stories that were broadly representative of the channel’s programming over the past few months.

Aug 15, 2023 | jewishcurrents.org | Elisheva Goldberg

(This article previously appeared in the Jewish Currents email newsletter; subscribe here!)On July 30th, the second to last day of its summer session, Israel’s Knesset voted 39-7 to pass a law that imposes harsher punishments for sexual harassment, assault, and rape committed with “nationalistic motivations.” The law’s explanatory text hints at what this term means in context.

Aug 1, 2023 | jewishcurrents.org | Elisheva Goldberg

(This article previously appeared in the Jewish Currents email newsletter; subscribe here!)On Monday, July 24th, Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin ascended the Knesset podium to give a speech in advance of a vote that would codify a piece of his program to overhaul Israel’s judiciary. “This law,” he said, “will return Israel to the ranks of democratic nations.” As Levin began his speech, all 56 members of the Israeli opposition walked, or were escorted by Knesset security, out of the room.

Jul 11, 2023 | jewishcurrents.org | Elisheva Goldberg