Kate Greenberg

Jan 22, 2025 | vashtimedia.com | Kendall Gardner |Kate Greenberg |Yarden Gur |Francesca Newton

Of the writing of books on antisemitism there is no end, as Kohelet might have said had he lived in the 2020s. And verily, there has been an enormous outpouring of words on the subject in the last decade or so. Many of those words have been journalistic, ephemeral and not very analytic. But in recent years, quite a few have made it into book and report form, making it easier to examine them for their positions, assumptions and approaches. Such writing can be divided into three broad categories.

Jan 17, 2025 | vashtimedia.com | Kate Greenberg |Yarden Gur |Francesca Newton |D. L. Katz

The Pickle — 3 min read “I don’t believe it. I can’t believe we’re still alive,” was the message I received from Hadeel Wael Qassem, a 22-year-old pharmacy student living in central Gaza with twelve members of her family. In the hours that followed, she sent me videos of celebrations in the streets.

Jan 9, 2025 | vashtimedia.com | Francesca Newton |D. L. Katz |Kate Greenberg

The Galilee is often depicted as a sanctuary of rolling hills and ancient olive groves. Among Israelis, the land's natural beauty is intertwined with its reputation for mythical healing powers: ads for spiritual retreats dot local message boards, promising to bring balance to fractured lives. The region is alive with the rhythm of vipassana meditation courses, inner-voice singing circles and aura-cleansing therapies.

Nov 27, 2024 | vashtimedia.com | Joana Cavaco |Francesca Newton |Martin Saps |Kate Greenberg

The olive harvest is a pivotal season in the Palestinian calendar, in both practical and spiritual terms. Families gather with friends and neighbours, climbing trees to reach the fruit high above and lounging on tarpaulins down below to separate olives from branches. The olive tree is a symbol of Palestinian resilience as old as time — its roots stretching deep into the land, some trees thousands of years old.

Nov 26, 2024 | vashtimedia.com | Francesca Newton |Martin Saps |Kate Greenberg |Joana Cavaco

Mokum: this Yiddish word is one of my favourite nicknames for the city of Amsterdam. It describes a place that, despite being cold, has become a warm nest for many wandering citizens of the world who are seeking somewhere safe to call home. It is not perfect. For many it is also a symbol of a brutal colonial past, of policy decisions that sideline the most vulnerable – the capital of a country deeply divided.