Ziona Greenwald

The author is a busy mom, freelance writer and editor and previously worked as a court attorney and magazine editor. She moved to Jerusalem from New York with her family in 2015.

ISRAEL'S NATIONAL bird: The crane.

Give peace (and quiet) a chance - commentary

COVID-19 VACCINATIONS being administered at a Maccabi Health vaccination center in Givatayim last week.

How troubled times will impact American Jews making Aliyah

YOUTHS CELEBRATE Jerusalem Day outside the Old City walls of Jerusalem last year.

Jerusalem Day: Fight fires at home, avoid crossfires abroad - opinion


Israel elections: why character is overrated

Are the legal entanglements of the prime minister or any other player – in a system not divorced from political influence – reason to redirect our votes?

Plethora of parties in Israeli elections

Down with the phrase ‘two-state solution’

By definition, a solution puts an end to a problem by successfully eliminating the challenges at hand. Enter solution, exit problem.

Map of Israel 521

Extreme Takeover

Proceedings on the Knesset floor famously feature shouting and name-calling, with the level of decorum approximating that of a kindergarten playground.

A scene in the Knesset before it votes for an early election on April 9

The Anglo factor

The role of Anglos in Israeli politics has lately been the subject of much discussion.

Two new Olim taking an excited selfie upon landing in Israel

Israel’s population boom: Disaster or dream come true?

Israelis have been hearing a lot of doomsday calls lately about the future of our tiny land, with reports claiming that in as soon as 30 years, we’ll have run out of room.

A crowd of people covering their eyes. (illustrative)

Israel’s population boom: disaster or dream come true?

THERE IS much to debate and discuss about what the future will look like and how to approach it.

BY RECOGNIZING that individuals with disabilities do have abilities, Israel is becoming its best self

BDS – right tactic, wrong target

Our true friends know this, but BDS supporters are not interested in the truth because their movement is built on lies.

Our tour of Airbnb in Israel continues with a visit to a medieval suite

Freedom or free-for-all?

“Today we can choose our work, gender, political and sexual orientation. We even have the right to change our name. Why do we not have the right to change our age?” asks Ratelband.

Elderly couple (illustrative)

The faith crisis of American Jewry

Perhaps it is the existential insecurity of life in Israel that makes faith the natural, default position.

American Jews partcipate in the annual Israel Day Parade 370

Do we need Aliya Day?

Observing Independence Day, Jerusalem Day and Remembrance Day as real Israelis were among the high points of my family’s first year here and continue to be so.

Daughter of US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman makes aliya