by Matthew Friedman | Feb 18, 2024 | Commentary, Gaza Journal
I was interviewed for my hometown newspaper, the Montreal Gazette, about being both Jewish and pro-Palestinian. It is an honor to be included with these other shvesterkind from my hometown. I don’t know them all yet, but I will. I hope that they will accept my...
by Matthew Friedman | Dec 10, 2023 | Commentary, Gaza Journal
Chanukah is coming. If you know me at all, you will know that I have conflicted feelings about the holiday. I welcome any holiday that brings us together as a community, and as a people, to share our heritage. I love the lights and the latkes, and it was always a...
by Matthew Friedman | Dec 3, 2023 | Commentary, Gaza Journal
What else can we call the warnings from the Israeli government – and from Benjamin Netanyahu himself – for Gazan civilians to seek safety, and the claims it is working to create “safe areas” for civilians to evacuate to, but “Compassion...
by Matthew Friedman | Nov 12, 2023 | Commentary, Gaza Journal
A student asked about the poppy in my lapel today after class. I explained what it was for, and that I wore it as an act of remembrance for my father, who served in the Second World War, and for all of the people who have died and continue to die in our wars. She said...
by Matthew Friedman | Oct 29, 2023 | Commentary, Gaza Journal
I am diminished by the death of every noncombatant, whether they are Israeli or Palestinian. It happens that, at this point, Palestinian deaths have diminished me five times more. I posted this in social media earlier this past week, just before Shabbes, as I reeled...
