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Lisa Shatz

Lisa Shatz

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An Open Letter to Bernie Sanders

Dear Senator Sanders, At a time when many Jews are increasingly uneasy about their place in America and around the world, the words of influential...

26.06.2026 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Lisa Shatz

I’m No Bibistit. Why Is Netanyahu Treated as Uniquely Beyond the Pale?

I’m No Bibistit. Why Is Netanyahu Treated as Uniquely Beyond the Pale?

I am no Bibistit—the Hebrew term for a devoted supporter of Benjamin Netanyahu. I opposed his judicial reform initiative, which deeply divided...

23.06.2026 60

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Lisa Shatz

Why So Many Israelis Became Skeptical of Withdrawal

A good friend of mine, Emily, who holds progressive political views, recently asked me what I thought about the West Bank. I told her that if I...

21.06.2026 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Lisa Shatz

Has Germany Really Fully Learned the Lessons from Its Past?

On June 12, 2026, I watched an episode of Lazar Focus in which Lazar Berman interviewed Germany’s ambassador to Israel, Steffen Seibert. The...

14.06.2026 50

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Lisa shatz

A Blind Spot I Have Begun to Notice

Recently, during a Brookline, Massachusetts Town Meeting debate about commemorating Brookline residents who were killed on September 11, a speaker...

04.06.2026 40

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Lisa shatz

Two Lenses Through Which Many View the Gaza War

Recently, I exchanged a series of emails with a fellow Brookline Town Meeting member who is convinced that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza....

31.05.2026 60

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Lisa shatz

Extraordinary Claims and Unequal Skepticism

Carl Sagan famously observed that “extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.” That principle is especially important when accusations...

17.05.2026 70

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Lisa shatz