Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll, Author at Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll

July 20, 2018 10:20 am·

Rachel Azaria responds to her critics

Originally printed in In Jerusalem, July 20, 2018 When Rachel Azaria announced her candidacy for mayor, not everyone was happy. People asked why she joined so…

June 10, 2018 12:56 am·

Why Israelis Especially Shouldn’t Lie About Gaza

I spend a lot of time online. Probably too much. But, lately, I’ve seen something I haven’t seen before: Israel advocates, people I normally trust,…

June 7, 2018 8:14 pm·

Women Assume the Mantle of Leadership

Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Magazine, June 7, 2018 “Women’s voices have been generally missing from the great Jewish discussion that takes part within…

May 9, 2018 11:52 pm·

What Israelis Hear When You Say There Was A ‘Massacre’ In Gaza

Living in Israel, it has been a surreal experience watching the international community’s response to the riots on the Gaza border. It is as though…

April 8, 2018 5:36 pm·

Rachel Azaria- An Unexpected MK

Originally published in The Jerusalem Post’s In Jerusalem section, April 6,2018 I see MK Rachel Azaria long before I get to sit with her. First, from…

April 1, 2018 6:39 pm·

When ignorance doesn’t stop people from arguing on Israel-Palestine, we all lose

Originally published in the Forward. This latest video from two weeks ago, like the others, has a staged quality. It seems clear that Ahed’s blows…

April 1, 2018 11:37 am·

Walking the desert… to help unchain women

Originally published in the In Jerusalem, March 30, 2018 Can one feel both devastated and inspired at the same time? These two emotions were my…

March 27, 2018 11:40 pm·

Ultra-Orthodox Women Fighting For Their Rights

Knesset member Aliza Lavie is blond, poised — and whip smart. I caught her on her way out of the Knesset after yet another dead-end…

February 21, 2018 9:43 pm·

אל תמחקו אותנו

מגזין משפחה חולל שערוריה בשבוע שעבר כשעורכיו בחרו לטשטש את פני הנשים בתמונה משחרור מחנה ההשמדה אושוויץ. אנשים ונשים רבים מרחבי העולם הזדעזעו מהיחס המזלזל…

January 30, 2018 4:12 pm·

I am not Haredi. I am Jew.

I didn’t think I still had to do this, but… The idea that because I am not Haredi I cannot/should not speak out against erasing…

January 21, 2018 10:08 am·

We are not the same people anymore

An army vehicle was stoned Monday by extremist Haredim in Beit Shemesh. The soldier hit a pole and was taken to the hospital. In response,…

January 21, 2018 10:03 am·

Who needs rabbinic leadership? A call for Orthodox organizations to heed the voices of the women they cannot see

Both the Orthodox Union and the Rabbinical Council of America position themselves as rabbinic leadership for (at least) the Orthodox community in the United States.…