I have never wanted to claim I know what is best for Israel.

When I write, I lose time. I'm happy in a way that I have a hard time finding in real life. The intimacy between my brain and my fingers and my computer... Yet knowing that that intimacy will find an audience... It's very satisfying. It's like having the safety of being alone with the ego reward of being known.

I'm happy to always be included in the list of women. I'd like to be in the sections about female leaders and male leaders. Why not?

I think generational trauma also plays a big part in the reactions to Israeli politics.

In my own work I am invested in art as a way to break through impasses, whether those impasses are personal, social, or political.

I still see storytelling for men by men that is always reinforcing the male gaze.

My experience as a Jewish American has often been as a spectator of one-sided conversations, or more like monologues, about Israel, Jewish History, Jewish identity, etc. Although there are profound divisions amongst Jews on all of these topics there are not many opportunities for deep and thoughtful dialogue about them.