Sharon Rosen Leib

Grasping for hope in the Israeli darkness A group associated with a fact-finding mission shared a wish for the return of the hostages and an immediate end to the war’s escalating misery.

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Just returned from fact-finding trip to Israel. The war must end NOW!

Excellent piece! Feel validated for deXscalating a few months back. Not easy to do as a freelance journalist. Here’s to bluer skies!

@cnn.com @jaketapper.bsky.social should be ashamed for shilling the Biden book on air. This compromises professional ethics, cheapens real journalism and is actual impropriety not merely the appearance thereof! You’ve stooped to Fox News level and lost my respect!

Passover Traditions You Love Passover around the world—from Moroccan mufleta to Persian scallion-fights

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What are your fave traditions? In this #onbeingJewishnow Substack post I weighed in with other writers! Hard to avoid politics at Seder - but maybe we should this year to maintain sanity! Praying for liberation, peace and justice for all 🙏

San Diego Writer's Festival | April 5, 2025 Join us for our FREE 2025 San Diego Writers Festival at the Coronado Public Library. Sponsored by Zibby Media, Glorietta Bay Inn & Friends of the Coronado Library.

Sharing my hard-earned freelancer wisdom tomorrow. Free event at Coronado High. Register at www.sandiegowritersfestival.com
Hope to see you there!

Missing Tashlich at Moonlight Beach Being proud about our traditions

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On What Being Jewish Now means in sunny north San Diego County. Here's to feeling safe casting sins at Moonlight Beach in 2025.

Horrible.

My great grandparents Marian and Sol Wurtzel on location for one of Fox’s Western silents. Circa 1924.
#filmsky

On the Fox Western Ave lot circa 1925 from L to R Lew Seiler, Sol Wurtzel, William Fox and ?? Anyone in Bluesky world able to ID the other 2? I haven’t a clue.

A new McCarthyism is attacking Israeli artists — and risks making all of us dumber A movement to boycott Israeli cultural institutions has gained famous signatories, like Sally Rooney and Jhumpa Lahiri. But it's misguided.

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My most recent piece on the illiberal boycott of Israeli (and “Zionist”) authors! Is this the new McCarthyism?

Thank you, Alicia, for the shoutout! Look forward to learning from all of you!