2026
The Jewish Chronicle
The life of a queer Israeli is labelled propaganda from the outset. A gay man forced into conversion therapy would be a cause for outrage, unless he’s Israeli. A trans woman having the courage to come out would be applauded, unless she’s Israeli. A lesbian couple welcoming a baby into their family would be met with celebration, unless they’re Israeli.
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The Times of Israel
There I was: a gay Jew, once feeling forced to choose my gayness over my Judaism then a decade later forced to choose my Jewishness over my gayness. The two now fully combined in the only place on Earth possible. The only place I can safely live as an active and outwardly practicing gay Jew. Finally able to simply celebrate, no longer having to choose.
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The Times of Israel
Since moving to Israel that feeling of establishment seems to have gone and with it an anchoring of self I once had. Sometimes I feel as though I’m losing myself, or at least parts of myself, which I first blamed on the war but now I think is perhaps just a symptom of early aliyah.
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Jewish News
Israeli humanitarian and medical organisations are increasingly bringing not only aid but professional expertise, innovation and long-term public health to developing countries.
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Jewish News
Thousands of Israeli and Palestinian activists attended the People’s Peace Summit 2026 in Tel Aviv, where organisers voiced hope that ‘the war that broke out on 7 October is the last one’.
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Unpacked Media
I’m someone who needs to know what I’m doing each day. I need a plan of action; otherwise, things start to spiral. Luckily, I had moved to the one country in the world where community is everything, and when you’re about to spiral, there is an entire neighborhood of people there to hold you up.
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The Jewish Chronicle
“I don’t know if it was being in an Orthodox shul full of gay people for the first time or because I knew that this moment would change the direction of my life. Either way, I prayed deeply that evening. I prayed following the same Orthodox service I went to as a child with my dad, the same service I go to now at my London Orthodox synagogue but this time, and for the first time, with a new and exciting future in my head.”
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