2023-24 War against Hamas and Hezbollah Current Events Last message from Ofir’s abducted grandparents: “So Far So Good” November 5, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments “So far so good” — this was the last message Ofir Metzger got at 8:50 on Saturday morning, 7 October 2023 from her grandfather who was abducted by Hamas. Other…
Current Events First-Hand and Investigative Jewish Ukrainian’s life blew up with the first bombs in Odessa. March 21, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments Odessa native Diana Bukhman, 38, never wanted to make Aliyah. Yet here she is. Ripped from her former life, a good life she mourns the loss of, and she has…
Current Events First-Hand and Investigative Interview with former South Sudanese Refugee in Israel March 15, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments Augustino Mayom Makuok was just 16 when he ran away from war-torn South Sudan. At 23, he found a way to enter Israel and he stayed here for six years,…
Current Events First-Hand and Investigative Interview: Canadian social work student confronts antisemitism in her program March 1, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments I didn’t want to be in an environment with people that hate me. I think no other student needs to deal with that. Why do I? I hated every day,…
Current Events First-Hand and Investigative Ilana Shemesh: Israeli homebirth pioneer founds birthing center for Ugandan Jews January 14, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments This is the story of a timid child who grew up to brazenly fight the Israeli medical establishment and then trot off to Uganda to set up a birthing center…
Current Events First-Hand and Investigative Uzay Bulut: Interview with exiled Turkish non-Jew against antisemitism in Turkey January 1, 2023 Sherry Oz No Comments A highly successful journalist and political analyst in her 30s, Uzay Bulut was in Israel studying toward her second MA at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, her first MA…
Current Events First-Hand and Investigative Merav Levi: I thought I would die a prostitute — Interview December 24, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments Photography has provided a platform for Merav Levi, 44, to share the story of her journey from prostitution and substance abuse to her new dream of becoming an art photographer.…
Current Events First-Hand and Investigative Jewish doctor rescues abandoned girls in India. Interview with Dr. Michelle Harrison. December 14, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments Dr. Michelle Harrison just celebrated her 80th birthday, surrounded by the 14 girls she is raising in Kolkata, India and the dedicated staff who are helping her. Four of these…
Current Events First-Hand and Investigative Keeping Up With Our MKs Interview: How MK Ofer Cassif passed the Rubicon into anti-Zionism November 14, 2022 Sherry Oz No Comments The day before election day in Israel, Israel National News published my interview of MK Ofer Cassif. Here is a very slightly modified version of that same interview: Ofer Cassif…