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Why Dictators ❤️📱TikTok
TikTok is a powerful tool with which to disseminate disinformation and discord — and dictators know it.
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Laura E. Adkins
The limits of our empathy
An Israeli life is worth no less — and no more — than a Palestinian one. Until everyone can agree on that, there will be no real hope of peace.
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Laura E. Adkins
Big Changes Ahead
On making an exciting pivot, and the big scary feels that follow ⛵️
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Laura E. Adkins
How we talk about sexual violence
The war over Israeli women’s bodies has become a battle of whether or not specifics matter.
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Laura E. Adkins
Shade of Yellow
On feelings of abandonment, sources of comfort, and the myth of happy endings.
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Laura E. Adkins
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Being Jewish in the wrong place
What does it mean to have a heart in two places, and are Jews truly safe in either of them?
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Laura E. Adkins
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On Heading Home
My life is in New York. My heart is staying where it's been scattered, here in Israel
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The early days of war
Thoughts of an American Jewish journalist reporting from Israel, as a nation in shock starts figuring out what comes next
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Laura E. Adkins
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LEA in Brief
LEA in Brief
Curious human in an unfocused world. Trying to make sense of what drives and shapes individuals and societies, particularly those in Israel and Jewish diaspora communities, one story at a time.
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