Opinion: The  Hebrew calendar month of Elul is our pool – we enter it carrying our pain, disabilities, traumas and fears, and slowly learn to swim forward;  Dadon's willpower and infectious zest for life keep him moving forward, never giving up on himself, or on us.

Opinion: 85 years later, world once again turns its back on us, using ideology and claims of colonialism and apartheid to justify indifference to Israelis murdered, raped, tortured and held hostage