A harmless-looking kite crosses from Gaza into Israel. Shalzed wonders whether dismissing Israel’s fears makes protecting human rights harder, not easier.
Collective Punishment for Collective Punishment?
Yoni’s son just wants to pass through Malaysia on his way home. One problem: Malaysia doesn’t allow Israelis into the country.
Shalzed Asked Why I Was Fasting
Waiting for the bus on Tisha B’Av, I try to explain why Jews remember past suffering. Shalzed has a harder question.
Trusting AI On the Dangers of AI
“Why don’t humans have rules that every powerful new invention has to be thoroughly tested before anyone can release it?”
I shook my head. “Because that’s just not the way it works.”
Who Decides What’s True?
Shalzed discovers that something he read on Facebook isn’t true. He thinks fact-checking is the obvious solution. I have my doubts.
Shalzed Confused by Anti-Israel Demonstration at the World Cup
Shalzed’s first World Cup game teaches him about soccer, hard cider—and something he finds much harder to understand about human rights.
Mexico City? That Can’t be Right
Shalzed watches the World Cup and discovers something he can’t understand: if every host country has human rights problems, who deserves a boycott?
An Urgent Call From Simon- Simon is alarmed to find a U.S. government website which he believes indicates that Shalzed has been arrested.
A White House website warns that “aliens” are living among us. I panic and call Shalzed—only to discover they don’t mean him.
Shalzed Asks Why 500 People Are Being Tried At Once
To villagers, Bukele is a hero. To human rights groups, he is a villain who laws that deny accused criminals their most basic rights.
Can a State Fund What it Doesn’t Believe?
Why should Israel fund a religious authority that treats men and women differently? Shalzed discovers that the answer isn’t nearly so simple.