Anav Silverman
A native of Maine, Anav Silverman is a columnist and educator whose work has been published widely online and in print, both in Israel and internationally. She has appeared on Al Jazeera, BBC Radio, and CBS 2 and has contributed to BBC News, The Philadelphia Bulletin, The Huffington Post, Bangor Daily News, Maariv, Ynet News, The Jewish Chronicle, Sderot Media Center, Tazpit Press Service and other publications. She also teaches at the Hebrew University Secondary School of Education (Leyada) in Jerusalem.
Why Europe Loves Obama and Tolerates Iran
When US President Barack Obama was named the 2009 Nobel peace prize winner, a tidal wave of reactions emerged from international leaders. Many western...
SMC Theater therapy program changes lives of Sderot’s traumatized girls
Sderot, Israel: If you heard Color Red siren alerts in Sderot on Wednesday night, October 14, it was not because rockets were being fired...
Con l’apertura dell’anno scolastico, gli studenti di Sderot sollevano dubbi sulla stabilità del cessate...
3 settembre 2009: Nonostante il terzo cessate il fuoco tra Hamas e Israele sia ancora in vigore, gli allievi di Sderot hanno iniziato l'anno scolastico...
Goldstone’s Commission Failed Gaza’s Children
When the head of the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza conflict, Judge Richard Goldstone, appeared on Al Jazeera after releasing the findings...
What ordinary citizens can do for Sderot
This past August, I traveled to Winnipeg, Canada to talk about the twisted reality that Sderot residents continue to endure even during the relative...
As school year opens, Sderot students doubt ceasefire stability
Although the third Hamas-Israel ceasefire is still in effect, Sderot schoolchildren began the 2009 school year both excited and yet apprehensive.
Two days before the...
George Mitchell’s Peace Message Not Reaching Islamic Media
Speaking to reporters after meeting with Syrian President Bashar Assad this week, US envoy George Mitchell stated that the US administration under Barack Obama...
In the line of verbal fire: pro-Palestinian group visits Sderot
I recently had my second opportunity in Sderot to host a group from the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI). EAPPI is...
Sderot Children Featured in First-Ever International Feature Film
Sderot Media Center to make feature documentary with acclaimed US television executive
The first-ever feature length film about Sderot’s trauma children is currently underway. Sderot...
More facts or more blame?
The three-week Gaza war has been keeping the UN obsessively busy with months of inquiries and a fact-finding mission into supposed Israeli war crime...
