(JTA) — The first time Iris Hefets was detained by German police, she was standing alone on a street corner in Berlin with a sign that read, “As a Jew and Israeli, stop the genocide in Gaza.” That was October 2023. Hefets, a 60-year-old psychoanalyst who moved from Israel in 2002, was standing by herself […]
Shira Li Bartov
Shira Li Bartov is a JTA contributor covering culture and global news. She was previously a staff writer at Newsweek and a producer at Inside Edition.
