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Over our brutal cancer year, my daughter Orli has documented herself for TikTok. It is a flipbook of her treatment & recovery & setbacks, a primer on how a middle schooler fathoms the unfathomable, and how she created a bridge to the outside world.

Opinion | My Daughter, TikTok Warrior (Published 2020)

How my family found an unlikely bridge across the divide created by cancer.

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It’s nearly impossible to describe the pain in losing

@orlihalpern

but I’ve tried. My heart, z”l. My teacher. My child. My Daughter Was So Alive. How Can She Now Be Gone?

Opinion | My Daughter’s Future Was Taken From Her, and From Us

On the particular grief of losing an adolescent child.

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Sitting w/ Orli in the prayer room (doubling as isolation for immune compromised) b4 pre-op. If you’re a believer in prayer or good energy, humbly asking once again for some sent her way as she heads into a new surgerical procedure today. Or a poem. We could use some poetry.

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I can no longer shield my children from hard conversations, if I ever could.

Opinion | My Child Is in an Impossible Place, and I Am There With Her

Three years into my daughter’s cancer treatments, my family has leaned into talking about hard things.

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Oh my god

I love your kids so so so much. My girls love having Nusayba and her siblings in their lives. God willing we will all celebrate them soon. Crying. #wearamask #hugyourkids

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Wajahat Ali

Jul 9, 2020

Our beautiful Nusayba's hair grew back after her Stage 4 cancer. Today, she & her brother decided to shave it all again to be in solidarity with their friend Orli, @SarahAWildman's daughter, who lost her hair & is recovering from cancer. They are good kids. Hug your children.

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In this year of tumult — navigating Orli’s #cancer rollercoaster & her sister’s needs for us to be together — we found comfort in Stars Hollow. “Binge-Watching ‘Gilmore Girls’ Got My Family Through an Epically Bad Year”

Opinion | Why My Family Is Watching ‘Gilmore Girls’ (Published 2021)

The perfect refuge from Covid and cancer is a fictional town where nothing really happens and the diner is always open.

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The New Republic, Leon Wieseltier, and the myth of silence. A story I never thought I'd write -- on how intimately I'm aware of how a system can fail women.

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"I was harassed at the New Republic. I spoke up. Nothing happened." vox.com/first-person/2

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Want a piece of nice news for Shabbat? My kid Orli just took (virtual) dance. After 7 rounds of chemo, 10 months of fighting liver cancer, a liver transplant, & lots more than tweetable. She worried would the teacher think she wasn't good enough. I promised her she was amazing.

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Serge and Beate Klarsfeld hunted Nazis. Now they fight Marine Le Pen. vox.com/2017/5/6/15566 via

Serge and Beate Klarsfeld hunted Nazis. Now they fight Marine Le Pen.

After decades of hunting down Nazis, the Klarsfelds are working to stop Marine Le Pen.

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I can’t stop watching this concert-

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L.A. Public Library

@LAPublicLibrary

May 20, 2021

Don't mess with The Linda Lindas. Watch the full concert: lapl.me/YQ2UH9o

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If you're the praying sort, or simply believe in good energy, pls send some of either toward my Orli, heading to a biopsy this a.m. to investigate some wonky numbers. We're hopeful the path will be clear, and culprit is pharmacological. #ChildhoodCancerAwarenessMonth #transplant

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Want a pick-me-up? Check out my kid getting her entire team to learn a TikTok dance before a transfusion. #Stayhome for her. And for her friend, Nusayba,

's daughter.

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Apr 7, 2020

COVID 19 will not take away the smiles from underneath our masks, & it certainly will never stop us from dancing

Orli was pumped to get her medical team into her TikTok before treatment started. Turn up the volume and feel the JOY

These are the moments we need & love.

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The Women’s March has now reached as far as Antarctica. (Really.) vox.com/policy-and-pol via

The Women’s March has now reached as far as Antarctica. (Really.)

There are now sister marches in 60 countries on seven continents.

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#womensmarch goes global: 57 countries, 616 sister marches & tackling issues from misogyny to voting vox.com/world/2017/1/1 via

The Women's March on Washington has spread to 60 countries around the globe

For some, it’s about showing a different face of America. For others, it’s about more local causes.

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As the parent of an immunocompromised child I have spent a lot of time thinking about vulnerability - how we see it, how we don’t see it and how we might embrace empathy and inclusion in this moment W/ thanks to

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In Opinion "Society has rarely taken the most vulnerable into account when it comes to how daily life is navigated. Not during this pandemic, and certainly not before it," @SarahAWildman writes. nyti.ms/3JkwTBa

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I really struggled reading the stories for this one. With Dobbs coming this week and Texas’ abortion law standing it’s time to look at the women whose lives have been lost due to restrictive abortion laws.

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Nov 29, 2021

“The thing I worry about in the United States is that the rallying cry won’t happen until women die, and that’s so unnecessary and unfortunate,” Kathryn Kolbert, who argued Planned Parenthood v. Casey before the Supreme Court, told @SarahAWildman. nyti.ms/3I2gNN9

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Today is the 1 year mark of Orli’s liver transplant. It’s been a tough cancer year (dayenu, pandemic!)that isn’t over yet. We spent this harrowing last week in hospital. But the gift of her life is one we are continuously in awe of. It is a 2nd birthday. שהחינו וקימנו והגענו

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This is our Orli - we wear our masks for her and for

‘s Nusayba and for all the kids we know at

@bostonchildrens

and @childrensnational

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Jun 24, 2020

As #COVID19 cases grow, it’s helpful to remember why wearing a mask is so important. I bet you can think of 3 people you know who inspire you to wear a mask. Here’s mine: Orli, 11, fighting like a champ. Lauren, 35, mom of 2, living with CF. And Blakey, 1, son of @Rene_MarshCNN.

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I have spent a lot of time thinking about the economic strain of being a cancer parent and how it can ruin families emotionally and financially. Very grateful for

@KFILE

for writing this for us today.

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@RachelEnsignWSJ

Aug 5, 2021

Each day Francesca battled cancer was horrific. But truth is, we were among the lucky ones. Many families also battle extreme financial strain after their kids’ diagnosis. My amazing husband @KFILE in the @nytimes today on how to fix this injustice: google.com/amp/s/www.nyti

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Yesterday we stopped to say hi to the barber who shaved Orli’s head at the beginning of chemo. She brought us in after hours. Alone. On a Saturday eve. Refused payment. We showed her Orli’s hair is coming back. We’re stronger. Sometimes people are just good. She was just ...good.

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This is the best birthday ever. I ofc could barely say happy birthday without weeping but Orli is v excited to get Nusayba a birthday present. best present of all is seeing what a true warrior princess she is, after the year she has had. 🙏🙏

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Jul 15, 2020

Replying to @WajahatAli

We just celebrated Queen Nusayba's 4th birthday w/ a My Little Pony theme. Last year, she was Elsa w/ a NG tube, losing hair to chemo & waiting for a liver transplant. This year, she shaved her head to be in solidarity with Orli, @SarahAWildman's daughter recovering from cancer.

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Rosh Hashana liturgy asks, this year: "Who will be at rest, and who will wander?"Over the last 3 yrs wandering with my family through my daughter's cancer & pandemic, I've come to look for places to rest, though we wander, in the quiet, in-between moments

Opinion | I Don’t Need My Life to Be Remarkable

I’ve come to see the wisdom in not just seeking, but finding, joy in the mundane.

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Thrilled to be joining the politics team

- a group of some of the smartest and most generous editors I’ve ever met — not to mention a stellar slate of writers. Send me ideas.

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NYTimes Communications

@NYTimesPR

Jul 9, 2021

We’re thrilled to welcome @laurareston and @SarahAWildman to the Opinion politics team nytco.com/press/laura-re

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Something I learned this year: it is impossible to overestimate how much notes of encouragement have helped, especially in the pandemic. if you think you're too late to write someone, you're wrong. If you have something nice to say, say it. About anything.

Opinion | My Daughter, TikTok Warrior (Published 2020)

How my family found an unlikely bridge across the divide created by cancer.

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Orli & I are back

waiting for yet another small biopsy this a.m. We're hopeful, we've got to be. But we would also appreciate you sending all the good energy and prayer you can muster her/our way.

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My daughter Orli is recovering from chemo & cancer and thus has (I think super chic) short short short hair - but she was devastated yesterday when a kid casually told her she looked like a boy - this tiktok by

@chinamcclain

picked her back up.

tiktok.com

TikTok · China

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Midsummer & a good time to pitch me opinion essays in politics -culture-foreign policy - or the intersection of any of the above. Looking for strongly argued pieces, unexpected ideas, new voices and - of course- great writing. happy to dm to discuss.

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Perspective | My daughter’s worst medical nightmare was over. The world’s was just beginning.

Apr 8, 2020

My family is deeply grateful to everyone #stayinghome - our older daughter received a (miraculous!) new liver March 4. My essay on what it means for all of us to fully look out for one another #FlattenTheCurve washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/0 cc

A new liver rescued her — and left us at the mercy of social distancing.

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For pediatric #cancer families like ours, milestones are enormous. My joy is indescribable - Orli became a Bat Mitzvah last Shabbat. But it was just as Colleyville's hostage crisis was unfolding. Here’s my effort to process parenting through uncertainty: nytimes.com/2022/01/23/opi

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Jewish clergy across Missouri opposed in-person voting rules, arguing that religious freedom insists on protecting life - & voting absentee. Maharat Rori Picker Neiss explains religious and civic observance in a pandemic

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It is a hardship to be alone, but we understand that our faith not only allows for it, it insists upon it, writes Maharat Rori Picker Neiss. Missouri's old in-person voting rules risks lives. My Jewish religion supports life — and absentee voting: nbcnews.com/think/opinion/

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Aaaand I’m crying twitter.com/juanbuis/statu

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Back in pre-op with Orli before yet another surgery. could use a poem today, or some good energy, or a prayer if you’re the prayerful sort.

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The Holocaust Stole My Youth. Covid-19 Is Stealing My Last Years. "what is getting me down is that I am losing a year. And this bothers me terribly. I’m 87 years old, and I lost almost a full year."

@tobylevyshoah

Opinion | The Holocaust Stole My Youth. Covid-19 Is Stealing My Last Years. (Published 2021)

A Holocaust survivor reflects on what it means to survive the pandemic.

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Knowing Nunu

gives my daughter such enormous joy. This kids have already fought so incredibly hard, and come so far. Stay home for them both.

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Wajahat Ali

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.@SarahAWildman's daughter had a liver transplant. She was briefly Nusayba's floormate. We face time them & she shows off her dance moves. Nunu usually joins but she was watching cartoons. Two young girls who survived cancer, both immuno compromised, ask you to #FlattenTheCurve.

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Second-grader raises hands, unmutes. "Why did the women have to gather berries and watch the kids while the men hunted? Why couldn't the women hunt and the men gather berries and watch the kids?"

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❤️❤️🙏She requested balloons, pancakes (& electronics). Jan. 13, 2020 was b/tw chemo cycles & her wish was to be away from the hospital w/ 2 friends. We are grateful, painfully knowing nothing is promised.Hug your kids.Send someone love. Her Tuesday clinic crowd brought cupcakes.

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Jan 13, 2021

Orli turns 12 today. Sometimes it’s good to think about the triumphs - and I always think about Orli.

(also, way to go, Mom ⁦@SarahAWildman⁩

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The Meteor (@themeteor) • Instagram photos and videos

Nov 2, 2020

It's a good day to read this piece on identity, citizenship, sorrow and hope from

@MarianePearl

- via

@themeteor

@cindi_leive

with a gorgeous illustrated instagram story from

@debbiemillman

. wearethemeteor.com/mariane-pearl-

instagram.com

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The New York Times

@nytimes

Nov 7, 2020

The front page of The New York Times for Nov. 8, 2020.

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Sep 13, 2017

New reports say #RohingyaCrisis has swelled to 370,000 refugees in Bangladesh. Their stories are harrowing.

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A Baltimore restaurant owner drove 6 hours to cook a favorite meal for a terminally ill customer

Sep 13, 2017

Myanmar’s Nobel Peace laureate is hiding from the world as her country moves closer to genocide vox.com/world/2017/9/1

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Yes I’m crying.

“My mom kept saying, ‘I don’t understand — you drove all the way up here to cook for me?’ ” said Rina Jones.

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Listen to

talk about

and feeding the world's neediest and how to face a humanitarian disaster on

#Firstperson cc

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On the First Person podcast: @chefjoseandres sits down with @sarahawildman to explain the work of @wckitchen, how food is political, and argues that the country needs shorter walls—and longer tables. buff.ly/2BBbHXw

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sort of content I come to Twitter for. twitter.com/rubycramer/sta

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Knowing people like

and his warrior princess cancer-fighter Nunu, her siblings, and her incredible mom Sarah, also lifted us up, again and again, and gave us hope.

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Orli joined me to talk about #cancer, family, the pandemic and social media

@NYTopinion

on Instagram live. “I wouldn’t recommend cancer to learn stuff,” she told me. “But I’ve learned a lot.” Honestly - I learned a few things about what this has been like for her.

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Apr 9, 2021

What’s it like to be a middle schooler undergoing cancer treatment during the pandemic? Watch Orli Halpern’s conversation with her mom, @sarahawildman, on Instagram. instagram.com/p/CNdDO_YJDn6/

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❤️ 😭 this earned me a full hour of the tween daughter’s admiration* (it’s over, but still.)

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@thelaurengraham

Apr 17, 2021

This is so kind, @SarahAWildman. Thanks to you and @nytimes for this article. Sending your family lots of love. twitter.com/SarahAWildman/…

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May 25, 2018

Former Obama admin official

@ColinKahl

was targeted by Black Cube, the same company Harvey Weinstein hired to discredit his accusers. Kahl talked to us this week for the

podcast - the E.R.- listen in!

Why Was a Private Israeli Intel Firm Digging Up Dirt on This Former Obama Administration Official?

Colin Kahl was targeted by Black Cube, the same company Harvey Weinstein hired to discredit his accusers.

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We need others to support us in so many ways. In my family that’s more profoundly evident than in others. But it’s clear none of us feel quite right these days: self sufficiency is over rated.

Opinion | Self-Sufficiency Is Overrated (Published 2021)

When I opened myself up to the generosity of others, even small kindnesses suddenly felt outsized in their humanity.

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The literal symbol of courage.

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Simone Veil, dead at 89, survived the Nazis and then spent her life fighting for women’s rights vox.com/identities/201

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Fully Vaccinated 𝙔𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙛 𝙍𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩

Nov 8, 2016

America:

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@YosefRapaport

Nov 8, 2016

I'm an Orthodox Jewish Immigrant My vote is private. Dedicated in honor of US CPT Khan, his devotion makes (religious) freedom possible

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The inimitable

wrote a combined pregnancy announcement and a scathing entreaty to pass a comprehensive paid leave package that underscores just how much is at stake for American parents (and humans). Very glad I had a chance to work on this -

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Bess Kalb

@bessbell

Nov 14, 2021

Consider this my pregnancy announcement. nytimes.com/2021/11/14/opi

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#WomensMarch enormous crowds

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Simone Veil embodied courage: feminist icon, Holocaust survivor, and champion of European unity vox.com/identities/201 via

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In this sharp review

challenges viewers to rethink what we see when we watch #roma. #oscars foreignpolicy.com/2019/02/23/rom

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Nov 20, 2020

Today marks 75 years since Nuremberg - In 2018 I had the privilege to sit down with

@BenFerencz

the last living Nuremberg prosecutor on the

podcast #firstperson - he describes the Allied trials against Nazi leaders. and lessons for today -

‘How Do You Balance a Million People Murdered Against 22 Defendants?’

On the podcast: The last living Nuremberg prosecutor describes the Allied trials against Nazi leaders.

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Yes another great #feminist

piece: Rachel Vogelstein

@rvogelstein

& Alexandra Bro

@CFR_org

argue Sweden's emphasis on gender equality is critical to Sweden’s broader FP objectives, including economic development, prosperity, and security. foreignpolicy.com/2019/01/30/swe

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Not going to lie this year has been so heavy. Caring for a child with liver cancer. Transplant. Pandemic. Isolation. Etc etc etc. as a result - Elul feels particularly elusive to me. I found some insight in Hebrew.

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Gershom Gorenberg

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Sep 7, 2020

Received this wonderful meditation from @SarahAWildman, whose daughter is recovering from liver cancer and a liver transplant:

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on Rush Limbaugh’s misogyny in

: “His belligerent chauvinism was key in making the Republican Party the party of anti-feminism.” nytimes.com/2021/02/20/opi

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Clarification: women were shackled as they came to make their plea. 1 father, Chandler told me, asked if his 6 year old would be shackled too. The defendants were shackled entering court rooms. The judge asked for shackled to be removed. Reminder: they are facing a misdemeanor.

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We have been shackling asylum seeking women at the border with children in tow. That's new. Anne Chandler of the @Tahirihjustice center told me on @ForeignPolicy 's ER podcast this week. #familyseparation #asylumseekers. foreignpolicy.com/2018/06/29/the

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Oy this is just awful.

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Yes. This exactly. See also: I still feel so anxious. Am I alone in this?

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Driving home? Listen to

@farnazfassihi

explain the

@nytworld

@theintercept

investigation of leaked cables showing Iranian Spy games in Iraq on #FirstPerson podcast for

foreignpolicy.com/podcasts/first a story of #espionage #intelligence failures & pistachios. #Iran #Iraq

Iranian Spy Games Revealed

A leaked trove of documents published by the New York Times and the Intercept reveal a shadow network of Iranian spies in Iraq

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On the #FirstPerson podcast: I sat down with Former Pakistani Ambassador

@HusainHaqqani

on America’s endgame in Afghanistan, Pakistan's position, and partition.

On the podcast: Former Pakistani Ambassador Husain Haqqani on America’s endgame in Afghanistan.

How the Taliban Won

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The far right AfD is now Germany's third largest party.

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Angela Merkel wins 4th term as chancellor of Germany vox.com/world/2017/9/2

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Very excited about the new

@fullerproject

relationship and this first piece by

@lyricthompson

&

@christinaAsquit

on how this weekend’s historic meeting of female foreign ministers is not nearly enough for the world’s women. foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/20/one

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"Ensuring that I am never again complicit in an institution that tolerates sexual harassment means embracing a world in which I lose some of my undeserved advantage."

@PeterBeinart

gives both a heshbon ha'nefesh (accounting of the soul)--and a window into what might allow change

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Peter Beinart

@PeterBeinart

Nov 14, 2017

Reflections of an Affirmative Action Baby: Gender, Race and Privilege at The New Republic theatlantic.com/entertainment/

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For a family that faced a medical crisis before the country’s, a lesson in radical kindness

Apr 17, 2020

I keep hearing about disaster altruism. I prefer to call it radical kindness (חסד) in the midst of crisis - a Shabbat story.

Sarah Wildman's daughter got a liver transplant in a new city just as the coronavirus struck. But they were buoyed by kindness from strangers.

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reach out

if you are a writer/photographer/economist/academic considering the (global) future of work pls & thank you

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We have been shackling asylum seeking women at the border with children in tow. That's new. Anne Chandler of the

@Tahirihjustice

center told me on

's ER podcast this week. #familyseparation #asylumseekers.

They Took the Children for a Bath and Never Brought Them Back

On our podcast: An immigration lawyer tells harrowing stories of asylum-seekers at the southern U.S. border.

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ICYMI: On the first episode of the new #FirstPerson podcast: @Manal_alsharif challenged the Saudi regime by getting behind the wheel of a car. Now in exile, she's challenging the regime from afar.

‘They Took Them Quietly. All of Them Are in Jail Today.’

On the podcast: A woman who challenged the Saudi regime by getting behind the wheel of a car speaks out.

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After Corona | A wakeup call: You are your brother’s keeper

Oct 2, 2020

(Cain ayin harah-ptu ptu ptu just to spit over my own meta shoulder) Shabbat shalom all-

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for Memory Transferred: Voices from the Descendants of Destruction & Displacement ushmm.org/online/calenda

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is reading Hannah Arendt. Understand how she helps us understand today -and read this interview vox.com/conversations/ via

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For

"After Corona" series I wrote on how collective responsibility will (or should) be reconsidered post pandemic - the symbol? the mask, worn to protect our neighbors as much as ourselves. We are our sister's keeper -

forward.com

We are, it turns out, our brother’s -- and sister’s -- keeper.

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I'd be remiss if I didn't say: We are incredibly fortunate to be in the care of the amazing teams at

@BostonChildrens

&

@DanaFarber

& @childrensntl the scene of many of Orli's TikToks. Back-up dancers include surgeons, oncology fellows, nurses, techs & child life specialists.

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Shabbat shalom indeed:

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The New York Times

@nytimes

Oct 29, 2021

Breaking News: The FDA authorized Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. If the CDC signs off, the vaccinations could begin next week. nyti.ms/3Bty11x

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Lauren, I'm so so sorry. Hoping you are surrounded only by love right now.

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Today Louisiana advanced a 'heartbeat' #abortion ban bill. I spoke to

@ailbhes

for

The Referendum That Changed Ireland

about #Ireland's #abortion ban, women's rights, and how her country changed the narrative and changed course. foreignpolicy.com/2019/05/24/ire cc

On the podcast: A look back at the vote in Ireland that ended the abortion ban.

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Some *super* exciting personal news:

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Dec 6, 2016

Happy news @voxdotcom: journalist extraordinaire @SarahAWildman joining us to cover international identities and borders in the age of Trump

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The 7 year old: “I think you need to work on not saying curse words when you are sad or upset”

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Thank you for having me on and highlighting the photography of

on

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like the Jewish telegram, 'start worrying. details to follow.'

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Nov 5, 2020

Replying to @ayeletw

An old Sholem Aleichem line: “Let’s talk about something more cheerful. What's up with the cholera epidemic in Odessa?"

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Organ transplants from deceased donors plummet amid coronavirus crisis

May 11, 2020

Facing Orli's need for a new liver redefined terror for us. But the thought of the families still waiting, full of uncertainty, cracks my heart into a million tiny pieces. "Organ transplants from deceased donors plummet amid coronavirus crisis" nbcnews.com/health/health-

@nbcnews

nbcnews.com

Deceased donor transplants — the most common kind — dropped by about half in the U.S. and 90% in France from late February into early April, researchers found.

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Meet the evangelicals trying to make the GOP care about refugees vox.com/policy-and-pol

@JennyYangWR

@jonhuckins

@PeterHeltzel

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The location of U.S. Embassy in Israel has a long - political - back story. Listen to my conversation with

@martin_Indyk

on the

E.R. podcast for the history of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995.

The Untold Story of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995

The weekly podcast: How a U.S. presidential candidate found common cause with Israelis opposed to the peace process to pass a law that could now…

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Apr 15, 2021

Completely sheepishly tagging

@thelaurengraham

with thanks for all these hours -

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Apr 15, 2021

In this year of tumult — navigating Orli’s #cancer rollercoaster & her sister’s needs for us to be together — we found comfort in Stars Hollow. “Binge-Watching ‘Gilmore Girls’ Got My Family Through an Epically Bad Year” nytimes.com/2021/04/15/opi

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Oct 4, 2019

I spoke with #HongKong democracy activist Bonnie Leung for

#firstperson podcast -she describes how the demonstrations got underway, the escalation, and where they go from here.

A Hong Kong Democracy Activist Explains the Protests

A democracy activist describes how the demonstrations got underway and where they go from here.

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Jun 4

What It Means to Be a Witness Three Generations Later

Opinion | What It Means to Be a Witness Three Generations Later

“The Postcard” by Anne Berest makes clear the urgency of third-generation Holocaust storytellers.

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Israeli filmmakers interrupt Jerusalem festival to call for Gaza cease-fire

haaretz.com

Israeli filmmakers interrupt Jerusalem festival to call for Gaza cease-fire

At Jerusalem Film Festival, directors also urge Israeli media to show Gazans' suffering, not just Israelis'.

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Oct 29, 2019

With #Hariri stepping down it’s time to understand why hundreds of thousands of Lebanese have been protesting from Beirut to Tripoli.

@mahamyahya

of

@CarnegieMEC

joined me on the #FirstPerson podcast

to explain

WhatsApp and ‘Baby Shark’: Understanding the Lebanon Protests With Carnegie’s Maha Yahya

Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese are in the streets, from Beirut to Tripoli.

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Jan 19, 2017

The Women's March on Washington has spread to 57 countries around the globe vox.com/world/2017/1/1 via

The Women's March on Washington has spread to 60 countries around the globe

For some, it’s about showing a different face of America. For others, it’s about more local causes.

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On

#FirstPerson podcast I spoke to

@JEPomfret

about #TianamenSquare - 30 years later. John Pomfret was on the ground in Beijing during the protests and the crackdown. Don't miss this eyewitness account. I learned a lot: foreignpolicy.com/2019/04/26/30- cc

@BeijingPalmer

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Oct 31, 2021

I just learned that the inimitable Justus Rosenberg died today at 100. The last remaining member of the Varian Fry gang, witness to the Holocaust - I had the privilege of sitting with Justus to learn about his life as a resistance fighter and intellect z”l

The Professor Has a Daring Past (Published 2016)

Justus Rosenberg, 95 and still teaching at Bard, worked on a secret team to help intellectuals flee Nazi-occupied France.

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Aug 9, 2019

Talking to filmmaker Nanfu Wang about her brutal searing new film

@OneChildNation

- on what it means to deprive women of choice & the dark legacy of China's One Child Policy - she's our guest on

#Firstperson foreignpolicy.com/2019/08/09/chi cc

@ManohlaDargis

@BeijingPalmer

The Dark Legacy of China’s One-Child Policy

On the podcast: The filmmaker Nanfu Wang tells the harrowing story of her own family’s one-child ordeal.

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Jan 6, 2021

So this was both enormous fun, and a great privilege.

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@JennyBoylan

Jan 6, 2021

I also want to say that today's @nytopinion piece was my first working with new editor, @SarahAWildman. Who amazed me with her respect & tenacity, and her understanding of what I was trying to do. A @wesleyan_u alum! WE ARE EVERYWHERE.

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Dec 31, 2020

All of this strange and brutal year, Orli filmed herself - at home, in the halls of

@BostonChildrens

(in March, doing the Renegade with her #transplant surgeon), dancing w/ nurses & doctors

@ChildrensNatl

)- & narrating her story. TikTok got her moving, kept her motivated.

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New York Times Opinion

Dec 30, 2020

TikTok has allowed @SarahAWildman's 11-year-old daughter Orli to document her cancer story. The result is "a flip-book of a grueling year, a documentary of illness and recovery, persistence, silliness and, yes, even joy." nyti.ms/3rFHBKK

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