Matt Lerner

Matt Lerner is a freelance writer and Open Zion intern. His twitter handle is @maduhthias.

The Maccabees were both revolutionaries and religious extremists, and we should be careful not to forget about the latter.

Matt Lerner

For all the applause over the recent "deal," what's actually happened is astonishingly inconclusive.

Matt Lerner

Ostensibly a film about a childhood tradition in Akka, "It's Better To Jump" deals with many complex issues in the ancient city.

Matt Lerner

Hezbollah's Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has made two speeches in two days. What's he up to?

Matt Lerner

The way Israel's government is formed has more to do with why peace seems so far away than we typically acknowledge.

Matt Lerner