Brandon Marlon is a Canadian-Israeli author whose writing has appeared in 300+ publications in 32 countries. His script The Bleeding Season won the 2007 Canadian Jewish Playwriting Competition. His writing has appeared in The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel, The Algemeiner, and the Canadian Jewish News.” www.brandonmarlon.com
Our Voice of the Fortnight is from the Times of Israel's 'Wartime Diaries' podcast. In the immediate aftermath of October 7th, Shai Davidai – an Assistant Professor at Columbia University – became an unlikely public defender of Israel. And truthfully, even he was surprised by this turn of events: As a committed left-wing Israeli, he had spent years criticizing the government, and often took to the streets to demonstrate against its policies. But the atmosphere he witnessed on college campuses (and specifically on his own campus at Columbia), compelled him to speak up and speak out.