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Diana Bletter

Diana Bletter is a writer based in the Western Galilee and author of the forthcoming memoir, The Mom Who Took Off On Her Motorcycle. She blogs at The Best Chapter.

  • Israeli women sit at the front of a bus in defiance of demands by hardliners that women sit at the back, in Jerusalem on Jan. 1, 2012.(Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)
    Israeli women sit at the front of a bus in defiance of demands by hardliners that women sit at the back, in Jerusalem on Jan. 1, 2012.(Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images)
    Israel & The Middle East section icon
    Israel’s Freedom Riders

    On some Israeli buses, only men sit in the front. With the law on their side, some women are fighting back.

    byDiana Bletter
  • Israeli soldiers during a drill on January 16, 2012 near Bat Shlomo, Israel.(Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
    Israeli soldiers during a drill on January 16, 2012 near Bat Shlomo, Israel.(Uriel Sinai/Getty Images)
    Israel & The Middle East section icon
    IDF Vets Fight for Better P.R.

    Tired of being portrayed as ‘bloodthirsty murderers,’ three former infantrymen launch a website to help improve the image of Israel’s military

    byDiana Bletter
  • Belief section icon
    Preparing the Dead

    A burial society’s life lessons

    byDiana Bletter
  • Arts & Letters section icon
    Fortress of Solitude

    How an antiwar novel became a best-selling solace for Israeli soldiers and their families

    byDiana Bletter
  • Community section icon
    A Bridge Too Far

    How one woman lived to regret her nose job

    byDiana Bletter
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