Paul Widen

Paul Widen is a Swedish freelance journalist based in Jerusalem.

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Visual Dispatch: What Shavuot Means For Israeli Unity

In the Torah reading for Shavuot, which we just celebrated, we read, "…and they encamped…

Visual Dispatch: Jerusalem Day

Forty-one years have passed since Jerusalem was reunited as a result of the Six Day…

Visual Dispatch: Jerusalem The War Zone

Jerusalem has suffered so many terrorist attacks that the city council at some point seems…

Dispatch from Jerusalem: Violence And The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

When the Germans cast their votes on March 5, 1933, 43.9% voted for Adolf Hitler's…

Dispatch From Hebron: A Gentile Finds Jewish Redemption Amid Brutality

I suppose that the revolutionaries are those who are capable of coming to terms with…

Sderot: Scenes From an Israeli City Under Attack

I spend most of Saturday in a shelter with over 200 volunteers who are in…

Responding to Terrorist Rocket Attacks, Israel Strikes at Gaza

Twenty people were killed in Gaza on Thursday as the Israeli Air Force (IAF) carried…