Skip To Main Content
Shmuel Legesse on Muck Rack

Shmuel Legesse

As seen in: MSN, MSN Singapore, MSN UK, MSN Malaysia, Flipboard, Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle, The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel, Forward, openDemocracy and
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. Claim your profile

Get in touch with Shmuel

Contact Shmuel, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Is this you?

As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile

Articles

Israel is mourning. Stop turning it into American political theater - opinion

|
By Shmuel Legesse
| The Jerusalem Post Verified
Israel is in crisis. Israel is in mourning. This is not a talking point. It is not a campaign slogan. It is not material for America’s next presidential election debate. It is the daily reality of a people still burying their dead, still sending sons and daughters to defend their country, and still asking whether the world understands what Jewish survival actually requires.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Ethiopian Jews can be Israel's strongest Zionist ambassadors - opinion

|
By Shmuel Legesse
| The Jerusalem Post Verified
BySHMUEL LEGESSEJULY 14, 2026 17:00 The world has been taught a dangerous lie about Israel. In universities, media studios, activist movements, and diplomatic forums, Israel is increasingly described as a white European colonial project. This accusation is not only false; it is historically illiterate. It erases the Jewish people’s ancient connection to Zion, and ignores the suffering of Jews expelled and persecuted across the world. But Israel has also made a serious mistake.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Enough is enough: Israel must let minority Jews lead - opinion

|
By Shmuel Legesse
| The Jerusalem Post Verified
Israel keeps saying it wants unity. Enough. Unity cannot be a slogan printed on campaign posters. Unity cannot be a speech delivered after tragedy and forgotten when power is divided. Unity cannot mean that Ethiopian Jews, Moroccan Jews, Mizrahi Jews, Russian Jews, Yemenite Jews, and other minority communities are good enough to serve, good enough to die, and good enough to defend Israel on the battlefield, but somehow not trusted enough to lead the Jewish state.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 131 licensed articles (171 Total)