Israeli Mustard

IT’S A true story. I have told it once, and I shall tell it again. A friend of mine in Warsaw, who is half Jewish, advised a well-known Polish journalist to visit Israel, to see for himself. When the journalist came back, he called my friend and reported breathlessly: “Do you know what I have … Read more

Israeli Mustard

IT’S A true story. I have told it once, and I shall tell it again. A friend of mine in Warsaw, who is half Jewish, advised a well-known Polish journalist to visit Israel, to see for himself. When the journalist came back, he called my friend and reported breathlessly: “Do you know what I have … Read more

DEFAMATION

It is permissibleTo kill gentile childrenWho might hurt JewsWhen they grow up -So wrote rabbis in a bookThe Attorney General ruled:This is not incitement,This is the Halacha.No anti-SemiteWould dare todayTo defame JudaismSo blatantly! Published in “Haaretz”, June 1, 2012

DEFAMATION

It is permissibleTo kill gentile childrenWho might hurt JewsWhen they grow up -So wrote rabbis in a bookThe Attorney General ruled:This is not incitement,This is the Halacha.No anti-SemiteWould dare todayTo defame JudaismSo blatantly! Published in “Haaretz”, June 1, 2012

A Bird’s Eye View

(Based on my article “The main Effort” published in Haaretz , May 4. 2012.) ON MAY 15, the anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, its Arab citizens observed a day of mourning for the victims of the Naqba (“catastrophe”) – the mass exodus of half the Palestinian people from the territory which … Read more

A Bird’s Eye View

(Based on my article “The main Effort” published in Haaretz , May 4. 2012.) ON MAY 15, the anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, its Arab citizens observed a day of mourning for the victims of the Naqba (“catastrophe”) – the mass exodus of half the Palestinian people from the territory which … Read more

The New Protest

RABIN SQUARE in Tel Aviv has seen many demonstrations, but none quite like last Saturday’s. It has nothing to do with the event which gave the square its name: the huge rally for peace at the end of which Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated. It was different in every respect. It was a joyous occasion. Dozens … Read more

The New Protest

RABIN SQUARE in Tel Aviv has seen many demonstrations, but none quite like last Saturday’s. It has nothing to do with the event which gave the square its name: the huge rally for peace at the end of which Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated. It was different in every respect. It was a joyous occasion. Dozens … Read more