Writer Jean-Moise Braitberg has written a letter to Israeli president Shimon Peres demanding that his grandfather’s name be removed from Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem. The letter is reported to have been printed first in Le Monde, 10…
Doesn’t it seem that the American press is asleep at the switch on Tuesday’s election in Israel? I’m not seeing much alarm over Netanyahu/Lieberman. The Independent’s Johann Hari says Netanyahu’s elevation would be as great a mistake as Gaza: The…
One of the pleasures of going camping is hanging out with my friend Bill (pseudonym), a writer who’s as critical of Israel as I am. Years ago he told me about his visits to Israel/Palestine and his disgust over the…
Last night on NBC news, Al Roker debuted a show he is doing about black kids growing up without fathers. The big theme of the show that will air on MSNBC tomorrow night is bluntly racial: “this unsettling crisis.” It…
One thing I have always enjoyed about winter-camping is that I get to hang out with the Other, in my case privileged gentiles. When I was a kid, people from that tribe ran American institutions and my family was highly…
Phil Weiss: Yesterday I wrote to the pseudonymous journalist FE Felson: I’m thankful for your contributions to this site. A true joy I’ve had in the last couple years is meeting people who are smart, Not Crazy (which a lot…
The other day a member of my extended family sent out the email at the bottom of this post to every other member of the family: “It’s our land, by Benjamin Netanyahu.” I was shocked. I sent a note back…
I had two dreams about antisemitism last night. I wish I could figure them out. They haven’t upset me today, but I’ve thought about them. The first one was in a southern setting, a picnic area in the woods, with…
Rabbi Martin Hier in the New York Daily News. Hundreds of thousands of students visit his center, and the “museum of tolerance.” Hier basically calls the Palestinians Nazis: There is little doubt that if Gaza is not rebuilt, many civilians…