Category: Israel

Photo Credit: Hadas Parush / Flash 90 It is election season in Israel The politicians and pundits are of course  in a very aroused  state. I find it less productive to examine the myriad of   politicians’ and talking heads  verbiage. I prefer  a zoom out on the over all  situation, background and trends, to the daily  […]

Photo Credit: pixabay Larry’s Letters Craig M. Considine PhD Department of Sociology, Rice University Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, secure: true }); Dear Dr. Considine, I have just read your comments about the Palestinian “beautiful culture” that you hope to experience and which you extoll. I have […]

[embedded content] Violent clashes between security forces and protesters in Downtown Beirut were “winding down” late Saturday night, following hours of confrontation, The Daily Star reported. The Lebanese Red Cross reported more than 220 injured, 80 of them hospitalized. Police say several protesters were arrested. The Lebanese Army was also deployed against protesters outside the […]

[embedded content] Roberto Alvim, the culture secretary in Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s government, was fired on Friday after quoting Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels in a video about the future of Brazilian art he had posted on Thursday. Alvim announced national prizes to revitalize the arts, with music by Hitler’s favorite composer, Richard Wagner, […]

Photo Credit: Yaakov Cohen/Flash90 Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef {Originally posted to the author’s website} One must wonder what Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef was thinking when last week he launched into a tirade against non-Jewish Russian immigrants to Israel and those Orthodox rabbis who seek welcoming ways to convert some of them. Advertisement ‘); […]

Photo Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 Avigdor Liberman (Israel Beiteinu) with Miri Regev (Likud) back when he still considered her a human being, May 30, 2016. Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Liberman on Saturday night offered a bizarre response to a greeting from Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev, in front of the cameras at the News 13 […]

Photo Credit: Kobi Richter/TPS Israeli demonstrators calling for the release of Naama Issachar, October 19, 2019. On Saturday night, Channel 12 News quoted an Israeli official who claimed there would be a quid pro quo in the deal for Naama Issachar’s pardon, and clarified: “What Israel gives Russia does not hurt us – but it’s […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press The small shul used by Gerrer Chassidim in Rova 7, Ashdod, is not a standard building. It was temporarily constructed in a durable trailer, situated on Rechov Rabbi Tarfon. Before construction began, it was agreed that the trailer would be set on a slab of concrete. But when the work was […]

Photo Credit: Twitter Iranian students decline invitation to trample the painted flags of the U.S. and Israel. {Originally posted to the author’s website} Probably the most overlooked aspect of the “flags on the sidewalk” phenomenon in Iran is that, as the regime paints those flags everywhere, hoping Iranians will step on them, it is basically […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Mr. Chovel and Mr. Alter were neighbors who did not get along well. One day, the two got into a heated argument, and, in his rage, Mr. Chovel pushed Mr. Alter, who fell to the ground and sprained his ankle. When Mr. Alter recuperated, he demanded payment from Mr. Chovel. Mr. […]