Former Haifa Mayor, Yona Yahav, and Reflections on Political Vision
Yona Yahav is a man of vision. In 1956, as a twelve-year-old boy, he envisioned himself Mayor of Haifa. Everything he did from that point on was with that goal in mind. And he...
Author: Sheri Oz
McJesus: What Was Really Going On? What Should have Happened Instead?
Finnish artist Jani Leinonen could not have asked for better promotion. There has been global media coverage of the protests in Israel in which the Christian community demanded that the Haifa Museum of Art...
McJesus: Hold Your Horses!
Before you get all bent out of shape, it might be a good idea to check a few things out first. A big fuss was made about a particular sculpture on exhibit at the...
Tu Bishvat in Israel and the Diaspora
Traditionally, in Israel, Tu Bishvat is a day for planting trees. Not a religiously ordained holiday, it can be more than just a time to plant trees. It can be a time for reflection....
Setting Your Tu Bishvat Seder Table
You want to have a cheerful table setting for your Tu Bishvat Seder Table. Here is a small selection of designs I put together for you. Some of the fruits are tiled and some...
Rabbi Sacks: The Arabs Are Our Cousins, Not The Muslims
Allow me to correct Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. Presumptuous of me? Perhaps. I love reading what Rabbi Sacks writes, so let me just offer a little tweak to something he wrote. In a recent...
What Did One Letter-to-the-Editor Say in 1929?
You can find remarkable unexpected treasures when you do an archaeological dig in old newspapers. Here is something that came up while I was looking for something else: I do not think I need...
Journalists, War Crimes, Fake News — Is There a Connection?
Fake news has become a “thing”. How can we know when we are being fed fake news? Especially when a particular journalist has a good reputation and the news outlet in which he or...
