Interview: Canadian social work student confronts antisemitism in her program
I didn’t want to be in an environment with people that hate me. I think no other student needs to deal with that. Why do I? I hated every day, I hated everything I...
Israel Diaries Blog
The Lapid Outline reminds me of two things, neither of them good.
Lapid has sort-of answered the call to offer his counterproposals to the coalition’s bills for judicial reform. He calls it: The Lapid Outline, and he posted it on his Facebook page. Let me translate...
Lapid is right: The madness must stop
After the last Israeli coalition government collapsed, Yair Lapid became caretaker prime minister. Given that a successful incumbent prime minister often has a strong chance of reelection, Lapid likely thought that such moves as...
Jewish woman escapes from the Palestinian Authority
After seven years living as a Moslem in a village north of Ramallah, and seven months in a battered women’s shelter in Israel, Efrat (not her real name) is returning to Judaism, bringing her...
Good thing the Knesset isn’t only preoccupied with justicial reform
With all the noise on the streets and in the mainstream and social media, you would think that our elected officials are concerned at this time with nothing other than judicial reform. And I...
Here’s how to bring down a thriving country
Journalist Amit Segal posted the following short clip on his Facebook page. I am translating it into English below the original post. He put much better what I thought when I originally heard about...
President Herzog must use his trip to Europe to address this most important issue
President Isaac Herzog landed in Belgium mid-morning January 25th on an official visit to the European Union (EU) where he will speak on behalf of the State of Israel before the European Parliament on...
Elie Joseph says he is fighting for the soul of Israel
Born in Egypt, raised in England, and living in Israel his whole adult life, Elie Joseph, 67, has been arrested in Israel and detained in Russia. He has been thrown out of political meetings...
