Postcards from Israel
I love to take photos and I love Israel. Here I put these two loves together and have a growing collection of postcards and greeting cards designed with my own images. Others seem to...
Israel Diaries Blog
Is It OK to Talk About Muslim Honour Killings Now?
It seems we cannot talk about Muslim “honour” killings in our new, cowardly PC society without fear of being labelled an Islamophobe. But then Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy comes along with a documentary film about...
Two Sides: Lost me at “Occupation”, Then It Got Worse
Curious about a Facebook link to a post by Ikhlas Ishtaya on the website “Two Sides” promoting co-existence workshops, I began to read. Her story looked interesting and I was sure I would be...
(Not) Suppressing Academic Freedom in the Palestinian Authority
Fighting the lies of academic BDS is serious business, but I found out you can sometimes have fun with it. Pro-BDSers repeatedly write about how the security problems in “Palestine” caused by Israeli “oppression”...
Arab MKs Betray Their Country and Electorate
There can be reasons for a politician to make a condolence call to the family of a murderer. Sometimes such a family may turn to an elected official seeking advice and information. Such a...
3 Steps to Effectively Counter-Protest Antisemitic Events
Consider this a case-study: On 4 February 2016 at York University, the JDL conducted a humiliating and ineffective counter-protest to a divestment demonstration. Using this event as an example, I offer here the way...
JDL – Much Ado About Nothing at York University, Toronto
Sometimes it is smarter to keep silent than to make a fuss. It is not necessarily weakness. The demonstration at York University yesterday (Feb 4, 2016) was a prime example of silence being golden....
Toward the Making of Self-Hating Jews
Self-hating Jews, I think, deplore the reflection of themselves that they see mirrored in the eyes of the non-Jewish world; this determines how they experience their own Jewishness. Non-Jewish societies have, for centuries, found...
