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- Politics, music, and the Talmud
This is an ugly week for politics. Prime Minister Olmert's head is on the block (figuratively), and Defense Minister Peretz...
- Palestinians and others
Paradise Now is a Palestinian film about two young men on their way to suicide. The quality of the story,...
- The downside of mixed parentage
One of the families in our neighborhood is a model of Israeli accomplishment. Both parents are successful professionals. They also...
- Learning about the Holocaust
What is appropriate to teach about the Holocaust, and at what age? It is a question appropriate to the week...
- The real joke is . . .
We have known for some time that there is a lot of junk on the internet and zipping through e-mails....
- The Holocaust and the IDF
This week is Holocaust Day in the Hebrew calendar. Next week is Memorial Day for Israelis killed as soldiers or...
- Arab leaders
Azmi Beshara is the best example of an Israeli Arab (or Israeli Palestinian) who is leading his people to nowhere....
- Arab (and Israeli) despair
Anthony Shadid is a correspondent of the Washington Post, with a surname that suggests an Arab background. He has written...
- Happy Passover
The non-news is that Michael S. Roth, Class of 1978, has been named the 16th president of Wesleyan University. Halfway...
- The Middle East
The Middle East is one of the two most unsettling regions. The other is Africa. But who among those who...
- Trying again
I have written this before, but not enough people are getting the message. I will try again. Israel is not...
- An Israeli day
I spent the afternoon doing my small part to get ready for the next war. One of the colonels in...
- Ehud Olmert
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is in trouble. His support in public opinion polls is somewhere around one or two percent....
- Despair in Palestine
The New York Times has one of the best articles I've seen on the situation of Palestinians. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/12/world/middleeast/12intifada.html?ei=5089&en=7b52df347348d2fe&ex=1331352000&partner=rssyahoo&emc=rss&pagewanted=all There are...
- Rachel Corrie, again
The story of Rachel Corrie will not die. Googling her name produces 910,000 responses. She has a web site. Her...