The feminist squad: Fight the army like a woman
The army is one of the most masculine institutions in modern societies, which makes it a perfect target for a feminist critique.
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Zionism, Apartheid, Blackface: Africa in Israeli Culture
In the early years of statehood, Israeli culture was teeming with references to Africa. Israel’s fascination with the black continent derived from particular cultural, political and social contexts that are analyzed in a new book.
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Rogel Alpher with right-wing ideologue Yisrael Medad – Journeys
Right-wing journalist and blogger Yisrael Medad refuses to recognize the Palestinians as a national collective — but that, he says, doesn’t exclude the prospect of dialogue.
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‘I have been planted with the pines’ – Israel in Translation
Lea Goldberg is the best-selling poet in the history of Israel. Many of her poems express both a love of the land of Israel, as well as nostalgia for her abandoned home in the diaspora.
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Rogel Alpher with illustrator Michel Kichka – Journeys
Illustrator Michel Kichka’s autobiographical comic book explores the condition of the children of Holocaust survivors.
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Menachem Begin: Israel’s most ‘Jewish’ leader
Dr Daniel Gordis, author of “Menachem Begin: The Battle for Israel’s Soul,” explains why Israel’s sixth prime minister was the country’s most “Jewish” leader.
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Alfred Dreyfus, the man behind the affair
A new exhibition at Beit Hatefutsot – the Museum of the Jewish People – explores the private life of the most unintentionally famous Jew of modern times.
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The Andalusian poet who turned complaining into an art form – Israel in Translation
Moshe Ben-Ezra wasn’t only a Jew and a poet – he was also the commander of the Granada police.
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