Politics & Society
Foucault, Derrida, Shagar, the Settler Nakba and the Future of Zionism
Have young settlers rejected the nationalism of their parents, embracing instead a neo-Hasidic post-Zionism that changes their political views and aspirations?
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The Wild West (Bank): The Allegory That Keeps on Giving
Israeli novelist Assaf Gavron discusses his book, “The Hilltop: A Novel,” and explains why a secular Tel Avivian chose to set the plot in the West Bank.
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Poll: Netanyahu is the Best PM and also a Liar who Must Resign!
The first public opinion poll of the new year serves us up a mess of conflicting opinions about the strength of the right, PM Netanyahu’s career, and more.
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Worth a Thousand Words: Hitler and Nazism in US Editorial Cartoons
Dr. Rafael Medoff discusses his book, “Cartoonists Against the Holocaust,” about how US newspapers perceived and reacted to the rise of Hitler.
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The De-Malling of Israel
Malls in Israel have been deserted and are collapsing: is this is a harbinger of the de-Amerification of Israeli culture?
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Serving God and Country
The Supreme Court has rejected the government’s policy of allowing exemptions from army service to ultra-Orthodox kids as unconstitutional.
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“I’m a Jewish Man in Love with a Hitler Youth”
Jupp, Salomon (Sally) Perel’s Nazi alter ego, which he had to play to survive in the Second World War, hasn’t left him more than 70 years on.
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Fences and Neighbors: A Story of Friendship Across the Divide
Veteran American-Israeli journalist Gwen Ackerman discusses her debut novel, “Goddess of Battle,” a story of an unlikely friendship between two women.
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