Decaffeinated to Death?
Is the shuttering of literary hangout coffee shops in Tel Aviv a sign that Israeli culture is deteriorating? Or is it time for Chicken Little to switch to decaf?
Read MoreIs the shuttering of literary hangout coffee shops in Tel Aviv a sign that Israeli culture is deteriorating? Or is it time for Chicken Little to switch to decaf?
Read MoreA viral Israeli hip-hop video about Auschwitz? Can satire go past transgressive to just plain icky?
Read MoreCan leftist Bernie-Sandersian or Jeremy-Corbynian populism in Israel finally break Benjamin Netanyahu’s hold on Israeli politics?
Read MoreIsrael’s Minister of Agriculture sponsors a mass prayer vigil at the Western Wall to fight a four year drought. The move works – record rains immediately fall – but is that good government?
Read MoreShould the very job description of the UN agency that provides aid to Palestinians be revisited and changed?
Read MoreWhite-on-black Arabic billboards go up around Israel and some Jews freak out. What accounts for their fears of one of the country’s two official languages?
Read MoreLikud ministers vote in the morning to approve a deal with Europe that boycotts settlements, and the Likud Central Committee votes in the evening to annex settlements: What accounts for this settlement-schizoid behavior?
Read MoreIt was too soon for an august American Jewish institution like the 92nd St. Y to invite confessed groper and harasser Ari Shavit to speak. But how can we ever know when justice has been served?
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Rachael Ray’s Rapine Recipes
Rachael Ray tweets that hummus is Israeli and is immediately flamed until she herself is golden brown. Can cuisine be colonialist?
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