What Is a Museum of the Land of Israel a Museum Of?
Q: What do you call a museum that has stamps, fire trucks, ancient pottery, and modern art? A: A gorgeous, enchanting mess (or, The Museum of the the Land of Israel).
Read MoreQ: What do you call a museum that has stamps, fire trucks, ancient pottery, and modern art? A: A gorgeous, enchanting mess (or, The Museum of the the Land of Israel).
Read MoreAre the people demonstrating each night in front of the Prime Minister’s home a new political class, changing all we thought we knew about Israeli politics?
Read MoreFifteen years ago, Israeli soldiers and police dragged Jewish settlers kicking-and-crying from their homes in Gaza. What was the legacy of this “withdrawal to end all withdrawals”?
Read MoreIsraelis’ trust in their leaders has dropped by half in just one month, and each night brings new scenes of police water-cannoning protestors outside PM Netanyahu’s house. What happens next?
Read MoreA kibbutz bars folks from a nearby town from picnicking on the banks of a river that winds through its grounds. Is that okay?
Read MoreHuge, angry demonstrations demand that Netanyahu do something about Israel’s economic crisis. But what?
Read MoreJournalist and public intellectual Peter Beinart says goodbye to the “Two State Solution” for Israel and Palestine. Is he the harbinger, as he writes, of “a new phase of Jewish history”?
Read MoreA twenty-something, computer-hacker genius, Mossad spy goes native in Iran: that’s the plot of Israel’s newest mega-hit TV series. But what’s it tell us about how Israelis see Persian politics and culture?
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