April 15, 2013 11:56 am Israel at 65: Is Zionism still alive? When I came on aliya to Israel from New York in 1963 as a graduate of the progressive Zionist youth movement Hashomer Hatzair, I believed that I was fulfilling...... 37
March 28, 2013 10:02 am From Malcolm X to Barack Obama President Barack Obama was not the first great black orator I had the opportunity to hear. As a teenager, an appearance by Malcolm X, the controversial and feisty fighter for...... 12
March 20, 2013 3:33 pm Israelis and Palestinians to Obama On the eve of President Barack Obama’s arrival for a three-day visit to our historic and troubled neighborhood, about 15 Israelis and Palestinians gathered together to talk about their......
March 9, 2013 11:09 am How Country Music Helped Me to Make Aliya What a great title for a book – intriguing, original, and accompanied by a built-in soundtrack! The book is a new short autobiographical novel by Lois Michal Unger, mainly known...... 2
March 2, 2013 11:36 am Limor, Go See “Gatekeepers”! So following the Oscar ceremony, Israeli Culture and Sports Minister Limor Livnat said she wasn’t sorry that “The Gatekeepers” “Five Broken Cameras” didn’t win the Best Documentary Award. She......
January 26, 2013 3:09 pm Israelis Voted for Change and a Normal Life There is definitely an atmosphere of hope and possible change in the Israeli air, just a few days after the surprising outcome of the 2013 elections. We know that Benjamin...... 8
January 11, 2013 4:18 pm Elections 2013: Israel at the Crossroads Here we stand, at a major crossroads in Israel’s history, the elections to the 19th Knesset. Are we living and realizing the dream that my uncle, Dov Barnir one of......
January 3, 2013 3:39 pm Time for a new American peace initiative in the Middle East So now we know that Senator John Kerry will be the point man of President Obama’s foreign policy during his second term. Given the fact that the president will...... 37
December 1, 2012 12:22 pm Israel – Yes, to Palestine Anyone who was educated in a Zionist youth movement like myself, or who grew up in the Israeli educational system, remembers the famous recording of the UN General Assembly...... 10
November 23, 2012 12:40 pm Athens and Jerusalem Friday has arrived, just a little more than a week after all hell broke loose in Israel and Gaza. A cease-fire has been achieved, and to paraphrase James Joyce,......
August 19, 2012 10:53 am Nabil Shaath: ‘Palestinians still committed to two states’ “We continue to believe in a two state solution” declared Dr. Nabil Shaath, the former Foreign Minister of the Palestinian Authority and currently Fatah’s Commissioner for International Relations, at...... 2
August 13, 2012 12:40 pm No to War with Iran! Last night a few hundred angry and worried demonstrators gathered outside Defense Minister Ehud Barak’s luxury apartment in a new hi-rise building in the heart of Tel Aviv to...... 3
July 15, 2012 12:39 pm July 14th – The Fire This Time When I left the demonstration last night marking the first anniversary of the Israeli social protest movement, I was planning to call this piece “July 14th – One Year...... 2
June 3, 2012 11:09 am We’re Back! – Return of the Social Protest There was a lot of energy in the air in Tel Aviv last night, as over 10,000 demonstrators gathered at Habima Square, next to Rothschild Boulevard, where it all......
May 31, 2012 11:01 pm Madonna for peace “You can’t be a fan of mine and not want peace in the world,” declared Madonna to a crowd of some 30,000 enthusiastic fans in Tel Aviv last...... 5