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Dec 19, 2020, 11:57 PM

Ambassador Hotovely, welcome to Limmud!

Limmud has the reputation of being unbalanced on the Left. I think that this reputation is undeserved. It is true that, occasionally, Zionist speakers have been maltreated: one must mention the blatant dis-invitation of Tuvia Tenenbom in 2015. However, as...

Dec 14, 2020, 10:53 PM

It was no Holocaust

"Istria e Dalmazia" is a popular street name in Italy. Not because anyone fell in love with the beautiful beaches in Croatia. It's all politics. In Italy, like in Israel, streets are often named after historical vents. "Istria e...

Nov 14, 2020, 11:21 PM

A Diasporist in Rome

Retweeting does not mean endorsing; everybody knows that. Nonetheless, when notorious devotees of the "antiZionism is not antisemitism" cult retweet the glorification of the languages of the Diaspora, an endorsement is precisely what is taking place. I obviously wish good...

Nov 8, 2020, 12:18 PM

Enough is enough, JewDas

After last Shabbat, sorrows and grief spread around the British Jewish world, following the news of the death of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. There was one exception. For those who are not familiar with British Jewish history, this link will provide...

Oct 26, 2020, 7:04 AM

The peace with Sudan and its discontents

The folk of the Far Left must have become frum. The vociferous militants and supporters of Yachad, who tweet almost every day, have become silent all of a sudden. Shabbat began as soon as the media announced that Israel is about...

Sep 27, 2020, 8:08 AM

Enough with the ‘Palestine first’ lie

We have been told that the road to peace passed through Ramallah. That, first and foremost, Israel had to make peace with the Palestinians. Only after this such a peace, Israel could have relations with Arab Countries. It was a...

Sep 8, 2020, 12:38 AM

A Balkan digression

No doubt, Communism was paradise: for the humorists. The 1995 movie Underground is a good example. It's the story of a crowd of Belgrade citizens kept in a cellar by a con man, an apparatchik who make them believe that...

Aug 16, 2020, 11:30 PM

Hands off, Jewdas

I don't like to talk about "conversion to Judaism": I am for the erasure of any distinction between Jews by birth and Jews by choice, in public and in private. Unfortunately, there are Jews whose self-esteem is very low,...

Aug 10, 2020, 1:57 PM

Pity the Apologetic Zionist

These are difficult days for Apologetic Zionists. Just put yourself in their shoes. You had blocked on Twitter the supporters of Jeremy Corbyn, Jewish (what a pain) and non-Jewish alike. One day the Labour Party will pick up your offer,...

Jul 22, 2020, 11:55 PM

In memory of Paolo Finzi (1952-2020)

History is told in Piazza Fontana, five minutes walk from the Duomo, in Milan. In December 1969 a bomb detonated in a bank there, and 17 people died. It was a Fascist terror attack. And there's another plaque, in piazza...

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Italian by birth, Israeli by choice, Rabbi of the largest synagogue in Sussex (UK). Uncompromising Zionist.

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