Daniel Rosehill, at The Blogs

Apr 16, 2024, 12:31 AM

As Iran Readied Its Missiles for Israel, Ireland Hobnobbed with Its Emissaries

A tale that even by the dismal standards of relations between Ireland and Israel seems almost incredulous: Irish political parties are in the habit of holding annual gatherings of their memberships to exchange ideas and bolster support. So it was that...

Feb 18, 2024, 5:55 PM

Ireland’s attempt to have Israel ‘kicked out’ of the EU explained

The flag of the European Union (EU). Image: PickPik.

Ireland recently decided to team up with Spain in an attempt to have Israel “kicked out” of the EU. Here’s a quick explainer as to what this is about. What’s Ireland trying to do? Ireland is trying to have the EU-Israel Association...

Feb 8, 2024, 10:15 PM

16 facts about Ireland to get Israeli & Jewish tourists excited about visiting

El Al announced this week that it would be cancelling its service to Dublin, which only began operating this March. But just in case you were excited about the prospect of a trip to the Emerald Isle next year, here...

Feb 7, 2023, 9:16 PM

Israel Plans To Scrap Judicial Review. But Who’s Really To Blame?

Many years ago (like most memories before making aliyah, it feels like another lifetime), I sat in a classroom at an Irish university learning about the fundamentals of legal systems. While my law degree didn’t prove the springboard into a...

Feb 8, 2022, 6:57 PM

One Year Later, Jerusalem’s Hottest Food Celeb Still Serving Up Post-Fulls Of Delight

Shimshon Leshinsky posing with food at the newly opened Effendi restaurant in Jerusalem. Photo: Facebook

A little over one year ago, few Jerusalemites had heard the name Shimshon Sam Leshinsky. The soft-spoken Australian immigrant resides in the Jerusalem suburb of Har Homa — far from the bright lights of downtown. He works in administration for a...

Jan 28, 2022, 12:17 PM

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Jerusalem’s pristine snow day, sullied by ugly politics

If you hide rocks in a snowballs and throw them at your antagonists in an age-old conflict, you cannot legitimately claim that you're just enjoying the snow

Jan 12, 2022, 2:16 PM

Re-imagining Aliyah As The Jewish Immigrant Experience

To the best of my knowledge, research into aliyah — and post-aliyah retention — is a field in its infancy. Thankfully, that is fast changing. The literature narrating olim's experience in Israel — and asking hard questions about why many of them return...

Jan 10, 2022, 10:03 AM

A Real Person’s Guide To Making Aliyah

The Tayelet Haas Promenade in Jerusalem where the author resides. Photo: author.

Congratulations! If you've made it to this URL, you must be thinking about making aliyah. Otherwise known as moving to Israel. In doing so, you'll be playing a small role in the most monumental national project in more than two thousand years...

Jan 3, 2022, 2:39 PM

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Lessons from an Israeli-Palestinian beer-and-burger meetup

Move over humus. Could beer be all that’s needed to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Left: Palestinian beer from Taybeh. Right: Israeli Shapira craft beer. Photo montage: author.

10 of us braved the rain and, without the lens of international news coverage about our official dispute, began chipping away at our mutual ignorance

Oct 13, 2021, 10:24 PM

To Attract Half A Million New Immigrants, Israel Needs To Up Its Offer First

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett leads a cabinet meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on September12, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

A few days ago, I wrote an article on my personal blog about Aliyah Day — Israel's annual "celebration" of aliyah. As I opined there, Israel's current approach to aliyah is dishonest. It reports, with great fanfare, on its successes -— namely...

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