Esther Fuerster

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Jul 19, 2016, 6:05 PM

Another exhumation of Jews murdered in Jedwabne?

Following the most recent denial campaign conducted by the Polish Ministry of Education Anna Zalewska the plot seems to be thickening dramatically growing out of proportions and resulting in simply idiotic attempts to whitewash history from the national guilt....

Jul 5, 2016, 6:16 PM

How the Polish ex-Deputy Minister and the founder of the ultra-nationalistic political party became a “friend of Israel”

Reading that the Polish ex-Deputy Prime Minister and the ex-Minister of Education, Mr Roman Giertych, calls himself a “friend of Israel” isn’t a common thing that one reads in the Polish media. I cannot help but to remember that...

May 5, 2016, 6:58 PM

Holocaust Remembrance: We are losing the battle with ignorance

Probably “f*ck you motherf*cker” isn’t the choice of words one would expect to hear on Yom HaShoah in the middle of Jerusalem. As the businesses closed early yesterday in order to allow Israelis to participate in the Day of Holocaust...

Mar 27, 2015, 7:26 PM

The case against anti-Semitism: What if we all wore the Star of David?

A couple of days ago I stumbled upon an article written by Stuart Weiner about the call for both South African Jews and South African non-Jews to wear kippot to the movie screening as a sign on solidarity for the three easily identifiable...

Mar 19, 2015, 10:43 PM

King Bibi: We wanted a change

Few things I need to clarify here. I am not Israeli. Yet. I have never been exceedingly patriotic. I have never cared about elections thinking that it is still the same thing regardless of who wins; it’s all double-dealings...

Jan 11, 2015, 11:17 AM

And in the end they came for me

Edmund Burke, the Irish political philosopher often regarded as the father of modern conservatism, wrote very profound words that have proven correct throughout all our modern history: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to...

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About Me

Esther Fuerster is originally from Poland and lived in Britain for many years. She now lives in Israel. She's a London university graduate and plans to do her PhD in Israel. She's a MASA alumni and a recognised blogger. Her article "30 ways why living in Israel has ruined you for life" has been followed around the world and received recognition by the Israeli media. She featured in YNet and LaIsha.