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Oct 13, 2026, 1:03 PM

P4 Amcha Yisrael – it’s all about the people

As promised in my last post, this time I want to write about some of the people we met at an Amcha Yisrael (עמך ישראל) chug bayit (parlour meeting). On the evening we met Ofer Winter, Netali Shem Tov, Sigal...

Oct 12, 2026, 6:38 PM

P3 Amcha Yisrael – The elephant in the room

I promised a discussion of the party’s platform and its core ideas. Before that, though, I think it’s worth going straight to the main contradiction, or at least the most obvious objection, to what the party is offering. In...

Oct 11, 2026, 12:55 PM

P2 Amcha Yisrael – real Jewish pluralism

In Part One, I described how struck I was to see Druze guests at the Chug Bayit. It brought to mind a line from Rabbi Sacks: “Non-Jews respect Jews who respect Judaism, and they are embarrassed by Jews who...

Oct 11, 2026, 1:14 AM

P1 Amcha Yisrael – a genuine alternative

I’ve just come back from a chug bayit (parlour meeting) in Mitzpe Netofa with Amcha Yisrael, and felt I should share a few words in English for anyone not yet familiar with this new party. Amcha Yisrael was announced on...

Sep 11, 2026, 6:34 PM

Jewish News – We must be better than BBC!

Dear Richard, I am writing about the Jewish News article headlined: Former Israeli PM and ex-IDF chief of staff back UK sanctions on West Bank settlers involved in 'Jewish terror' (Linked here.) Journalism. Good journalism. Truth. How can we expect other outlets to...

Sep 7, 2026, 7:55 PM

Rewatching Fauda After October 7th

Conceptzia is a Hebrew term for a rigid, preconceived governing assumption or groupthink that blinds military and political leaders to contrary evidence and leads to strategic failure. (source) I have been watching Fauda for many years. As a lifelong fan...

Mar 6, 2026, 6:13 PM

A message to the new head of West Midlands Police

Response to JN article As a reminder of what happened: "Maccabi supporters were barred from traveling to a Europa League game at Villa Park in November, following an SAG decision which cited safety concerns based on a report prepared...

Feb 13, 2026, 5:28 PM

What are your red lines?

Human beings are very good at deceiving themselves. The brain is incredibly good at rationalizing and clever people are even better at doing it than most. That is how you end up with scenarios such as we have witnessed...

Dec 17, 2025, 2:39 PM

Keir Starmer – the day is short!

Last night we read about a reception held with Chief Rabbi Mirvis and PM Starmer at Downing Street. Jewish News article here. I gave Keir Starmer a lot of slack. I was impressed with how he tried to root out...

Dec 16, 2025, 5:21 PM

Rejoinder to the Economist leader 9 August 2025

The Economist leader on August 9th has a troubling subheading: Why Israel must hold itself to account And how it can be made to do so The threat implied, is sadly not new and sadly shows how the West has been cajoled...

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Jonathan has been involved in informal youth and adult education for over two decades and in 2017 moved to Israel with his family from London. In his spare time he is an accountant.

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