Robby Berman

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Dec 9, 2024, 7:31 AM

Does Haaretz lie?

Author holding Ha'aretz

The Israeli government is gunning for Haaretz, the progressive left-leaning Israeli newspaper, for 'disseminating lies and leftist propaganda' and there is a looming threat that the government will shut it down. Shlomo Karhi, the communications minister, drafted a resolution...

May 5, 2024, 6:32 PM

Did October 7th change my politics?

I have been living in Israel for more than thirty-five years. I’m a tour guide, a journalist and a Jewish Zionist, who speaks Arabic and has many Palestinian friends. I often protest injustices committed against Palestinians by the Israeli...

Feb 18, 2024, 11:49 AM

Guy Alexandre, Physician Who Redefined Death, Dies at 89

Dr. Guy Alexandre and his daughter Chantal, a registered nurse who assisted in a number of the transplant surgeries he performed.

The physician who removed the organs of hundreds of his patients before they were declared dead died on February 14. Sixty years ago, Dr. Guy Alexandre was the first transplant surgeon to remove organs from a patient with a...

Nov 16, 2023, 2:46 AM

ISRAELISM: A critique of Zionist educational programs

Ever since the war in Gaza erupted in Israel, prominent Jewish leaders have been calling upon the Diaspora Jewish community not to continue screening the documentary Israelism which was released eight months ago. Directors Sam Eilertsen and Erin Axelman...

Oct 28, 2023, 12:48 AM

One Million Shekels

Money motivates people. Period. Full stop. With over 200 hostages in Gaza everything should be done to save them. We should put pressure on the Red Cross, put pressure on the countries that have their citizens hostage in Gaza, and...

Apr 13, 2023, 3:21 PM

‘They were murdered because they were Jews’

Every time innocent Israeli civilians get killed my social media feed is flooded by comments that they were murdered simply because they were Jews. This is not true. Palestinian terrorists target anyone who supports or is part of the Zionist...

Nov 5, 2022, 8:58 PM

You can’t compare the two!

Hitler and I have a lot of things in common: we both love to draw, watch military parades, listen to the music of Wagner, we are both authors and we both find Eva Braun attractive. But this comparison –...

May 17, 2021, 11:22 PM

8 dumb and dumber criticisms of Israel

Rockets are seen in the night sky fired towards Israel from Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip on May 14, 2021. (ANAS BABA / AFP)

I often publicly criticize the Israeli government, the IDF, and the Israeli police vis a vis their treatment of Palestinians. So my defense of Israel in this current altercation with Gaza is not a knee-jerk reaction. The following are...

Oct 2, 2020, 10:53 PM

Where are the American Jews?

(Courtesy of Robby Berman)

The Trump administration has now again proposed cutting refugee admissions to 15,000 people down from the 110,000. If Trump had been president 100 years ago both my grandfathers would not have been let into America. My grandfather Ruby Berman, on...

Sep 6, 2020, 6:25 PM

WATCH: Sneaking into Israel

A single mother of six is one of thousands of Palestinians who illegally enter the country to find work every day. The 1-hour journey starts at 4:30 am

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About Me

Robby Berman is a tour guide and journalist living in Israel for more than 30 years. He is a graduate of Harvard University (Kennedy School of Government, MPA), Baruch College (MBA) and Yeshiva University (BA). He is also the author of the book Min Taq Taq: A Collection of Arabic Idioms and Expressions in the Palestinian Dialect.

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