Sam Shube, at The Blogs

Nov 3, 2022, 6:15 AM

Can we not speak about Bibi for a moment? OK, that’s a tough one. Israel’s veteran, next Prime Minster has become the very lodestar of everyone’s political identity. Hope of convicting him on corruption charges now dominates the center-left...

Sep 12, 2022, 7:19 AM

9/11/22 – Democracy at the Abyss

It’s been 21 years, but the Manhattan skyline remains tragically orphaned. Visiting New York on 9/11 brings back echoes of the panic and the fear that changed something, deep down, in the collective consciousness, the angst that stripped away...

May 13, 2022, 5:30 PM

When a Zionist Sees Palestine in the Mirror

It’s been a tortuous month and a half of collective memory for Jews and Arabs, as the two warring tribes demonstrably expose the festering wounds of grievance that forge their respective, group identities. It began with Land Day, marking...

Mar 17, 2022, 4:03 PM

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The concert that changed Bedouin society

An event in the Rahat desert town sparked a near-boycott, clashes over separate seating and ire from feminists – but against all the odds, the show did go on

Feb 26, 2022, 8:46 AM

Putin, Israel and the Democratic Prospect

Heartbreaking in so many respects, Putin’s drive to extirpate Ukrainian independence is also a tragedy for the democratic prospect, writ large. Ukrainian nationalism, after all, is marred by its own dark legacy of intolerance, from the slaughter of Jews...

Feb 16, 2022, 2:55 PM

A new Arab-Jewish paradigm takes root in the Negev

The emergence of shared culture in Israel

About Me

Sam Shube has managed organizations in Israel's non-profit sector for over 30 years, and launched innovaitve programming to foster democracy and shared society. Most recently he served as CEO at Hagar - Jewish Arab Education for Equaliy.