Holding Lebanon hostage
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally appeared at The Jerusalem Post On Saturday, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman reviewed his last honor guard at the Baabda palace near Beirut. His wife wore […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally appeared at The Jerusalem Post On Saturday, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman reviewed his last honor guard at the Baabda palace near Beirut. His wife wore […]
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Bishop William Hanna Shomali was a young man when pope Paul VI made the first papal visit to newly independent […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published in The Jerusalem Post As it became clear that Narendra Modi of the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was going to win big in […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published in The Jerusalem Post It is the season of rival narratives in Israel; when Arabs commemorate ‘Nakba Day’ at the same time Jews celebrate […]
The Downfall of Abba Hillel Silver and the Foundation of Israel By Ofer Shiff, Syracuse University Press Reviewed by SETH J. FRANTZMAN In late 1952, US-Jewish leader Abba Hillel Silver […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally appeared in The Jerusalem Post Magazine The bulbous red caviar is almost gone from a large goblet. But there is plenty of smoked salmon on […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally appeared in In Jerusalem and Metro of The Jerusalem Post ‘Gangnam Style,” the catchy South Korean music hit that became an international sensation last year, […]
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Independence Day edition By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Fuad Zuabi was in mourning. His cousin, Detective Saleh Zuabi, had been killed a week and a […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published in The Jerusalem Post “Eat after they eat, sleep after they sleep. Never give them an order if you don’t understand what it’ll mean […]
In a new article with Mati Wagner; we interview Israelis who support ending the draft and creating a professional army: Check it out at Tablet *** MK Moshe Feiglin is […]