Does Israel have a responsibili-ty deficit?
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post By SETH J. FRANTZMAN There is a self-fulfilling prophecy that has converted portions of the Israeli analytical class, and its co-religionists abroad, to the […]
Category Archives: Columns
Islamophobia/Islamophilia: An intellectual inquisition
By Seth J. Frantzman Published in The Jerusalem Post April 17, 2014 When Brandeis University meekly rescinded its decision to grant an honorary doctorate to Ayaan Hirsi Ali it was […]
Social justice Passover – yeah, right
Originally published at The Jerusalem Post Where you find gated communities, cars being given as bat mitzva presents, hundreds of thousands of dollars being spent on weddings, people with “summer […]
Get tough on monastery vandals and ‘price tags’
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post, April 2, 2014 The insanity of the cowardly acts known as “price tag” vandalism knows no bounds. On March 31 graffiti was discovered at […]
Pakistan and terror: We know what we know
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post, March 25, 2014 By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In the film Zero Dark Thirty, one of the CIA men in Pakistan tells his station chief, […]
Lessons from a 1940 era anti-Semitic film
(This column was originally published in The Jerusalem Post, March 20, 2014) On November 29, 1940, the film Der Ewige Jude (“The Eternal Jew”) opened in theaters across the Third […]
Will Erdogan ever overreach?
When will his reach finally exceed his grasp, resulting in it all coming crashing down around him? By Seth J. Frantzman There are many cliches for ‘Biting off more than […]
Israel’s k-word controversy
Terra incognita: Israel’s k-word: Can Holon teach us a lesson in racism? By Seth J. Frantzman, March 5, 2014 (The Jerusalem Post) At a conference at the Ruppin Academic Center, […]
Israel’s “immigrant-veteran” divide
The myth of the ‘veteran-immigrant’ divide By SETH J. FRANTZMAN 02/04/2014 22:22 Publish at The Jerusalem Post One in five Israelis think Jewish immigrants are a bad influence on the culture of […]
American-Jewish-Israeli disconnect
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In The Jerusalem Post 08/27/2013 22:07 Recently Rabbi Rick Jacobs, the president of the Union of Reform Judaism, let loose with yet another broadside against Orthodox Judaism.In […]
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