Does accepting ‘white privilege’ reinforce privilege?
The “white privilege” debate keeps popping up. The latest story is a Jon Stewart debate with Bill O’ Reilly. The crux was that Stewart wanted Bill to “admit” his privilege. […]
The Israeli Druze in the shadow of terror and Syria war
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN in The Jerusalem Post At the military cemetery in Beit Jann is a monument that rises out of a concrete hole in the ground. It has […]
Dear ATM zombies (funny rant)
Dear ATM zombies, Yes I am talking to you. The people who stand motionless and stare at ATMs like you never saw one before; the people who make it seem […]
William Hart’s War
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN This is fitting to re-publish because memorial day for the Great War is tomorrow On October 8, 1917, William H. Hart wrote home to his parents. […]
Trust yourself: Thoughts on writing and journalism 1
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Someone recently accused me of paternalism and of being in need of an education in journalism. Introspection is good; writing is better. Something else happened recently: […]
The greatness of Yitzhak Rabin
By A. Friend Yitzhak Rabin was a warrior, a statesman, a diplomat, a hero, a pioneer, a kibbutznik, a sabra, a Zionist, a peacemaker and in the end, a martyr. […]
Golan cowboys
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In The Jerusalem Post Magazine November 1, 2014 There’s lots o’ songs the puncher sang in roundin’ up his herds; The music wasn’t very grand, an’ […]
Jerusalem’s missing voters
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN and LAURA KELLY Published, October 3, 2013 In The Jerusalem Post’s In Jerusalem Bright-faced youngsters touting Nir Barkat or Moshe Lion election paraphernalia can be seen in […]
Review of Dror’s ‘Israeli Statecraft’
Book review By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “Assuring the security of Israel and the Jewish People as a whole is an existential imperative for Israeli statecraft, at whatever cost to Israel […]
“We can’t live normally in Isawiya”
Residents of Jerusalem’s Isawiya neighborhood and their supporters express frustration at increasing unrest and police presence. In The Jerusalem Post, October 28 By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “Don’t tell us how […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 