Time for brisket?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published in Passover supplement of The Jerusalem Post Unfortunately, we will never know the true origins of the word “brisket.” One etymology claims it is […]
Modern-day monarchs
By SETH J. FRANTZMAn Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Passover supplement Life in ancient Egypt under the pharaohs was neatly ordered. Herodotus tells us, “Now of the Egyptians there are […]
Book review of John Judis book ‘Genesis’
Taking Truman to the woodshed Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Magazine April 19 By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On August 16, 1945 – just two weeks after the end of […]
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By Seth J. Frantzman Published in The Jerusalem Post April 17, 2014 When Brandeis University meekly rescinded its decision to grant an honorary doctorate to Ayaan Hirsi Ali it was […]
Prophet of reform: Jose Pinera in Jerusalem
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post In Jerusalem José Piñera moves fast. Scanning the immaculate table in a private room at the new Waldorf Astoria he describes his enthusiasm for visiting […]
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 […]
Book Review: Gordis on Begin’s enduring odyssey
Published in The Jerusalem Post Magazine, April 4, 2014 In 1977, not long after Menachem Begin formed the first Likud-led government, there was worry among some advisers and American-Jewish leaders […]
New 1920 document sheds light on Bedouin land claims
The new treasure map to Bedouin landholdings Seth J. Frantzman Originally published in Mida in English and Hebrew In the fall of 2013 the organization Rabbis for Human Rights was […]
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, […]
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